Lumus Instruments

ᴅʀɪꜰᴛ - day/night

How ancient cultures align their monuments to solar positions and events always have fascinated us. Although summer solstice is still one week ahead, we have contributed this scenography to that phenomenon. Much alike the alignment of Stonehenge at the summer solstice, two monoliths align with the position of the sun during the after hours. Maybe not as perfect, but definitely close ☀️

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This weekend we’re closing down our residency at . will be joining for Einder live, and with ‘Warp’.

To visit; check the rsvp link in our bio.

1-3 POLYNODE Iinstruments

4-6 OCULUSacket

7-9 EINDERacket .instruments and s.o. To

10 WARP

And final so to for posing next to our installation 🙏

Always wanted to built a festival stage?
We are looking for freelancers who would like to help us this year. Jobs will range from building festival stages to lightinstallations and more.

If interested, you can get in touch via the following adres: [email protected]

Give is a little background information about yourself and maybe we’ll see eachother soon!

CONTRARIUM - one month ago at Paradigm.

A little flashback to highlight these fellow artists that shared the stage with us.

In the pictures:
1+2
3+4
5 modular madness
6 .acket

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A picture is worth a thousand words but it this case, they resonate that many frequencies as well. Where hearing and seeing merges into feeling, Contrarium steals our minds.

With the emphasis not only on the installation, but the role it plays within the context of the space and your viewpoint as the observer. When all these things are aligned and tuned to the right degree, magic happens.

In the upcoming weeks we will upload more and longer snippets of every performance.

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Delighted to present the artist for Paradigm x Contrarium. An alluring selection of artists that blur boundaries between the visual and auditive arts.

The arena at Strafwerk earlier this month.

Some facts; the circle was 24m in diameter and contained 384 double-sided LED bars. A total of 147.456 pixels in total, giving us control over both the inside- and outside of the installation separately.

This system is completely custom and finds much of its heritage in Eindhoven, as we collaborated with and Luxalight for the development of the controller and lightsource respectively. The system runs at 240fps using for the content engines, and LED Mapper to send out to the hardware over a glass-fibre network.

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Creative direction, fixture design and technology instruments




Scenography and concept byacket

Produced by Chris van Meer


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We are very, very excited to announce a second installment of Contrarium - taking place December 30th at Paradigm in their historic Zeefgebouw —

The conversations to make this happen started in late 2020, and we are super grateful for the people of Paradigm and their partners to take this leap with us. No expenses have been spared. Expect a monumental light installation with experienced audio-visual artists behind the wheel. Details will be published next week.

Ticketsales for Contrarium starts tonight at 20:00 - find the link in our bio!

CONTRARIUM
Contrarium is an audio-visual installation and performance concept by Lumus Instruments, in which they collaborate with various sound-artists to explore the visual manifestation of sound. Electronic sounds and gritty sound-design generate light that travels through space. A cinematic experience constructed through co-creation live on stage.

Contrarium manifests itself as an installation that seeks symmetry and divides space. A massive and interconnected installation provides both auditory- and visual artists with an audiovisual canvas. This canvas comes in a three-dimensional form stretching 32 meters in length, which provides rich and immediate control over our experience of space and time. Seated as if in an operation theater, the audience feels like it’s witnessing the dissection of space-time.

Collaborative performance and improvisation are the keystones that define Contrarium. The concept sets another step into the future with a system that acts as a real-time translator of audio protocols to lighting protocols. Through the artistic exploration of these methods, Lumus Instruments aims to connect artists using different media, whilst safeguarding the essence of improvisation in performance art.

Photo by at Contrarium 2020

Exciting weeks ahead! Getting ready for / and .

For Herfstdrift we’ve designed a scenography that again uses the principle of a vanishing point, inspired by our last collab at Drift with .acket.

The new iteration takes the shape of a tunnel with an almost cathedral-like proportion. Lights will flash by accompanied by driving techno.

Also: don’t miss our first collab with .slash.ki who will be closing on Saturday 💥

The dust has settled in our playground. It was inspiring to see the whole scene in full effect again during ADE. 

With a couple of weeks to recalibrate and recharge, we are excited for whats next to come. You will find us at festival, and . But also where we will exhibit our full light system for the first time.

Pictures shot during by .f.wphotography

Light operator

On our way to Eindhoven for the last weekend of . On display at are two new works of ours. Among the works of

Catch us at the Kazerne today or on Sunday.

Special thanks to Jasper Luijten , and for making this possible 🙏

Images of our new luminaire M87* ⚫️

From the viewpoint of an observer outside a black hole, time stops. M87* is a supermassive black hole about 57 million light-years away from Earth. It is the first of its kind ever to be imaged by humans.

Chandrasekhar: “The black holes of nature are the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe: the only elements in their construction are our concepts of space and time.”

With this series of light sculptures, Lumus Instruments aims to create metaphysical gravity within the space that the objects reside. A point in space where time stops.

We will be presenting two projects at for the . Both are building upon earlier works and technologies, within a new conceptual framework. Thrilled to be part of this exhibition, which is given shape by .

Dutch Design Week at Kazerne oct 22 - oct 30

More info about the exhibit, our pieces, and our dates of attendance follows soon.

Extending resolution again at this weekend. Preparing some speedy animations ⚡️

Catch us inside the “Romney”

📸 at Contrarium / .amsterdam 2020

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Two years went by with the blink of an eye. Lots of time to rethink and calibrate what we stand for. We’ve found new ways to express our art. Connected with interesting people and set new goals for ourselfs. But there is one thing we’ve definitely missed: the festivals

From the start of this year, we gave a small batch of our ledbars a good run at .amsterdam Now its time for the larger installations at a variety of festivals in NL. Stay tuned

Comming up:
Koelhuis
Planet

And more tba…

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Mysteryland 2019
Into the Woods 2019

Last weekend came to an end. It has been a pleasure to show Photonic to the people of this beautiful city 🙏🙏

Yesterday we have de-assembled the installation and started its way back to Amsterdam. Now there’s some time to visit and have some well deserved R&R after the re-opening of .amsterdam.

PHOTONIC one day before the opening of . The story behind this piece is somewhat fascinating. After being manufactured on site at in three weeks, it survived six weeks of harsh Canadian winter and got stored away in Canada. Then Covid stepped onto the stage.

We are delighted to have Photonic back in Europe. CHP Lightfestival collaborated with to give the piece a spot in the city. We want to thank them both for their hospitality and kindness. It has been a great experience 🙏🙏

Now we are finally taking a week off after months of continuous hard work. Its a privilege being able to do what we do, and to work with all the kind and inspiring people around us ❤️

Lumus signing off —— (kinda)

Photonic is exhibited until February 27 at

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We’d like to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas! We hope you all enjoy your time with friends and family as much as we do. It feels like these moments are becoming more scarce, yet we all deserve and need them ❤️

The image is our latest work Arctic from the sky. It’s been at Westerpark for a couple of weeks now, and it warms our hearts to see so many people enjoy it during these cold and dark days.

With love, the Lumus team
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ARCTIC is an audio-visual installation commissioned by Westergas.

The Gashouder District once was the place where the city of Amsterdam got its light and warmth from. It was the heart of a network that fed burning lanterns alongside the city streets. As an ode to this glowing image, Lumus Instruments conceives Arctic; a warm oasis during the cold and dark Dutch winter.

You can visit the artwork for free until januari 9th, everyday from 17.00 until 22.00 at
 
Arctic by Lumus Instruments
Commissioned by
Produced by and
Kindly supported by .acket
Photography by