STORY

Urgent physicality. A mysterious atmosphere. The piece develops bonds formed through dynamic and sensitive partnering, solitary moments, group passages and intricate physical puzzles. One simple movement phrase blossoms into a multifaceted, rhythmic journey.

CHALLENGE

Dancers wear costumes with sewed LEDs in. They need to be remotly controled by a lighting desk. The module must be very small to fit in dancers costume, also needs to be sweat and crash resistant. Power must last 30mins minimum.

SOLUTION

I designed, programmed and build tiny modules based on EPS8266 ESP-12 chip. The module connects to designated WiFi network and listens for his Art-Net address. Received value is converted to PWM. The ESP-12 PWM output drives the LEDs strip via MOSFET transistor.

The ESP8266-12F module was glued upside-down, metal shield side to 9V battery clip. A 3V3 DC-DC converter and other components were mounted on top of the ESP. All sealed with hot glue and closed up with heat shrinking tube.

The biggest challenge was to provide suficient power for wifi module and particularly for 1m LEDs strip which was sawed into dancers costumes. I chose 9V standard battery, they are safer then LiPo and more practical for touring - flying with. 9V was enough to run 12V LEDs strip with sufficient brightness. 

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