‘Inside Out’ urban installation

      As part of the “by Light” project in Malmö, Sweden, a special installation has been created for one of the city roundabouts.

 

The concept for this installation is based on a scene from the famous book ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ by Douglas Adams, where a man builds in a four-walled house turned inside out. Thus the door that people would be inclined to take into the house opens into a lawn with benches and pedestrian pathways.

The installation comprised 20 cabinets with three LP-700 strings in each (a single string incorporates 56 RGB LED pixels in a chain measuring 6.75 meter and provides a pixel pitch of 120mm).

 

Mikael Uddh of SGM Sweden informs: “The LP-700s were pre-mounted on customised plastic frames to fit the original design of the cabinets. The frames were also prepared with DC power supply and an ArtNet node to translate the ArtNet DMX into three universes of DMX to the LP-700.”

 

Johan Moritz, who acted as part artist, part lighting designer, employed by the City of Malmö, is more than satisfied with the impact created by SGM’s LP-700. “It seems to be a stable product that delivers the quality the City of Malmö was seeking. It also fulfills the resolution in accordance with this task – at a reasonable price”, he adds.

 

This installation is fully operational every day of the year (during the dark hours) – adding up to approximately 4,200 hours a year of operation.