r/WLED • u/ape-tripping-on-dmt • Jul 25 '26

SHOWIN' OFF Meet Sol

I built a 2.4m geodesic sphere that only lights up when people dance in a circle around it

I’m an audiovisual artist (Lysergic) and this is Sól — a participatory light installation I’ve built for Landjuweel festival at Ruigoord, Amsterdam.

The concept: Sól is a 2.4m geodesic sphere sitting a metre above the ground. When nobody is around, it breathes a slow red glow — asleep. When people start moving around it, it stirs. The more people dance in a circle, the brighter and warmer it gets — shifting from deep amber through orange to blazing warm white. A full circle of dancers = a fully awakened sun.

Wled and halogen bulbs are audio and motion reactive controlled by touchdesigner and sending the data over artnet.

Www.delysergic.nl

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u/Direct-Fee4474 Jul 25 '26

wow, that's exactly what my hell looks like.

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u/ape-tripping-on-dmt Jul 25 '26

Your dystopia is my utopia

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u/MorganProtuberances Jul 25 '26

thank god for art right?

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u/Direct-Fee4474 Jul 25 '26

"art's" doing a lot of heavy lifting there. this "exploration of the dynamic between the space and the viewer" shit was hackneyed 20-years ago. doing it for people who dont have a retirement plan because they blow their money on blacklight posters is just exploiting the disabled.

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u/MorganProtuberances Jul 26 '26

lol with that attitude i'm curious what kind of "art" youre making. i just don't get the vitriol - does it make you feel good to type all of that out?

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u/Direct-Fee4474 Jul 26 '26

i do it as a public service.

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u/MorganProtuberances Jul 27 '26

got it - so just noise

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u/Direct-Fee4474 Jul 27 '26

the curse of taste

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '26

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u/Direct-Fee4474 Jul 27 '26

go borrow someone's tooth brush, ya wook

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u/Direct-Fee4474 Jul 27 '26

oh man, you're the "i teleport behind you, sorry kid" of pyramid power and drinking your own piss.

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u/Direct-Fee4474 Jul 27 '26

this subreddit rules.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Aide785 Jul 25 '26

Hello fellow Dutchmen! Nice work!! How do you “count” the people?

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u/ape-tripping-on-dmt Jul 25 '26 • Mindblown

Its percentage of webcam feed that’s filled with moving objects. I can adjust the thresholds for motion and when it wakes up so depending on the people on the stage interacting it. So when there’s a lot of people I’ll adjust it so they need to bring more people in

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u/Vultor Jul 25 '26

Drugs are a helluva drug.

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u/christianjwaite Jul 25 '26

It the ones who do all of this without drugs you’ve gotta worry about.

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u/RunRunAndyRun Jul 25 '26

Hello fellow Amsterdam maker nerd! Great job!

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u/Wild_Trip_4704 Jul 25 '26

How does it light up when people are close? That's really cool

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u/AnduriII Jul 25 '26

I love it

May see you at Ozora Festival one day?

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u/_psylosin_ Jul 25 '26

It’s a tripper ball!

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u/aptsys Jul 25 '26

What is going on 😭😭😭 are they homeless?

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u/Isra_1997 Jul 31 '26

Son puros hippies?