Visitors in the gallery, one photographing the tall pixel light panel while pale framed prints line the white walls around it

Nature Pix by Mikhail Mansion

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Transforming spaces with light and technology with Mikhail Mansion

The "Nature Pix" is a project by Mikhail Mansion where he creates an intersection between art and light by integrating ENTTEC LED lighting to create interactive art pieces. The exhibition captures the essence of nature through algorithmic drawings and digital sculptures, using real-time sensor data to provide an immersive sensory experience.

Mikhail Mansion is an accomplished media artist, design engineer and co-founder of Floridarama (formerly Fairgrounds St. Pete), an incredible museum of immersive art & technology in St. Petersburg, Florida. We spoke with Mikhail recently about his 2024 exhibition “Nature Pix” (February 22 – April 21) in which he used ENTTEC LED lighting fixtures and controls to craft an installation of interactive experiences that illuminated the nuances of nature, human perception, and technology.

The artist in his exhibition, cropped closer, the grid of white and grey pixels glowing at his shoulder

Solution

Controls

Powered by ENTTEC OCTOs

Lights

Lit up by Smart PXL 60 LED Dots

Diagram of the system, mapping software on a laptop feeding an ENTTEC OCTO, then a chain of Smart PXL 60 LED dots and the monolithic light sculpture

Result

  • Portrait of the artist crouched on the gallery floor, the lit monolith at right and dark studded floor plates running to his left
  • The exhibition seen down its length, prints along both walls and the dark studded floor plates leading toward the glowing monolith
  • Corner of the gallery with the monolith lit between wall prints, dark floor plates and their black dots filling the foreground
  • Visitors in the gallery, one photographing a print on his phone while another stands in front of the pixel monolith
  • Design render of the exhibition, orange figures walking between white walls with the light sculptures casting bright grids across the floor
  • Fabrication in the workshop, a maker drilling into a white panel laid across trestles with rows of LED dots already fitted
  • The finished panel stood on its edge in the workshop, its dots lit white and pink with cabling looped along the bench
  • A laptop and keyboard on the workbench beside the lit panel, test patterns running across its dots

The full story

Nature Pix: an intersection of art and light

Our interview with Mikhail Mansion on the thinking behind Nature Pix, and how the exhibition came together.

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