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The water-tank pyramid glowing pink at night

Light installation, DMX, 2026

Water-tank pyramid

A stepped pyramid built from IBC water tanks, each one lit from inside by DMX LED bars. My manager set the task and shared an animation of how the structure should look. I turned that reference into a working light patch in TouchDesigner.

Role
Creative technologist: TouchDesigner patch and DMX
Brief
Structure and reference animation from my manager
Year
2026
Place
Cyprus
  • TouchDesigner
  • POP operators
  • GDTF
  • DMX
  • LED bars

What I did

  • POP patchBuilt the patch on TouchDesigner POP operators, with every tank placed in 3D and mapped to its fixtures.
  • My own GDTF parserWrote a GDTF parser for TouchDesigner, so fixtures are patched from their GDTF files instead of by hand.
  • DMX patch and looksPatched the DMX output and programmed the looks: full washes, chases by section, and the tetris-style fill from the reference.
  • Preview firstChecked every look on the 3D model in TouchDesigner before going on site.

From reference to real tanks

1. Brief
Reference animation from my manager
2. Patch
The same look running in my TouchDesigner patch
3. Site
The fill on the real structure

From fixture file to light

InputGDTF filesFixture definitions
My toolGDTF parserChannels and modes into TouchDesigner
PatchPOP operators3D tank map and looks
OutputDMXLED bars inside each tank

On site

TouchDesigner on site: the patch, sequenced by timer, with the 3D tank map

From staging to night run

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