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This was part of a local Art event. It was all attached to a rotary motor which rotated 720 degrees in each direction.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)

To be honest i like it in the same way i like brutalism. Not sure how to explain this feeling.

[–] CommissarVulpin 14 points 4 days ago

Seems kinda techno-eldritch

[–] Majorllama 4 points 3 days ago

This is one of those things that I hate but also kinda love. Like it's a complete mess, but it clearly took serious planning to make happen.

I appreciate the effort spent on something so goofy.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago

There's got to be a better way to heat the room...

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That looks kind of rad, honestly. Was there audio paired with it?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago

Yes, the visuals were reactive to slow ambient music. It was nice actually!

[–] Rooty 3 points 3 days ago

Name of my next band.

[–] semperverus 3 points 3 days ago

"For your own safety, and the safety of others, please do not look into the operational end of the device"

[–] espentan 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Done properly I'm sure one could create some pretty cool visuals with a setup like this.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

"Done properly" as the projectors being invisible are a normal thing by now, with shows as "Picasso experience" (or os Van Gogh?) and other shows like this.

Being generous, it's looks like a mess because the artist wanted it to look like a mess.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

It actually was pretty chill to sit around this thing on a comfy couch, with slow ambient music in the background. The visuals were also reactive to the music.

[–] yumpsuit 5 points 4 days ago
[–] Blue_Morpho 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

That seems like more cables than necessary.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

me any time I need to connect anything "I need a 10cm cable but all I have is 3m"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They had to connect each projectors with an Ethernet cable. But they didn't care if the cable was 30 metres too long. :D

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I don't... its ethernet, its not hard to cut it down to length and re-terminate??

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

Everything was borrowed from the local university. So they had no other options and probably wanted to keep it "simple".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

That takes extra effort for what's likely a temporary thing

[–] ogeist 4 points 4 days ago

This was a triumph I'm making a note here: huge success It's hard to overstate my satisfaction Aperture Science... 🎶

[–] gofsckyourself 3 points 4 days ago

That's a fire hazard. People don't realize how hot projectors get.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Humankind when Shepard chooses the synthesis ending.

[–] Lanusensei87 2 points 4 days ago

Looks like one of those robots from Virus.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Wow. Hahaha, well done, Red Green!

[–] CrayonRosary 0 points 4 days ago

The mess is part of the art. DIWhy is not meant for modern art you don't like.