Lightbox on Radio New Zealand

We were invited to speak on Radio NZ 'Nights' show with Bryan Crump (which took place by muffled cellphones on the roof of a bar at the Lightwave launch after party..!)

A podcast archive of the interview can be heard here.

Lightwave 09 Launch

At the public opening night of Lightwave 09 festival at the Science Gallery, there were often queues to access Lightbox.
It is estimated that almost 17,000 people visited Lightbox as part of the Lightwave 09 public program of events.


Some further Lightwave festival details and exhibition coverage on the Science Gallery youtube channel.

The Build - Day 6

Mounting an embedded flat screen monitor to display real-time auroral data from Antarctica and some final projection display calibration.

Lightbox Press Photo

This representative image, shot inside Lightbox prior to the official Lightwave launch, became a key press photograph.

The Build - Day 5

Mounting a series of fresnel lenses (some pliable), then final light-proofing, before attaching our interior vinyl back projection skin and conducting some depth of field lighting tests.

The Build - Day 4

Installing glass lenses, touching up paint and confirming exhibition signage...

The Build - Day 3

Setting up the 'behind-the-scenes' tech system, 5 laptops with footage loops going out to 5 projectors (some calibration tweaking as these are mounted above the Lightbox).

Also some interior screen materials testing to check optical effects in conjunction with video/light sources.

The Build - Day 2

...and more of the same on the flip side, we're already starting to see some nice light effects.

The Build - Day 1

After our initial jetlag and much fine coffee intake, our taped up floor-plan soon became a large box...upon which we projected a star map of the Southern Skies and into which we drilled 1000s of holes (which would become our custom lens system).

Antony went wild with a range of drillbits, whilst Karen documented/dusted alot and prepared final video edits.