Envelope Soundsystem

As of this writing, imo this is the best hydra set i’ve ever done. mapped to a rollup door behind the dj booth i don’t have a recording since this was a last-minute idea (about an hour before, f. asked me to do visuals), but i followed my constraints well (monochrome, minimal, all visuals would be derived from the fft spectrum, an emphasis on linearity), showed restraint in letting ideas play out rather than shift too jarringly, clearly demonstrated the idea to the audience, and felt embodied enough with the music that i really enjoyed myself. i was really happy with the result. ...

candlelit-altar-with-portal-in-bg concept-art-1-mo-prior impact-portal-with-figure × Press Escape to close. Use Arrow Left and Arrow Right to navigate between images. i did multiple site visits, including a tech test installing the portal and lights, to flesh out the design for this techno renegade. my goal was to divide the enormous available space to define a dancefloor and incorporate the concept of a portal that visitors could pass through to transport themselves into the mindset for the event. ...

First event done as Envelope Soundsystem. Did a lot of brainstorming about the concept as a shuttle or capsule reentry into the atmosphere (and did set design and visuals at this event that reflected that, including first experiments in mylar sculpture).

i created these sculptures for re:entry, envelope soundsystem’s inaugural event hosted before pride weekend. i wanted to acknowledge mylar’s properties as a fascinating and novel material (the event had a future-past, space-age theme), and also emphasize the resultant sculptures’ interaction with light. i wanted the sculptures to show passive movement so that they captured the viewer’s attention, but not too forcibly. to achieve this low-grav subtle movement, i built alexander-caulderesque mobiles. i constructed each piece and balanced each arm incrementally. ...