Midway is a bar near The Ohio State University. For this Install I led a crew of three integrators who I taught to do soldering and wire splicing. Together with the fabricators at What? Productions, we built a parametric 3d bar facade and benches that wrapped completely around the upper room. This parametrically laid out array of wood slats contained nearly a Kilometer of waterproof addressable LED Tape. Each strip was cut to length and capped with a 3D printed transparent waterproof endcap. The LEDs were mapped automatically using a camera and Touchdesigner, and a robust power safety system was put in place to handle the hundreds of amps of 12v electricity.

On the lower floor, a sculpture by Kyle Dineen was installed which integrated even more addressable LED strips, which were also mapped using a camera system. The lower and upper floors are controlled via a touchscreen interface which provides not only a number of scenes, but adjustable parameters for each of these scenes, and a togglable NDI scene which integrates with the house Resolume system and LED wall. There is also a simplified, password protected version of the system control interface accessable over the local network via QR code on a laminated card.

Installed in 2020, the system has had very few issues, and continues to hold up in the damp, high intensity enviornment of the most popular bar at the largest university in the nation. The room is not only subject to splashes and mechanical stress from guests moving around and occasionally climbing on the structure, but is held in a room containing four dual 18” 6000w PK subwoofers. My team and I were extremely meticulous in examining and sealing each of the thousands of solder joints and splices making up this system, and it shows in how this exhibit has held up.