James Peterson Creates Stunning LED Wall Installation Sessilanoid

Last Saturday I went to the opening of a solo exhibition for my friend James Peterson, an LA-based designer, builder and installation artist whose work I’ve blogged about here before. In 2012, The Los Angeles Convention Center unveiled Peterson’s interactive piece Hypoxia, which used motion sensors and LED lights to creatively raise awareness about the damage pollution causes to underwater habitats.

flexible LED strip

This time, James was up to some very inspiring and beautiful tricks with interactive flexible LED strip, which he installed behind large, floral patterns of translucent, molded, wall-mounted plastic. Entitled Sessilanoid: A Sum of All Parts, the piece will be up at Gallery 825 in Beverly Hills through February 15, 2014.

flexible LED strip

Viewers can interact with the piece by using the circular grid of buttons located on the largest flower. Pushing buttons triggers the RGB LED strip lights to display a new color sequence. Like Hypoxia, Sessilanoid explores themes of pollution and human impact on the environment, but in a way that is beautiful, fun and engaging. And, I know it might seem a little crazy but I could even see a version of this art installation as an LED home lighting application—that is if you have a wall big enough to put it on!

And remember, if you want to try your hand at creating your own interactive LED lighting project, you could use Elemental LED’s RGB LED strip light and the Apollo DMX LED controller to bring your creative vision to life!