Materials: RGB LED system, DMX controller, ethernet cabling
About the Art:
ALiAS (Alice Springs Light and Information System) is a minimalist but highly sophisticated digital artwork that translates environmental and astronomical data into colour-based visual outputs. The low-resolution LED grid creates constantly shifting patterns responding to real-world conditions.
Simple and minimal in its sculptural scale, the emphasis of this work is in its unique programability. This light installation generates a broad spectrum of multicoloured data visualisations on a minimalist super low-resolution 280 pixel display.
The work lights up at sunset and turns off again at sunrise each day throughout the year. The lights have been programmed to take into account the continual shift in day to night hours, the colour pallets also adjusting to seasonal changes and atmospheric temperature. The work has been designed to generate abstract data visualisation from sources such as meteorological changes in atmospheric pressure, rainfall, tidal movement and the lunar cycles.
About the Inspiration:
The work draws from meteorological data, lunar cycles, rainfall patterns and seasonal changes, embedding invisible environmental processes into public space through abstract visual language.
Words about the Work:
It transforms data into something experiential—encouraging audiences to “see” climate, time and atmosphere rather than simply measure them.
📷Image / Photo Source: ASTC Photo Archives
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