“Pixeltopia,” an interactive exhibit of art and music from outer space that opens at Studio 23 this Saturday night, features some of the Bay Area’s premier LED, neon, projection, and other “blinky light” artists. The evening also features live synthesizer music. Best part: It’s free, family friendly, and visitors of all ages can actually play with some of the exhibits.
“Pixeltopia: Art & Music from the Future” will feature interactive and non-interactive work by a variety of local bay area artists. Art pieces include “Wormhole,” a tunnel of rainbow light that responds to sound. Enter the tunnel and control rainbow sonic hyperspace with your voice, an instrument, or however else you feel like making sounds.
The show is an ArtPush-sponsored fundraiser for Filma Collective’s PF3000—an interactive wall of light controlled by touch. This pixel sequencer allows anyone to draw and animate their own pixel creations. “Pixeltopia” will include a PF3000 prototype which is fully featured yet downsized for the show. Other exhibits include an eight-foot-tall game of Connect-4 designed to play at night with others, “Trash fire” by Filma Collective, an LED trash fire; “Time’s of your Life,” analog projections by Tierney Hamilton; and wearable LED art by Divad Dee Vice.
Synthesizer performances include vt100 (dawless synthesizers), All That’s Gone (modular synthesis), and Station Point (dawless synthesizers with modular synthesis).
Enjoy the free evening with your family and explore creativity from the future. “Pixeltopia” runs from 7 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, June 17, at Studio 23, 3 Dot, and the Red Door, 2309 Encinal Ave.
For more information, visit the Pixeltopia website.
