Aux Industries creates interactive lighting interfaces with optical illusions, special effects and provides technical and artistic installation and assembly services. Clients are entrepreneurs, artists, technologists, educators and musicians. Aux Industries custom lighting can dramatically change spaces by crafting with natural and LED light. We enjoy providing our clients with new canvases for conveying complex information or creating a new enhanced experience with a custom lit fabrication. Custom pieces range from small wearable technologies to custom mappable illusion rooms, art, performance gear, architecture and stages. |
InfinityStage for The Genie
Sculptural Installation visually demonstrating how illusions are created through lateral inhibition processes starting at the retina.
Vending Wearable tech, lighting and live EEG demos with interactive lights.
TARDIS Infinity Drop Lighting element for Carnival of Mirrors, 2015
Tetrahedron Drop Chandeliers with addressable RF controlled lighting
Addressable LED Sconce lighting with and without rechargeable solar panels, batteries and timers.
Double-side LED Retail sign for new Mission Boutique
Infinitea table with multidirectional lighting effects
Details on Recent Work 2016- 2019
Mary’s Bayou bound stained Glass light boxes
Designed and built 3 Custom holographic lighting boxes to illuminate the work of stained glass artist Mary White. The large tryptich featured a glass landscape of water at sunset, the LED light boxes contained four different colour temperatures of white light to give the users the option to change the lighting according to need and to create anolog dimming effects evocotive of natural light at different times of day
The Dwelling
Interior lighting design, art curation and construction for a burning man installation 2019. Created a space to tell the story of two stranded and curious alien travellers with different conceptions of mass, space, time and states of matter. The geometric structure was created to tell part of the story of the travellers with lots left for visitors to imagine and explore. Built largely with the Project lead, Phil Levis and few skilled and enthusiastic teammates at the Box Shop in San Francisco, and Stanford University in California. Installed for 9 successful days in Black Rock Desert, Nevada.
PurrPods
Created Acrylic features for Metal Purring Cat Sculptures by Paige Taschner of Laser Eyes of Love. Sculpted layered acrylic hearts and Eyes with embedded LEDs. Milled and painted custom name tags, colourful circular plaques of phrases from the artist and designed analog touch sensors for the sculpture. Bass shakers mounted in the sculpture were triggered by interactions “petting” the sensors for different amounts of time.
Futures Past & Asterpod
Removed damaged wiring and lighting from the sculptures pieces before recreating aspects of the lighting that minimally distract navigation from the water. Worked closely with artist Kate Raudenbush to create a new 12v system to run LEDs throughout the sculpture and get power in a wet remote area with dusk activated lights. Created new power system and lockable box for Asterpod to maintain power at a remote and difficult location surrounded by water.
1000 bulbs
Assembled and installed 1000 addressable Edison bulbs with a small crew for Sight Unseen Studios… The installation was for a one night event at SVNwest to raise money to build 1000 wells to provide needy communities with a clean and fresh drinking water resource. As money was raised during the gala, a light bulb lit joining the rest of the display for every well money was raised to build.
Chase center graphics
With Local 510 Sign and Display, installed 100ft projection screen to the glass for projecting art and video content over the holiday period. Ongoing jobs installing graphics to glass as contracted by City Graphics Solutions
Rigging and Graphics Installation at MOSCONE and SJCC
Contracted through Local 510 for more than 100 large and small Trade shows, working for Freeman, Coastal, Nth Degree, GES and others working in different departments producing, installing, rigging and assembling most features of Trade shows at Convention centers.
Round 3d infinity effects table
Building a series of embedded 3 dimensional interactive optical LED Tea tables with the hope of bringing them to festivals to incorporate into natural spaces in collaboration with Land artists. I hope to evoke the curiosity of visitors to stay and play, interact or simply reflect around glowing portals that look like portals emerged from a crystalline depth.
Mushrooms for DiscGolf
Design over-hall for a 10 year old disc golf course. Keeping the theme of a mushroom obstacles for players to navigate between baskets, for 2020 have designed and created mushrooms that can flat pack for shipping and transport and be assembled and repaired on site easily. Constructed out of painted plywood and thick clear acrylic, the aesthetic is that of a low resolution video game with the layers of acrylic creating 2d glowing mushrooms within the large sliced sculptures.
Peak Oil
First installation of a new art piece by Kate Raudenbush at EDC las Vegas in 2019. Designed and installed lighting to evoke sensation of water within the stacked steel barrel design. Worked closely with the artist on every aspect of the installation. On site assembly, rigging and electrical systems design and installation with scissor lifts, reach fork and a 85ft articulated boom.
Doobie Nights
Part of a small assembly and install team working with Brian Pinkham and Carey Thompson to bring an elaborate, futuristic lighting installation to a dispensary in Santa Rosa. A combination of layered indirect lighting effects with dense LED panels, interactive triggers and Projection mapping.
Luna Flora 2018
Burning man honorarium project collaborated with the ArcoSanti collective to remotely create a lighting shell to illuminate the metal sculpture being fabricated simultaneously in Arizona. Objective was to create an organic, natural lunar glow with with addressable LEDs accross the entire surface, creating a dynamic and inviting installation at night.
Sanctuary Art Car 2017-2018
Worked with Lighting Designer Robb Pope to lead a production team; preparing, assembling, soldering, installing and mapping over 300,000 indirect LEDs that created a textured video mapped surface for a 35ft goliath of an art car, debuted at Burning man 2018 after 2 years planned production.
Temple of Tension 2018
Created two custom lighting rigs from recycled materials to give directed lighting to an interactive tight ropes course, all metals were finished with a forced patina and kaleidochromatic pigments. Refurbished lanterns with LED’s, dichroic coated glass and 2 way mirror cast pink and green light across the area day and night.
Exploratorium
Month long installation at The Exploratorium called Cognitive technologies. Created a sculpture out of plexiglass and LEDs to demonstrate the physical aspects of how information is processed by the visual system before analysis by the brain. The sculpture was centerpiece for the group installation that had various stations and a realtime display for participants to see their EEG data and participate in biofeedback activities. In collaboration with the Cal Berkeley Cognitive Technologies group and M0xy, Oakland art Collective.
"WombShip" Symbiosis Eclipse Festival Temple
Created, installed and controlled LED lighting for the installation and created different scenes of effects live throughout the week. In collaboration with Future Proper, Brian Pinkham (lighting designer), and Flair McNeil. Embedded lighting in glass plus acrylic dichroic round windows, a 3dimensional twisted spire with an infinity tetrahedron suspended in the top of the ceiling.
The Genie Experience
Designed and Built a series of custom infinity effects portable stages for The Genie. The goal was to create an ultra portable stage for his mixing panels and to to illuminate him during performances. The stages have since been integrated into The Genie Experience studio, an immersive music and lighting experience that is offered at the Hive Gallery, SF.
MEDIA MECCA @ Burning Man
Lead by Naomi Aeva created embedded lighting features on site and cnc routed features for the faux book entry. Warm lit boxes with art from contributing artists, Upcycled previous set pieces with Colin Creveling to create additonal LED features.
HyperDimensional Illusion Displays and Tables.
Creating optical illusion lighting displays with layered mirrored acrylic 3D object displays.
Custom data visualisation, analog control or live wireless control options. Alternatives to traditional tables that have extra functionality as light source and optical illusion, creating extra space.
Midwayville
Designed and Fabricated a 3D acrylic GameBoard section for Interactive stage lighting effects part of an immersive environment called Midwayville. Analog lighting controller designed to be used by the MC, adjusting patterns and colors to portray level of the players have reached throughout the night.
Temple Infinity Room
Designed and fabricated an immersive infinity room for the washrooms at the VIP section of a busy SF nightclub. Control options via DMX or an SD card slot for loading video content across the display.
Floatra @ Symbiosis
Floatra is a phosphorescent and LED-empowered tetrahedronal watercraft that debuted at Symbiosis 2016. It includes a LED lighting system and mirrored acrylic and phosphorescent resin cast details.
Nomads NOOK @ Lucidity
In collaboration with Daniel Anderson’s live Projection Mapping with Myo Armbands built 3D acrylic geometric features for exterior and interior with embedded lighting and coordinated lighting effects with projections. Built and Installed a Infinity effects table with directional lighting grid and other ambient details.
Skinnetic
Built custom LED props and set pieces for an interactive performance art piece by Mary White. Live projection mapping visuals coordinated with addressable LED arrays and collaboration with Daniel Anderson and Projection mapping on 3D objects and performers.
Mary’s Bayou bound stained Glass light boxes
Designed and built 3 Custom holographic lighting boxes to illuminate the work of stained glass artist Mary White. The large tryptich featured a glass landscape of water at sunset, the LED light boxes contained four different colour temperatures of white light to give the users the option to change the lighting according to need and to create anolog dimming effects evocotive of natural light at different times of day
The Dwelling
Interior lighting design, art curation and construction for a burning man installation 2019. Created a space to tell the story of two stranded and curious alien travellers with different conceptions of mass, space, time and states of matter. The geometric structure was created to tell part of the story of the travellers with lots left for visitors to imagine and explore. Built largely with the Project lead, Phil Levis and few skilled and enthusiastic teammates at the Box Shop in San Francisco, and Stanford University in California. Installed for 9 successful days in Black Rock Desert, Nevada.
PurrPods
Created Acrylic features for Metal Purring Cat Sculptures by Paige Taschner of Laser Eyes of Love. Sculpted layered acrylic hearts and Eyes with embedded LEDs. Milled and painted custom name tags, colourful circular plaques of phrases from the artist and designed analog touch sensors for the sculpture. Bass shakers mounted in the sculpture were triggered by interactions “petting” the sensors for different amounts of time.
Futures Past & Asterpod
Removed damaged wiring and lighting from the sculptures pieces before recreating aspects of the lighting that minimally distract navigation from the water. Worked closely with artist Kate Raudenbush to create a new 12v system to run LEDs throughout the sculpture and get power in a wet remote area with dusk activated lights. Created new power system and lockable box for Asterpod to maintain power at a remote and difficult location surrounded by water.
1000 bulbs
Assembled and installed 1000 addressable Edison bulbs with a small crew for Sight Unseen Studios… The installation was for a one night event at SVNwest to raise money to build 1000 wells to provide needy communities with a clean and fresh drinking water resource. As money was raised during the gala, a light bulb lit joining the rest of the display for every well money was raised to build.
Chase center graphics
With Local 510 Sign and Display, installed 100ft projection screen to the glass for projecting art and video content over the holiday period. Ongoing jobs installing graphics to glass as contracted by City Graphics Solutions
Rigging and Graphics Installation at MOSCONE and SJCC
Contracted through Local 510 for more than 100 large and small Trade shows, working for Freeman, Coastal, Nth Degree, GES and others working in different departments producing, installing, rigging and assembling most features of Trade shows at Convention centers.
Round 3d infinity effects table
Building a series of embedded 3 dimensional interactive optical LED Tea tables with the hope of bringing them to festivals to incorporate into natural spaces in collaboration with Land artists. I hope to evoke the curiosity of visitors to stay and play, interact or simply reflect around glowing portals that look like portals emerged from a crystalline depth.
Mushrooms for DiscGolf
Design over-hall for a 10 year old disc golf course. Keeping the theme of a mushroom obstacles for players to navigate between baskets, for 2020 have designed and created mushrooms that can flat pack for shipping and transport and be assembled and repaired on site easily. Constructed out of painted plywood and thick clear acrylic, the aesthetic is that of a low resolution video game with the layers of acrylic creating 2d glowing mushrooms within the large sliced sculptures.
Peak Oil
First installation of a new art piece by Kate Raudenbush at EDC las Vegas in 2019. Designed and installed lighting to evoke sensation of water within the stacked steel barrel design. Worked closely with the artist on every aspect of the installation. On site assembly, rigging and electrical systems design and installation with scissor lifts, reach fork and a 85ft articulated boom.
Doobie Nights
Part of a small assembly and install team working with Brian Pinkham and Carey Thompson to bring an elaborate, futuristic lighting installation to a dispensary in Santa Rosa. A combination of layered indirect lighting effects with dense LED panels, interactive triggers and Projection mapping.
Luna Flora 2018
Burning man honorarium project collaborated with the ArcoSanti collective to remotely create a lighting shell to illuminate the metal sculpture being fabricated simultaneously in Arizona. Objective was to create an organic, natural lunar glow with with addressable LEDs accross the entire surface, creating a dynamic and inviting installation at night.
Sanctuary Art Car 2017-2018
Worked with Lighting Designer Robb Pope to lead a production team; preparing, assembling, soldering, installing and mapping over 300,000 indirect LEDs that created a textured video mapped surface for a 35ft goliath of an art car, debuted at Burning man 2018 after 2 years planned production.
Temple of Tension 2018
Created two custom lighting rigs from recycled materials to give directed lighting to an interactive tight ropes course, all metals were finished with a forced patina and kaleidochromatic pigments. Refurbished lanterns with LED’s, dichroic coated glass and 2 way mirror cast pink and green light across the area day and night.
Exploratorium
Month long installation at The Exploratorium called Cognitive technologies. Created a sculpture out of plexiglass and LEDs to demonstrate the physical aspects of how information is processed by the visual system before analysis by the brain. The sculpture was centerpiece for the group installation that had various stations and a realtime display for participants to see their EEG data and participate in biofeedback activities. In collaboration with the Cal Berkeley Cognitive Technologies group and M0xy, Oakland art Collective.
"WombShip" Symbiosis Eclipse Festival Temple
Created, installed and controlled LED lighting for the installation and created different scenes of effects live throughout the week. In collaboration with Future Proper, Brian Pinkham (lighting designer), and Flair McNeil. Embedded lighting in glass plus acrylic dichroic round windows, a 3dimensional twisted spire with an infinity tetrahedron suspended in the top of the ceiling.
The Genie Experience
Designed and Built a series of custom infinity effects portable stages for The Genie. The goal was to create an ultra portable stage for his mixing panels and to to illuminate him during performances. The stages have since been integrated into The Genie Experience studio, an immersive music and lighting experience that is offered at the Hive Gallery, SF.
MEDIA MECCA @ Burning Man
Lead by Naomi Aeva created embedded lighting features on site and cnc routed features for the faux book entry. Warm lit boxes with art from contributing artists, Upcycled previous set pieces with Colin Creveling to create additonal LED features.
HyperDimensional Illusion Displays and Tables.
Creating optical illusion lighting displays with layered mirrored acrylic 3D object displays.
Custom data visualisation, analog control or live wireless control options. Alternatives to traditional tables that have extra functionality as light source and optical illusion, creating extra space.
Midwayville
Designed and Fabricated a 3D acrylic GameBoard section for Interactive stage lighting effects part of an immersive environment called Midwayville. Analog lighting controller designed to be used by the MC, adjusting patterns and colors to portray level of the players have reached throughout the night.
Temple Infinity Room
Designed and fabricated an immersive infinity room for the washrooms at the VIP section of a busy SF nightclub. Control options via DMX or an SD card slot for loading video content across the display.
Floatra @ Symbiosis
Floatra is a phosphorescent and LED-empowered tetrahedronal watercraft that debuted at Symbiosis 2016. It includes a LED lighting system and mirrored acrylic and phosphorescent resin cast details.
Nomads NOOK @ Lucidity
In collaboration with Daniel Anderson’s live Projection Mapping with Myo Armbands built 3D acrylic geometric features for exterior and interior with embedded lighting and coordinated lighting effects with projections. Built and Installed a Infinity effects table with directional lighting grid and other ambient details.
Skinnetic
Built custom LED props and set pieces for an interactive performance art piece by Mary White. Live projection mapping visuals coordinated with addressable LED arrays and collaboration with Daniel Anderson and Projection mapping on 3D objects and performers.
