Fluffy the Burning Man Art Car
For Burning Man 2023 and 2024, I helped out with an art car project called Fluffy. It was created by a camp called Duane’s Whirld by transforming an old school bus with wooden cloud panels, LED lights, and a fire rig. Check out these links to learn more about Fluffy:
Here's a recap video of the project. You can read more about the details below.
I created an interface to control the LED lights using TouchDesigner. This output from Touch was used as one of the sources in Elm, which handled the main the main video mixing and pixel mapping process. I also created a wireless MIDI setup, using the WIDI Uhost device to transmit an AKAI LPD8 controller over Bluetooth.
Here’s an overview of the functionality of the interface I created, called FluffyOS:
two media banks that can load a folder of videos and automatically generate thumbnails. The lists can be reordered with drag-and-drop
media controls to crossfade between the two clips
playlist feature that will automatically switch clips based on a time limit. You can skip particular clips in either queue by toggling the “play/skip” button
layer effects that manipulate the imagery based on the physical structure of the clouds
post effects to dial in the look
customizable audio reactivity to control the visual based on audio input
NDI / Spout output
