Lightning projects take home TWO awards!
After 5 years of working with lasers, it seems that I have now been accepted by the wider laserist community! The International Laser Display Association (ILDA) have honoured me in their awards ceremony in Montreal, as part of their annual … There’s more
Margate Games : Lazer Arcade video and photos
Now that the Margate Games residency is over it’s time to take stock and document the project. Lazer Arcade draft edit from Seb Lee-Delisle on Vimeo. To my great relief the system worked really well and Lazer Arcade proved to … There’s more
Margate Games : calibrating LazerArcade
Today was my first day on site in Margate and setting up the LazerArcade system at full size. I’ve had a tiring day trying to calibrate and I can’t seem to get it quite as accurate as it was at … There’s more
Margate Games : research on Brighton Pier
Yesterday I was researching on Brighton Pier to see if there were any shooting / throwing games that I could steal, or in art-speak, “draw inspiration from” for my LazerArcade project. It’s always interesting the current crop of characters from … There’s more
Margate games: locating bullets with sound
I’ve been working on a system that uses microphones to locate where a bullet has hit the wall, so that I can make a digital firing range using lasers and Nerf guns. Since I posted last, I’ve been thinking more … There’s more
Margate games: Digital shooting gallery R&D
I can’t believe it’s already been two weeks since my first Margate visit and since then there’s been a burst of technical R&D. I’ve decided to recreate the magic of an old fashioned side show, with additional computers and lasers. … There’s more
Margate Games residency – revisiting Margate
It was my first visit to Margate yesterday since I was a kid. I walked around and got a feel for the town, and was lucky enough to get a tour of the dilapidated theme park, Dreamland. There are creepers … There’s more
Margate Games residency kicks off
2014 is off to a great start and my first project is an artist’s residency in Margate in the run up to the Geek Festival. I’ll be working on it over the coming weeks and writing up my progress on … There’s more
PixelPyros development – working with lasers part 2
In the first part of this series, we looked at the basics of how scanning lasers work, so now we’ll cover the equipment that you need and how it all connects together. Photo: FFP Laser systems Reminder : lasers are … There’s more
PixelPyros development – working with lasers part 1
Photo : Dave Wilson Over the next few weeks I’ll be working hard on new features of PixelPyros, and I thought it’d be fun to share what I’ve learned. I’m going to start with lasers. Because, well, because lasers. First, … There’s more
