Dennis Parren builds amazing light tower with a moving LED platform

Dutch designer <a href="http://dennisparren.com" target="_blank">Dennis Parren</a> created an imposing <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/led-lighting/" target="_blank">LED-powered</a> sculpture for the Lowlands Music Festival in the Netherlands. The 18-meter-tall tower included a moving LED platform that projected black and white and colored shadows on the tower's triangular fabric panels, creating a calm light show that was meant to contrast with the festival's high-energy vibe.

Using the festival's theme "Kiss the Sky," Parren wanted to create a unique public sculpture that would stand out in the crowd, not only for its artistic factor, but also to serve as the festival's heart, providing a central meeting place in the crowded venue.

The artist, well accustomed to working with LED lighting, used a metal scaffolding framework to build the sculpture's frame, which he then covered in evenly-spaced steel cables and triangular fabric panels.

Inside the tower, a moving LED platform was installed to project the changing color patterns that illuminated the tower.

Although the project consisted of few materials, the construction process was quite complicated.

The tower construction was quite complicated because the LED platform had to able to move, be rigged very precisely.

The tower used four LEDs to generate over 1,000 watts of light.