'Volume' at the Victoria & Albert Museum

Internationally acclaimed, 'Volume', an interactive light and sound sculpture housed within the John Madejski garden at the heart of London's Victoria & Albert museum, was a truly inspirational experience. 'Volume' responded spectacularly to human movement, creating a series of audio-visual experiences. Visitors were invited to step inside and see their actions at play with the energy fields throughout the space, triggering a brilliant display of light and sound. It was Prolyte Group's creative brand team Litestructures' task to turn United Visual Artists' bold concept and ambition into beautiful reality.

Central to the exhibit were 48 lighting and sound columns, arrayed to give a floating effect, loaded with state-of-the-art Barco LED panels and discreet loudspeakers, all fully interactive, using Infra-red control technology. The sophisticated technology package for each column had to be housed within custom made aluminium extrusions, but with minimal visibility for the framework, for which Litestructures created a special, new, black gloss finish. The entire montage stands on a precisely contoured flat platform of LiteDeck, which was cut to exactly follow the concave floor of what was once the garden pond.

The fully finished structure was assembled, rehearsed, refined and finalised in Wakefield, before transport and re-assembly in situ.

'Volume' has since traveled as far as Hong Kong, Taiwan, St. Petersburg and Melbourne.

Footage courtesy of UVA.

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