"18 Sang Yuan Street" - MakingOf
August 14th
Temporary test of the painting inside its frame to check for background contrast (the painting is NOT complete)
Temporary test of the painting inside its frame to check for background contrast (the painting is NOT complete)
July 5th - July 15th
Multiple performances completed for the animated parts. For the sake of clarity, only sharing below the approved ones.
Multiple performances completed for the animated parts. For the sake of clarity, only sharing below the approved ones.
July 1st
Dong Zhe 董哲 after one week in the workshop
Dong Zhe 董哲 after one week in the workshop
June 26th
Stainless steel perforated back received and installed. Spare LED panel installed
Stainless steel perforated back received and installed. Spare LED panel installed
June 24th
Tempered glass delivered, tested and installed
Tempered glass delivered, tested and installed
June 23rd
Dong Zhe 董哲 after one week in the workshop
Dong Zhe 董哲 after one week in the workshop
June 22nd
Circular Burmese teak wood frame received. Routing out hole for main power switch
Circular Burmese teak wood frame received. Routing out hole for main power switch
June 21st
Received final electronic components
Received final electronic components
June 20th
Adding LED controller to the circular interface. Continuing connectics task.
Adding LED controller to the circular interface. Continuing connectics task.
June 19th
After one week of lockdown in Shenzhen, LED Controller finally arrived in Shanghai, yeah! Followed closely by the delivery of the industrial switches and memory cards from Mouser.
After one week of lockdown in Shenzhen, LED Controller finally arrived in Shanghai, yeah! Followed closely by the delivery of the industrial switches and memory cards from Mouser.
June 16th
Dong Zhe 董哲 after one week in the workshop
Dong Zhe 董哲 after one week in the workshop
June 15th
Soldering power cable and adding shrink wrap on connectors
Soldering power cable and adding shrink wrap on connectors
June 14th
Adding additional fumigated plywood support for the extra components and fixing the power supplies
Adding additional fumigated plywood support for the extra components and fixing the power supplies
June 13th
Working on the safety aluminum brackets to hold the power supplies in place. (fail safe redundancy)
Working on the safety aluminum brackets to hold the power supplies in place. (fail safe redundancy)
June 11th
Continue working on electronics interface
Continue working on electronics interface
June 9th
Power supplies, LED panels, metal brackets received
Power supplies, LED panels, metal brackets received
June 8th
Dong Zhe 董哲 after one week working in the workshop
Dong Zhe 董哲 after one week working in the workshop
June 7th
Preparing the wooden structure for the LED panels layout
Preparing the wooden structure for the LED panels layout
June 6th
Delivery of some hardware components
Delivery of some hardware components
June 4th
Creating the mockup for the hardware interface
Creating the mockup for the hardware interface
June 3rd
Contacting suppliers and ordering the full list of material needed for building the frame and its electronics interface.
50 pieces of P4-1921-64X32 LED panels from Shenzhen (using Guoxing high quality LED pixels)
1 roll of 76.5m of tin plated copper ribbon data cable from Nextron (Tainan)
10 Onpow industrial switches LASO-k-11Q (Hangzhou)
10 Meanwell power supplies to power the LED panels MWLPV-60-5 (Suzhou)
5 Meanwell power supplies to power the LED controller MWLPV20-5 (Suzhou)
3 micro SD SLC memory card (industrial) from Mouser China (imported via Mansfield, Texas)
5 LED controller NewWing U-3 (Guanzhou)
10 AC filter from Canny Well (Taiwan), model number CW1D-10A-T 250V/10A
10 sheets of transparent Plexiglass, 3mm thick, 2440*1220mm (Evonik, imported from Essen, Germany)
10 liters transparent resin coating, brand: Bauhinia (Shanghai)
5 boards of fumigated plywood 8mm thick, 2440*1220mm (Shanghai)
10 Burmese teak wood planks 8cm thick (Guangzhou)
100g natural wood wax (Taiwan)
200 KSS nylon cable ties (Taiwan)
500 M3*12 black plated stainless steel 314 Self-tapping screws (Shanghai)
10m KSS movable bushing, black color (Taiwan)
100 KSS saddle type tie mount, white translucid color (Taiwan)
100 KSS wire clip, white translucid color (Taiwan)
1 perforated stainless steel back, 2mm thick, ⌀ 117.4cm (Shanghai)
Contacting suppliers and ordering the full list of material needed for building the frame and its electronics interface.
50 pieces of P4-1921-64X32 LED panels from Shenzhen (using Guoxing high quality LED pixels)
1 roll of 76.5m of tin plated copper ribbon data cable from Nextron (Tainan)
10 Onpow industrial switches LASO-k-11Q (Hangzhou)
10 Meanwell power supplies to power the LED panels MWLPV-60-5 (Suzhou)
5 Meanwell power supplies to power the LED controller MWLPV20-5 (Suzhou)
3 micro SD SLC memory card (industrial) from Mouser China (imported via Mansfield, Texas)
5 LED controller NewWing U-3 (Guanzhou)
10 AC filter from Canny Well (Taiwan), model number CW1D-10A-T 250V/10A
10 sheets of transparent Plexiglass, 3mm thick, 2440*1220mm (Evonik, imported from Essen, Germany)
10 liters transparent resin coating, brand: Bauhinia (Shanghai)
5 boards of fumigated plywood 8mm thick, 2440*1220mm (Shanghai)
10 Burmese teak wood planks 8cm thick (Guangzhou)
100g natural wood wax (Taiwan)
200 KSS nylon cable ties (Taiwan)
500 M3*12 black plated stainless steel 314 Self-tapping screws (Shanghai)
10m KSS movable bushing, black color (Taiwan)
100 KSS saddle type tie mount, white translucid color (Taiwan)
100 KSS wire clip, white translucid color (Taiwan)
1 perforated stainless steel back, 2mm thick, ⌀ 117.4cm (Shanghai)
June 1st
Project received the green light by the curator and will be included in “Welcome To The Neighborhood”
Project received the green light by the curator and will be included in “Welcome To The Neighborhood”