The Indianapolis Museum of Art approached Blockhouse Studios in the winter of 2020 to reimagine the Clowes Pavilion at Newfields. In early 2022 we debuted our transformative installation: an 11,500 pound, 47x31 foot LED ceiling that evokes an immersive sense of nature right in the heart of the museum.
Bridging the gap between the organic beauty of the gardens and the beloved works of the Clowes Collections, this installation boasts the best and the brightest panels available in order to illuminate the limestone architecture of the Pavilion.
522 Neoti dvLED Panels were installed, synchronized and hoisted into the ceiling. Blockhouse managed the contractors hired to aid in the installation, produced original content for the LED ceiling, developed a custom Mac OS solution to keep content running smoothly between the screen and audio hardware installed in tandem with the LED system.
The LED ceiling casts a subtle glow across the courtyard’s architecture, bringing a contemporary dimension to the Clowes Collection and inviting visitors to pause, look up, and experience the museum from a new perspective.
Blockhouse Studios commissioned floral artist Paula Shoultz to suspend more than 3,600 fresh-cut flowers upside down, then filmed the arrangement from below to create a surreal floral landscape for the Clowes Pavilion’s LED ceiling.
Blockhouse Studios filmed flowing pigments up close, transforming their intricate patterns and shifting colors into expansive moving artworks across the Clowes Pavilion’s LED ceiling..
