Flume: Infinity Prism
A 110kg box of light that became the face of Flume’s live show and toured the world three times.
The brief
Future Classic commissioned a single object: a centrepiece for the live show of a young producer called Flume. As we worked on it, Flume’s popularity exploded. The show had to grow, and so did the brief.
The idea
The Infinity Prism is a physical structure built from light and reflection. It sat at the centre of the stage and became the visual identity of Flume’s first three years, as he went on to win ARIA and Grammy awards.
For us it was a pivotal project. It was our first serious exploration of built structures and light phenomena, and the beginning of the idea this studio still runs on: connecting digital worlds to the real one.
The craft
The prism wasn’t a prop. It performed.
- Code On Canvas built custom software so the prism could talk directly to Flume’s Ableton session and respond to the music as it was played.
- ColourBlind Productions built it into their lighting design. Their console could drive the prism too, and they took the 110kg box around the world.
- Around it, we produced a full visual library. Nearly an hour of original content was made in a few months, often narrative-driven: more miniature music videos than looping visuals. Flume could write a hit in days, and we’d match him, sometimes uploading new content hours before a show.
The outcome
Three world tours, thousands of fans, and long-running collaborations with Code On Canvas and ColourBlind that shaped much of our experiential work since.
Credits
A Toby And Pete project.
Client: Future Classic / Flume
Software: Code On Canvas
Lighting & touring: ColourBlind Productions
Tour photography: Patrick Stephenson, Jeremy Shaw