OHELEN · Don't I know

Ohelen 〈Don't I know〉 Live
Laser portrait · Laser lighting

A face drawn in laser light emerges from the darkness. Its eyes close and open, and a tear gathers at the corner of an eye.
As the song continues, the same light fans out behind the musicians and pours in from the side as a plane.

Client
OHELEN
Artist
Ohelen
Year
2020
KNOVCOMPILE's role
Laser projector direction · Laser drawing
Performance lighting direction
Three musicians perform with vertical beams behind them in the haze

Before the song begins,
a face drawn in light opens its eyes

The song opens with lines rather than a person. KNOVCOMPILE drew twelve frames of a face using only eyebrows, eyes, a nose, lips and a jawline, then projected them into darkness with a laser projector. As the drawings change in sequence, the eyes close and open. In the final frame, a single tear gathers at the corner of an eye.

  1. Laser portrait drawing — frame 1
  2. Laser portrait drawing — frame 2
  3. Laser portrait drawing — frame 3
  4. Laser portrait drawing — frame 4
  5. Laser portrait drawing — frame 5
  6. Laser portrait drawing — frame 6
  7. Laser portrait drawing — frame 7
  8. Laser portrait drawing — frame 8
  9. Laser portrait drawing — frame 9
  10. Laser portrait drawing — frame 10
  11. Laser portrait drawing — frame 11
  12. Laser portrait drawing — frame 12

Twelve face drawings projected in laser lightEyes close and open → A tear appears

The face with closed eyesVideo still · Seoul Indie Music Festa (SIMF)
The face with a tearVideo still · Seoul Indie Music Festa (SIMF)

From lines to planes,
light expands with the song

The lines that drew the face expand into fans behind the musicians and planes of light from the side. As the beam planes become visible in the haze, the small space gains depth.

Ohelen 〈Don't I know〉 Live · Laser sequenceVideo · Seoul Indie Music Festa (SIMF)

Light surrounds three musicians

The same lasers spread from behind, cut across from the side and rise vertically, shaping the musicians' silhouettes in each scene.

Beams spreading from behindVideo still · Seoul Indie Music Festa (SIMF)
Three musicians and beamsVideo still · Seoul Indie Music Festa (SIMF)
Beams behind the singerVideo still · Seoul Indie Music Festa (SIMF)
A plane unfolding from the sideVideo still · Seoul Indie Music Festa (SIMF)
Overlapping planesVideo still · Seoul Indie Music Festa (SIMF)
Light filling the hazeVideo still · Seoul Indie Music Festa (SIMF)
Beams cutting across from the sideVideo still · Seoul Indie Music Festa (SIMF)
Vertical beamsVideo still · Seoul Indie Music Festa (SIMF)
Vertical beams and floor beamsVideo still · Seoul Indie Music Festa (SIMF)

A single line in darkness
becomes an entire space by the song's end.

Don't I know (drift) Live

Ohelen 〈Don't I know〉 (drift) LiveVideo · Seoul Indie Music Festa (SIMF)

Credits

Client
OHELEN
Artist
Ohelen
Work
Don't I know (drift) Live
Laser projector direction · Laser drawing
Performance lighting direction
KNOVCOMPILE
Video
Seoul Indie Music Festa (SIMF)