VANS · 2023

VANS STATION SINDANG
Stage lighting · Video playback

Sindang Station, Seoul · October 20–21, 2023

We designed the direction of light among the columns beneath Sindang Station and connected video to the LED stage. A lighting and video system for a space where DJ performances meet skateboarding.

Client
VANS
Project
VANS STATION SINDANG
KNOVCOMPILE's role
Stage lighting planning and direction
Real-time video playback software
An LED booth and a stage filled with blue light

VANS STATION SINDANG

Music meets skateboarding at Sindang Station

An unused transfer passage opened as a cultural space for two days. In the long underground space lined with columns, lighting and screens needed to support both performances and skateboarding.

VANS STATION begins at Sindang Station Exit 10
The DJ performance stage
The skate area adjoining the stage
Presence of the DJ tableLight on the dance floorThe atmosphere for skateboarding

Spatial layout

Repeating columns, different lighting layouts

In Zone B, lights aimed toward the stage from the upper walls and columns. In Zone C, they aimed toward the center from the floor beside the columns. We planned different lighting heights and directions within the same underground space.

Sindang Station, Seoul→Exit 10→VANS STATION
Zone BZone C
Lighting layout for Zones B and C
LED panelsStageColumns
Stage and lighting among checkerboard columns

01 · Zone B lighting

Lighting the stage and dance floor

Moving beams on the walls and wash lights in front of the columns establish the lighting direction. They illuminate both the DJ table and the audience floor, changing scenes through color and beam movement.

Beams and color crossing the stage and audience area
Illustration showing beam direction, mirror-ball reflections and the role of the LED stage

Designing places for light between the columns

Moving beams sit along both walls; wash lights stand in front of columns facing the stage. Mirror balls hang between the columns.

Zone B lighting layout model
Beams and color overlapping during the performance
Teal lighting across columns and the audience area

02 · Zone C lighting

Revealing the long space's depth with light

Beams and wash lights on the floor beside the columns point toward the center. Long laser lines and mirror-ball reflections spreading across the ceiling reveal the depth of the underground space.

Light crossing the concrete ceiling and columns

Low lights and long axes of light

Lights illuminate the space from near the floor; lasers point from the center toward the stage. We used layout models to review where these two directions meet.

Zone C lighting layout model
Mirror-ball light across the ceiling
Long beams between the columns

03 · Real-time video playback

Turning wide LED screens into one stage

Wide-format content played across the LED screens surrounding the DJ booth. KNOVCOMPILE configured the real-time video playback software for operating the content on site.

The skate area connected to the LED DJ booth

From content to the LED stage

Wide video and artist graphics connect to the on-site LED screens. Content spanning the screen width becomes the stage backdrop.

  1. 01Video content
  2. 02Real-time playback
  3. 03LED stage
Wide LED content · VANS
LED content depicting the underground space

Monitoring visuals on site

We operated the visuals while monitoring the LED booth's output alongside the control desk.

LED booth visuals playing on site
On-site video and lighting control desk
The DJ stage filled with LED visuals

Performance and skateboarding on site

A scene completed by the crowd

Light and video connected columns, ceiling, stage and audience. We operated the space on site as DJ performances and skateboarding unfolded together.

An audience gathered among checkerboard columns
The performance space transformed by color and light

Event film

Energy gathered underground

VANS STATION SINDANG · FAKEMAGAZINE

Credits

Client
VANS
Agency
HORIZON
Lighting planning and concepts
KNOVCOMPILE
PSYNC STAGE
Real-time video playback
KNOVCOMPILE
Location
Sindang Station, Seoul
Event film · Excerpts
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