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Michael Potvin

@nitemind

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Create / Design / Direct / Perform. concerts, venues, experiential, raves, etc. Currently: more than can fit here. Formerly: way more than can fit

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swipe to the end for proof I’d be lost without @nitemind and @white.rabbit.audio, who transformed what was once a humble forest grove into our beloved, mesmerizing dance floor.

also, shoutout lasers. by @nitemind

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Installation for Instagram House exhibition curated by @instagram at Miami Art Week 2022 taken in Miami, Florida by @nitemind

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2 months ago

@devhynes + @skyferreira at opening night at Steel Drums 2012 taken in Greenpoint, Brooklyn by @nitemind

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2 months ago

in just over a week, @nitemind will be transforming a forest grove into an unforgettable dancefloor 🌟

Nitemind creates mesmeric visual experiences of motion, light, and color, using physical space to create immersive and interactive installations. The work uses light as a medium, including laser beams, video-mapped LED, and software art in combination with ephemeral sculpture and site-specific installations. Nitemind has been instrumental in the development of exhibitions at Palais de Tokyo, Metropolitan Museum of Art, MOMA, Red Bull Music Academy Festival, Berlin Biennale, Coachella, Pioneer Works, Roskilde, Public Records, and many others, working with Artists such at Frank Ocean, Kali Uchis, Kelela, and Rihanna, and brands like Commes Des Garcon, Issey Miyake, MAC, Google, Samsung, Saint Laurent, Revlon, Coca-Cola, etc. taken in Delhi, NY by @nitemind

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Kali Uchis @ Flog Gnaw 2023 taken in Dodger Stadium by @nitemind

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4 months ago

Table Talk by Malù dalla Piccola at United Palace NYC, presented by Christian Louboutin. Four acts staged in the spirit of the Surrealist dinner parties of post-war Paris — candlelit dinner on the stage itself, ballerina in scarlet pointe shoes, projected dancers moving behind her, the audience seated inside the piece. The Red Shoes as source material.
Nitemind — lighting and video design, programming, production, logistics, crew.
A sheer fabric hung in front of the LED wall, close enough to the guests that the screen itself would have read as tech in the room. Projector moved into position on stage during dinner. Not a setup cue — part of the piece.
Art leads. Tech follows.
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Artist @maluettt
⁣Photo @hunterabrams for @voguemagazine
⁣Producer @wonumeansgrace @anabellemcole
⁣Camera team @bodeyco
⁣Sound @asamiller.wav
⁣Venue @unitedpalacenyc
⁣Food @thubuser @taylorbuser @grandcook
⁣Nitemind team @highestpeakonearth @kneegroan @ros.durham taken in United Palace by @nitemind

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5 months ago

14 years of Nitemind! This is a photo from the first thing I built, on its first night on the road. The tour started in Brooklyn but I completely broke the code on the night before the Brooklyn show and could not get it working in time. Yes, I had zero backups and zero versioning. I was working in the Arduino IDE which was basically a text editor. I was able to fix it in time for us to rent a van and drive down to Philly to catch up with the band on the second show. This photo is from that show in May 2012 taken in Johnny Brenda's by @nitemind

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Kali Uchis, Atlanta, 2019. Fog and some other stuff by me. taken in Coca-Cola Roxy by @nitemind

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5 months ago

@bassvictim at @websterhall last night #bassvictim #bassvictimforever #bassvictimtour taken in Webster Hall by @nitemind

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7 months ago

Back when raves were raves. Helena Hauff x Nitemind. Bushwick warehouse 2017. I spent the most time on this gig building a room in the middle of the warehouse. I still have the high tension cable system that I made to do it. I used it to pull a tree out out of a driveway recently. Oh how times change. Anyone that wants to do a proper old school underground laser rave let me know. taken in Brooklyn, New York by @nitemind

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Celebrating ten years of tour work. I guess it was in December but I didn’t even realize. This pic is from @kelela at @musichallofwb in Dec 2015. This era was a moment for me where I had been doing a lot of underground / DIY techno, Steel Drums had closed a few years earlier but I knew Kelela from there so it made sense to go this direction. Little did I know that this is the work that would change my whole practice and my life for the better. 🥹 by @nitemind

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Steel Drums 2014. No idea what we were shooting here but this is my second animated LED system that only ran from an @lzxindustries video synthesizer run thru the DV camera that my family used to record my saxophone playing in high school. The LED rig and of course Steel Drums are long gone sadly, but I still have the DV cam & vidsynth. taken in Brooklyn, New York by @nitemind

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9 months ago