International installation artists
Translated individual installation requirements into power, AV and practical site needs.
LOST & Dark Rooms Hotel.
The work joined artists, crews and practical site infrastructure across LOST's 19,000 m² Luxwerk venue.
Technical lead at Dark Rooms Hotel; one of several production leads at LOST
- Task and scale
- LOST at Luxwerk, 2025; Dark Rooms Hotel technical work
- My position
- Technical lead at Dark Rooms Hotel; one of several production leads at LOST
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
01 Task & scale
Task & scale
LOST brought immersive installations into Luxwerk, a 19,000 m² Berlin site. The work needed power for individual artworks, public spaces, safety lighting and exit signs. At Dark Rooms Hotel, my technical-lead role centred on live troubleshooting and maintaining installations.
02 Teams, partners & interfaces
Teams, partners & interfaces
LOST production and Luxwerk site teams
Coordinated infrastructure requirements with other production leads and the venue's working conditions.
Qualified electrician, suppliers and trade crews
Planned routes and equipment needs with specialists; final electrical verification remained with the electrician.
Volunteers and trade contributors
Briefed and coordinated teams of varying size during installation and live troubleshooting.
One of several production leads
Owned a technical production workstream, not overall festival leadership or the complete schedule.
04 My responsibility
My responsibility
As one of several production leads at LOST, I coordinated crews and worked with artists to turn installation requirements into practical power, AV and lighting plans.
Artist and crew interface
Worked directly with artists to understand installation requirements, then brought those needs into conversations with site crews and suppliers.
Power and site planning
Planned routes and equipment needs for installations and public areas, while keeping final electrical verification with the festival electrician.
Practical tooling
Built MapperV2 to make allocation and cable-route planning easier to inspect during production.
Power planning, artist support and installation troubleshooting were my remit, alongside other production leads. The festival's qualified electrician performed final electrical verification.
05 Constraints & critical decisions
Constraints & critical decisions
Different installations needed different power and media arrangements.
Decision Mapped requirements and routes with artists and installation crews.
Effect Gave teams a usable basis for site decisions, with final electrical checks by the qualified electrician.
The same allocation questions kept returning during setup.
Decision Built MapperV2 to support circuit grouping and cable-route planning.
Effect Made the planning information easier to inspect; the tool did not certify safety.
06 Supporting work
Planning the installation infrastructure
MapperV2 supported the allocation and route-planning work that later informed Short Circuit. The illustration below is a concept, not an actual LOST plan.
03 / Software built for the work
Plan it before
you cable it.
I built and used MapperV2 to support circuit allocation and cable-route planning at LOST. This is where the software story behind Short Circuit begins.
Showing routes + installation pointsConcept illustration · Not an actual site plan
The practical purpose
Bring installation positions, power needs and cable routes into a plan that could support decisions onsite.
Planning, with clear limits
The tool supported layout and load planning within configured limits. It did not certify electrical safety or replace onsite verification.
07 Delivery & outcome
Delivery & outcome
The exhibition opened at Luxwerk. My work supported installation and live operation across the site. MapperV2 helped organise allocation and cable-route planning; it did not replace electrical design or safety sign-off.