LUMINOUS: An interactive floor for public participation

DELIVERED | LUSAIL, QATAR | 2024

A large-scale responsive floor that lets visitors create visual fireworks and music simply by moving through a public space.

LUMINOUS. Project imagery supplied by Georgie Pinn.

Source: Georgie Pinn 2024 PHIVE project account; portfolio; QUT interview. Installation: Lusail, Qatar.

Public value and next application

Outcomes to pursue and measure in a future commission

Participation Beyond Language

A step produces a visible and audible response. This format offers an intuitive invitation for international visitors, while accessible ways to participate would be designed and tested for each site.

Family Activity After Dark

Responsive play gives groups something to do together within an evening event. A Queensland precinct could combine participatory installations with performance, food and visitor services.

Queensland Creative Capability

The project demonstrates Brisbane-based creative practice operating in an international production setting. It provides a relevant reference for destination partners seeking large-scale public experiences.

A Practical Delivery Method

The project account describes early visual and sound approvals, interactive prototypes and simulated footstep behaviour. This gave remote collaborators a way to review the experience before testing it on the physical floor.

Audience Intelligence And Business Value

Audience intelligence: Identify busy floor zones, activity periods and sampled dwell, alongside voluntary group profiles and preferences for other precinct experiences.
Business value: Improve event layout and programming, coordinate precinct offers and inform family or visitor campaigns; floor activations are reported separately from people.

How To Evaluate A Future Commission

Crowd interaction: Compare floor activations by zone and time; assess flow and dwell with agreed tools.
Audience preferences: Combine popular interaction patterns with voluntary feedback on content and enjoyment.
Ongoing contact: Track explicit email sign-ups and subsequent event referrals, separately from footfall.

A Useful Commissioning Step

Agree the creative scope and lead-production responsibilities. Test surface conditions, step-free access, interaction response, capacity, sound and weather operation. Separate installation evaluation from whole-festival reporting.

Evidence: Georgie Pinn 2024 PHIVE project account; portfolio; QUT interview. Installation: Lusail, Qatar. Full source notes accompany this collection.