«Sky Vault» is a nighttime program of the «Co-Event» festival: a luminous journey through the forest, field, and river that culminates in projection mapping onto a historic facade. Light, lasers, and interactive projections reveal the nature, and in the finale, the lights from the viewers' phones assemble into a collective constellation on the building.

The project unites media art, nature, and collective action. It is designed for an audience aged 15–35 and scales from an intimate showing to a large-scale facade show depending on the budget.

Interest in one’s roots and local culture is growing, yet the younger generation lacks formats where tradition can not only be observed but truly adopted. Media art remains one of the most compelling genres: light and projections transform familiar spaces into events people discuss long after the festival ends.

«Sobytiyo» bridges both these needs: nature and tradition provide meaning, and light becomes the language through which the new generation speaks to them.

«Sobiytiye» is a festival of new traditions that will take place in May 2027 in a small town near Moscow. It is built around four natural archetypes: Forest, Field, River, and Sky. Through these elements, young artists explore the relationship between humanity and nature across three levels: natural origins, cultural reflections, and contemporary statements.

The festival is prepared as a process—a laboratory for emerging artists, an open call, and a public program featuring lectures and film screenings all lead up to one day and night of events in nature.

Visitors navigate the grounds from point to point. In the woods, they encounter a light portal; in the field, a light grid falls onto the grass; by the river, circles spread from footsteps; and on the glade, the graphics come alive with music. The route concludes at the facade, where mapping is projected and a constellation is formed.

All disciplines function as a single system: lighting, projections, and screens are controlled from one project—TouchDesigner. Therefore, the night is perceived as a cohesive show, not a collection of separate installations.

The six-minute mapping presentation encompasses all four directions of the festival. A fire ignites at the base of the building, light traces the contour, bark grows across the walls, the facade transforms into a field, and then a river. In the finale, the wall unfolds into the night sky; the lights of the audience ascend toward the building, forming a constellation. Each show is unique: the constellation is constructed from the real lights of the crowd, so it forms differently every night.

The building is captured via photogrammetry, and window, cornice, and opening masks are modeled based on the resulting 3D mesh. Static elements are calculated beforehand, while anything dependent on sound or people is tracked in real time. The camera identifies phone flashlights, and their coordinates become stars on the facade.

The system is not tied to a single building: the project can be transferred to any facade, area, or landscape after a new capture and calibration.

The project is structured to be implementable under any funding scenario. The basic version utilizes proprietary equipment, while each subsequent tier adds projectors, lasers, and new routing points.

Presence in the main festival event: in the mapping credits, on the screens, and in the navigation of the night routeA unique interactive stop on the route, designed in collaboration with the brand
Social media content: mapping and installation videos, audience footage, pre- and post-festival materialsReaching an audience aged 15–35: students, artists, designers, and architects
Building an HR brand among young professionals in creative and technical fields