Duke of Tokyo: the bar that sings along.
2023

Photo: Tatiana van Waveren
Thousands of pixels, dozens of booths, one bar.
Karaoke the way it's meant to be: intense, interactive, overwhelming: Japanese street culture dropped into Rotterdam. Every booth had to hand the controls to the guests inside it, while the venue still had to breathe as one organism. Technically complex, but for the person holding the microphone it had to feel like child's play.
An Artnet network does the heavy data-lifting across thousands of pixels. On top sits a custom iPad interface, behind the bar for show control and in every booth: pick your song and the whole room colours along. Out on the floor, the show builds as the evening does.


The guests run the show.
An award-winning experience where every booth directs its own party. The system has run night after night since opening, despite all the complexity under the hood.