Allen Grabo · Creative technologist · Washington, DC

Visual systems
for real space.

Immersive content, projection mapping, generative systems, and technical direction for experiences that need to feel alive.

I work where a visual idea becomes a physical experience.

I create the content, shape the visual language, map it into the room, build the technical system, and help run it live — protecting the idea all the way through. The best briefs are the complicated ones: complex vision, many moving parts, and a finished experience that has to feel seamless.

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Projects

Systems that change the feeling of a room.

Selected Experiences Permanent systems Immersive Live events Gallery
Wide crowd view at a Ravens TailGOAT event with stage visuals
Ravens TailGOAT
Projection mapped across a Miami building façade at night
Miami · BitBasel
Operator at a show-control position surrounded by monitors
Show systems
Concert crowd in front of a stage wrapped in live visuals
Live stages
Ravens TailGOAT stage running custom visuals during a live set
Ravens TailGOAT
Performers backed by a full-stage LED wall
Live stages
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Capabilities

Visual systems, playback architecture, and technical execution for real space.

01Immersive visuals

Projection-mapped content, multi-wall environments, live visuals, and site-specific motion.

02Creative technology

Generative systems, AI-assisted workflows, interactive media, sensors, and custom interfaces.

03Playback systems

Pixera, Resolume, signal flow, media servers, show control, and calm technical execution.

04Technical direction

System design, troubleshooting, documentation, crew coordination, and operational handoff.

Software & PlaybackGenerative & Servers
  • TouchDesigner · real-time generative systems
  • Pixera · multi-display timeline playback & mapping
  • Resolume Arena · live performance VJ systems
  • NotchLC video pipelines & spatial motion
  • AI-assisted visual workflows & neural upscaling
  • Python scripting · OSC · MIDI · WebSockets
Hardware & ControlInfrastructure & Signal
  • Novastar LED processing & cabinet calibration
  • Datapath FX4 & multi-head display routing
  • Blackmagic ATEM switching & SDI distribution
  • Bitfocus Companion & custom Stream Deck surfaces
  • Art-Net / DMX lighting & sensor integration
  • Media-server rack builds & thermal preparation
Project & Technical DirectionExecution & Delivery
  • Systems architecture & signal flow design
  • On-site commissioning, alignment & calibration
  • Load-in, run-of-show & live V1 operation
  • Multi-vendor crew & venue coordination
  • Custom operator handoff & technical documentation
  • Rapid troubleshooting under live pressure
TouchDesignerPythonFFmpegGenerative AI
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Something in mind?

Send the room, the dates, and what it needs to feel like. You get a straight answer about whether I'm the right operator for it.

Allen Grabo — signature
BaseWashington, DC
RangeDMV + travel
StatusAvailable

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  • The room / space: venue, dimensions, surfaces, whatever you know
  • Dates: event date or install window
  • What it should feel like
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