I worked for Chris Cunningham Company for a few years and was lucky enough to work on some awesome projects for Chris, including this installation, a laser battle/dance using motion control machines.
I worked alongside Chris mapping out and putting together a previz for the 9-minute sequence using Maya. After building a basic model and layout of the installation space, we spent a few months working on the set design, building up the animation and programming light and laser sequences. The animation data from the previz was then used to drive the motion control machines, which we were still able to tweak using Maya up until the last minute.
While the Installation was in place I worked as on set supervisor.