At the Swiss Expo 2002, 60 Clay Paky V.I.P. projectors illuminate the breathtaking pool in the ‘CY-City Pool’. The Cyberhelvetia stand is found in the Arteplage Biel-Bienne’s Forum at the Expo, combining the appearance of a traditional Swiss bathing complex with more modern forms of meeting and communicating in cyberspace. Today, going for a swim together no longer requires water: now, swimmers simply dive deep into the Cyberhelvetia stand’s multi-faceted ambience of extended virtual reality.

The stand holds 200 guests and can accommodate up to 600 visitors per hour. The project was developed by Wiesbaden’s ‘3 de Lux’ and required 130 metric tons of material extending over around 1150sq.m on two levels: the exhibits have utilized 110 metric tons of wood, 11.5 metric tons of glass, eight metric tons of steel and 12 kilometres of cable. The Wiesbaden company cut no corners with its highly surreal lighting design, which uses 60 of Clay Paky’s V.I.P. 300 projectors to create the fundamental effect of running water which pervades throughout the exhibit.

(Lee Baldock)


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