But what separates this location from your typical bowling alley and games venue, is the atmosphere. From the LCD screens playing music video clips above the lanes, to the funky and comfortable décor scattered around the place; you feel more like you have stumbled into some Hollywood star's lounge room rather than a commercial entertainment venue.
A major contributor to the overall ambience of the place is the stunning lighting effects. Lighting designer Andrew Livingston of Bluebottle 3 Pty Ltd, was able to incorporate the necessary branding elements that EDG put into all their venues, with slick, colourful and unique effect and decorative lighting. "Having several different venues on site, we wanted to make sure they all looked different but still complimented each other. We also wanted the venue to be constantly moving with different looks or moods. Some of the changes are subtler than others, but over the course of a day, the entire venue has several different feels to it."
Lightmoves supplied a total of 41 Aureol Beam Shapers, used for their gobo projection capabilities in a variety of applications. A further 90 Aureol Beam Spots, with the optional Snoot for beam control, are scattered around the complex providing general spot lighting.
The four Bars located on the premises are all decked out with Osram Linearlight LED strips. White strips are used to stunningly uplight all bottle displays, while green strips are used around the front of the Kingpin bar. For the main Barcode bar, a combination of Blue and Red Linearlight LED strips dim in and out to create the a two-colour changing effect. This results in a blast of colour that can be seen well before you enter the venue.
The Kingpin bowling alley features an eye-catching colourwash at the far end of the bowling lanes. Martin Alien 02 washlights were used to project the changing colours onto the Barisol turn-down frames at the end of the lanes. The colourwash, controlled by an Enttec DMX Streamer, is complimented by a series of colour-changing LED tubes that 'Zigzag' their way across the bowling lanes. The space is finished off by a series of low voltage Wedgelites running up the length of the alley's side wall.
The entire lighting system is controlled by a range of Dynalite dimmers and switchers, with a Dimtek LCD touchscreen - located behind the main bar - as the command post for all lighting control and colour-changing procedures for all three venues; allowing for very simple and convenient operation.
(Lee Baldock)
