Designers of the visual event are Moment Factory of Montreal. The installation consists of 10 Martin Exterior 1200 Image Projectors illuminating five sails; two carefully aligned Exterior 1200 projectors for each of the 90ft tall by 160ft wide sails. The Exterior 1200s, which were supplied locally by Christie Lites, are mounted on 10ft poles at a distance of approximately 90-100 ft from each sail.
"It was an eight month process to design and realize the light show on the sails but the result has exceeded my expectations," comments Gabriel Pontbriand, multimedia designer at Moment Factory. "Originally we thought of using video but the cost was prohibitive. We found the Martin Exterior 1200 through Christie Lites and recommended them."
Pontbriand thought that brightness might be a problem, especially at such a long throw, but once he saw the illumination on the sails his fears were allayed. "Our team was very impressed by the brightness of the fixture for this application," he says. Pontbriand also liked the fact that he could find everything he needed in one fixture.
(Jim Evans)
