The City of Perth wanted to create a performing arts precinct on the forecourt of the Concert Hall and, to make this area more attractive, wanted the façade of the Hall to be creatively illuminated. Whilst some of the tendering companies proposed gobos and other such projection work, C&CP decided on colour washing the columns to create depth. To achieve this, they needed a small exterior light source that was both bright and had full CMY colour mixing so they opted for the Martin Exterior 200, its anodized aluminium cover camouflaging the fixture against the grey concrete.
A Martin Exterior 200 individually lights each of the nine columns. Fixed underneath each Exterior 200 is a small 12 volt downlight that illuminates the base of the column. "With the nine Martin Exterior 200 fixtures we can colour each column separately or have them all the same colour," explained Sean McKernan, C&CP's project manager. "There are two Studio Due CityColor 2500 fixtures that sit about 14 metres away from the Concert Hall which we use to wash the whole building thus providing a colour overlay. This allows for contrasting colours on the columns and the building wall, giving a two-tone effect which makes the building appear to shimmer."
A Martin LightCorder was chosen to control the lights working in tandem with a Jands Hog 1000 with updates done by a Hog PC.
(Catriona Strom)
