"Being located in Silicon Valley, the church serves people who are surrounded by technology every day," said Matt Gordon of Legend Theatrical (Scotts Valley, CA), which managed the lighting and video upgrades of the remodelling project. "The new lighting system and other enhancements have given the church a more contemporary look, which connects to worshippers."
Sunnyvale Seventh-day Adventist's technical director Greg Richmond described the changes made to the church's lighting system. "We had a few fixed, incandescent 'hardware store' style flood lights controlled by on/off relays," he said. "Now we have much more energy-efficient, DMX-controlled multicolor LED lights, some of which have remote positioning and focus to allow spot lighting of features on the church platform that change with the season and during special events."
The new lighting rig at the church includes 18 Ovation E-190WW LED ellipsoidal fixtures, four Rogue R1 Spot 140-watt LED moving fixtures,14 COLORado 2-Quad Zoom VW Tour par-style fixtures, 20 COLORdash Par-Hex 12 RGBAW+UV pars and four COLORado Batten 72 Tour washes. Richmond also used DMX LED strip lights to backlight a patterned metal screen and as wall wash along the six vertical columns at the back of the platform and in front of the church.
In addition to audio, video and lighting, the remodelling project features a reconfigured platform and screen walls, reupholstered pews, new carpeting, stonework and glass. Many of the new design elements in the church are tied together by the upgraded lighting system.
"The lighting not only illuminates the presenters, musicians and drama team members, but also the columns and stonewalls," said Richmond. "The new stone veneer is three dimensional, so we're able to create a nice pattern of shadows and color images when we uplight it with the COLORado Battens or hit it with side light from the COLORdash pars."
(Jim Evans)
