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PixelRange Lights Le Pont du Gard Summer Festival
The famous Pont du Gard roman aqueduct spans the Gardon River in Southern France, and every year a summer festival is staged in the huge national park in which it is situated - to celebrate the aqueduct and the town and region of Nimes.
Lighting designer Jean Marc Bouaniche specified an entire PixelRange rig for the occasion including 110 PixelLine 110s, 20 PixelLine 1044s, 36 PixelPars and 12 PixelBricks. Jean Marc said: “I didn’t want to mix generic lights with LEDs. I wanted the aqueduct reflecting in its own colour – not lightening it with HMI or MSR lamps.”
The PixelLine 110s were positioned in each of the arches on the second and third levels whilst PixelPars were on the ground facing and lighting the first level. The PixelLine 1044s and the PixelBricks were on the river banks – simulating volcano craters in red beating like hearts.
6000 people enjoyed the show, experiencing the structure breathing colour. In red, the colour was so pure the effect was similar to a piece of iron just out of a very hot furnace - a truly amazing sight for the crowd.
French company Group F, produced the spectacle encompassing lighting, actor performances, acrobats, video, fireworks and music. All the lighting was supplied by Waldeck Organisation of Aix en Provence.
photos Pierre Baylet/Waldeck Organisation
15th August 2007
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