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Viking Warship Denmark
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Lighting designer Hans Henrik Schmidt together with ETC dealer Bico Professional and head of AV in the National Museum of Denmark, Michael Bjørn, have recently come up with the exciting new lighting scheme to show the excavated Viking warship of the Danish fleet and surrounding exhibits. “The managers were keen to use ETC’s energy-efficient LED technology because of the quality of light and appropriate colour-rendering index values.” explains Schmidt. This fleet of ships rode the northern
waves around 1025 AD and have been partly restored from Roskilde fjord bed in 1997 and are now part of Denmark’s Viking exhibition until the end of November.
Schmidt continues “This is the first such use of LED lighting in a museum in Denmark, and exhibition reviews that we’ve seen which mention the lighting have been overwhelmingly positive.”
Most importantly the lighting output must not damage the exhibits, as they
Lighting Up The Sea! ETC Source Four LED lights world’s longest Viking ship.
included the ship and artefacts. “We recommended ETC Source Four LED Lustr+ for their low heat and minimal UV output. Even though they have indigo LED emitters, which would highlight whites just like a blacklight, there is virtually no UV, which could damage the 1,000 year old ship.” The Lustr+ fixtures are also used to enhance the backdrop of video projections of animated Viking invasions. “I analysed the colours in the movie,” explains Schmidt, “and reflected them not only in the walls surrounding the screen but also the lighting on the ship itself. For example, when a city burns, or a ray of sunshine is seen in the film, the Lustr+ can produce warm yellows, reds and oranges in the reflections. And when there is a flash of lighting, we see a strobe effect.”
Jan Michael Jensen programmed all the lighting using an ETC Ion control desk which as bought by the museum. “Because no one was allowed near the exhibit in case of harming it, the fixtures all needed to be addressed remotely once they were insitu. RDM came in very handy.” They then transferred the show to a Unison Paradigm system using the snapshot function. “That way, the day to day lighting can be operated by minimally trained staff, such as gallery attendants, cleaners and security,” says Schmidt. “Normally, the system can be started at the beginning of the day using a key operated switch, and it runs a timed program that contains all cues and triggers for the video performance.” All the staff can use the panel to turn the system on or off, although other lighting adjustments will be carried out by authorised personnel via the Ion desk. This system is also designed to work with existing halogen house lights as required. The exhibition will move to London at the end of the year, and then Berlin in 2014. The museum will be keeping the lighting equipment for future use.
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