LIGHTING AND SOUND ILLUMINATING PROJECTS
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, the Empire State Building and Buckingham Palace and are among the attractions being lit up around the world
A 3D animation display on the Mosque and Fort marked the 40th anniversary of the United Arab Emirates National Day SHEIKH ZAYED GRAND MOSQUE
Lighting experts Obscura Digital of San Francisco, US illuminated the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi with a show using 44 projectors with a combined brightness of 840,000 lumens. The display, which marked the 40th anniversary of the United Arab Emirates
National Day, featured a series of designs and visual representations illustrating the artistic styles of the mosque. Obscura Digital’s team generated a laser scan of the surface area of the Grand Mosque to cre- ate a 3D model, mapping its hand-carved details. This included the façade, four min- arets and 12 domes for a projection area of 600ft (182m)-wide by 351ft (107m)-high.
THE QUEEN’S DIAMOND JUBILEE CONCERT, LONDON
The world watched as Buckingham Palace in London, UK was lit up by colourful projections as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee concert. Wowing crowds and
royals, the variety of anima- tions ranged from fl owers to rain by a number of art- ists. The palace projections were managed by XL Events and were delivered by 36 projectors, 12 Barco image pros and two lightware DVI matrices. The images were complemented by concert
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Ain was simultaneously brought to life with imagery of the founding of the UAE. This included scenes of the former president Sheikh Zayed’s and the ruling leaders’ lives, Bedouin life and agriculture. Sheikh Zayed’s vision for the mosque was a centre of cultural collaboration promoting under- standing between world communities.
Buckingham Palace’s light show celebrated the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations with colourful projections
stage wraparound LED screens fed with images of the superstars per- forming, which included Stevie Wonder, Tom Jones,
Kylie Minogue and Paul McCartney. The entire set was built around the Queen Victoria Memorial in front of the palace. XL Events
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also provided the monitor- ing, which was used by D3 Technologies for the video mapping and playback of video on the Palace.
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