MANNHEIM, Germany – Coolux Pandoras Box products were called in to help the city celebrate the 125th anniversary of Karl Benz’s modern automobile. (He received the first patent in 1886 for a gas-fueled car.) The “Autosymphonic” event combined live music, an orchestra, 80 cars used as instruments on stage, water fountains and architectural projections onto a local landmark.
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Autosymphonic Spectacle Opens with Pandoras Box
MANNHEIM, Germany – On Sept. 10, 2011, the city of Mannheim celebrated the 125th anniversary of the invention of the modern automobile by Karl Benz, with a spectacular multimedia show called “autosymphonic.”
This epic concept combined different styles of live music, a full symphony orchestra, 80 cars used as instruments on stage, water fountains and architectural projections onto a local landmark: the Mannheim water tower.
The result was a night to remember – both in terms of the quality of performers and the sheer scale of this demanding project.
There were 17,000 people present during the audiosymphonic extravaganza, that some even called it the German event of the year.
Coolux Pandoras Box products were used for the beams and LED feeds in addition to being used for the architectural projection that made the Mannheim water tower come alive.
LOOP LIGHT employed four Pandoras Box PRO Server systems in conjunction with the coolux Widget Designer PRO software to create the projections.
Two Pandoras Box Managers were triggered via the Widget Designer to sync the running systems. One challenging aspect of this particular part of the autosymphonic project was the video warping. In addition to four Barco R22 projectors, they had to integrate four additional 10,000 ANSI lumen projectors as a backup solution.
Sample equipment list:
– 8 coolux Pandoras Box DUAL Server PRO (incl. 4 backup server)
– 2 coolux Pandoras Box Manager Software
– coolux Widget Designer PRO
– 4 Barco R22 projectors
Credits:
Artistic Director: Horst Hamann
Music Director/Composer: Marios Joannou Elia
Production: m:con – mannheim:congress GmbH
Production Management: Christina Guth, Jens Diefenbach
Technical Management Light & Video: EBS Lights GmbH
Pandoras Box programmer on site: Matt Finke (LOOP LIGHT)
System technician & Wysiwyg: Timo Weinhold (LOOP LIGHT)
Water tower 3D modelling and warping: Wadim Wall (LOOP LIGHT)
