SILVERSTONE, U.K. – A.C. Special Projects Ltd. (ACSP) used Chroma-Q LED fixtures to help transform the Clubhouse of the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) for the annual British Grand Prix Ball. The BRDC Ball, which takes place near the clubhouse on the Saturday evening of the Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix weekend, is a high-profile event, and this year marked the 60th anniversary of Formula 1 racing.
ACSP had limited site access before and after the event, and sought fixtures that would minimize the set up time without compromising the looks they were trying to achieve.
The Chroma-Q Color Force LED range, with 12,000 to 8,000 lumens of output, provided ample coverage for washing the roof-level canopy of the BRDC Ball venue, delivering an extended RGBA color palette with a reduced number of separate fixtures.
For the first floor level, outfitted with a casino theme, ACSP specified the new Chroma-Q Color Charge battery powered, wireless DMX LED fixture to provide effects uplighting around the floor perimeter. These fixtures enabled the team to transform the room lighting in a matter of minutes and avoid running cabling across the balcony doorways.
In the garden area, ACSP used Chroma-Q Color Punch high output LED fixtures to uplight a number of trees and White Punch LED fixtures to provide "daylight" illumination for various modern and vintage racing cars on display.
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of Formula 1 racing, ACSP specified the Chroma-Q Color Web LED display to provide a temporary video effects screen along the Clubhouse garden perimeter.
The lightweight, modular panels were pre-assembled into 10 four-meter-by-two-meter pieces, which were transported in SpectraLite multipurpose flightcases for quick and easy installation on site.
Video control was provided by Green Hippo using a Hippotizer media server and featured scrolling congratulatory messages, moving images and abstract patterns complementing the Clubhouse lighting scheme.
In addition to the Chroma-Q LED fixtures, ACSP used Pulsar ChromaSphere LED spheres mounted along the length of a wall in front of the Color Web to provide contrasting lighting to the video content.
In addition, A&O Falcon Flower xenon multi-beam effect lights were positioned on the clubhouse roof to provide awards ceremony-style effects lighting as attendees arrived at the British Grand Prix Ball.
Lighting control was provided by a Jands Vista I3 console and featured various color changing fades and chases that complemented the moving content on the Color Web video screen.
"A.C. Special Projects did an incredible job at the BRDC Ball," said Stuart Pringle, secretary of the BRDC. "The clubhouse was visible to all at Silverstone and our guests were greeted with a celebratory message which scrolled across the circuit fencing in the most incredible colors. It has become an annual traditional that those attending try and guess what the clubhouse will look like when they come out of the marquee after dark – it's added an exciting element to the evening, as well as incredible color to our party."
Artistic Licence is the designer and manufacturer of Color Web.
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