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fixtures in total, of which more than 220 were Astera – a combination of AX3s, AX5s and AX7s connected via five wireless DMX transmitters. Often referred to as the ‘Cathedral of the Bergstrasse’ the idea was to maximise the impact of this event, so a special concert was staged inside featuring the band Lichtenberg with camera images of the performance projected onto the church’s front façade for socially distanced onlookers. The concert was also streamed on three different Facebook Fanpages - Bergstraße leuchtet, the City’s and the band’s - as well as on YouTube and on the Bergstraße leuchtet website. And … a series of ‘secret’ live-streamed concerts were produced at some of the locations – so
Johannes and the team had multiple ways of getting the content in front of people. The concert livestream concept was trailed for the first illumination at Auerbacher Schloss with the band “As far as Low’ and intended as a one-off. However, the public response was so overwhelmingly positive that Gregor Ott from GVO Media went on to produce seven concert movies from these spontaneous livestreams (i.e. not revealed in advance) accompanying some of the most dramatic installations. MKM Event Show Technik GmbH was the main technical supplier including most of the Astera Products; event producers e3motion provided general know-how coupled with overall coordination; GVO Media was responsible for
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the streaming and camera equipment working with CK Veranstaltungstechnik who provided the live stream audio kit; session pro GmbH supplied additional moving heads for lighting St Peter’s main facade; Astera distributor Kaiser Showtechnik contributed extra Astera products as needed and laser projectors were from Vision Tools. The collective activities related to all these lighting events gave a general moral boost and a great sense of purpose to all involved in the technical production during this time where there has been no work since March! So much so, that Johannes reports future lighting works and events are in the planning … so watch this space!