Chauvet lights Saint Joseph Hospital
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It is a sense that has reassured Kentuckians through good times and bad since 1877, when the hospital was founded by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. In 2020, this modern medical facility came to the aid of its community in another crisis by serving at the centre of the region’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This June, Saint Josephs showed its gratitude to the hospital’s health care heroes and its support for families that have been impacted by the virus with two successive week-long lighting displays created by Studio46 Media, using the company’s Chauvet Professional fixtures. The hospital was lit in blue the first week to honour its medical staff and green the second week as a sign of compassion for victims of Covid-19.
Electrical contractor, Davis H. Elliot Company, which has a full-time crew at the Saint Joseph Hospital, contacted Studio46 Media to create the lighting design. “The hospital approached us about doing something for Healthcare Worker Appreciation Week,” said Ethan Mills, live events operation anager for Studio46 Media. “Tony Watson, our contact at St. Joe turned to Studio46 Media to make the visual transformation happen.”
The design team, which included chief designer Matt Cooper, and installation specialist Paul Moore, relied on seven COLORado Solo Batten and 15 COLORdash Par H12 IP fixtures to light the front of the hospital building. A particularly impressive feature of this area is its glass and metal gridwork section. Drawing on the COLORado Solo Batten’s beam angle, the team bathed the grid frame in colour without spilling light onto the windows.
The 15 COLORdash ParH12 IP fixtures were used for fill-in light at the front of the hospital, as well as for uplighting on the detailed rock work at the building’s base. An additional 24 units of the compact, but powerful, RGBWA-UV par fixtures were used to light the ER corner of the hospital building.
Saint Joseph Hospital’s signature inside waterfall was woven into the tribute design by a pair of COLORado Solo Batten fixtures that bathed it in thematic colours, and a single Ovation E-930VW ellipsoidal that accented its distinctive features.
