France - Young people from around the world participated in the 47th annual WorldSkills Competition in Lyon.
Founded in the aftermath of WWII when there was a global shortage of skilled workers, WorldSkills is dedicated to promoting vocational education. The 2024 edition of this biannual event fulfilled this mission in style.
Beyond being enriched by the exchange of ideas and knowledge, however, participants and guest from 70 countries left WorldSkills energised by the uplifting mood that resonated throughout Parc Olympique Lyonnais stadium during the closing ceremonies.
Enhancing this inspirational aura and taking its energy to a new level was the production design by Frédéric (Aldo) Fayard working with set designer Simon Fouillet, and lighting-multimedia designer Theo Broche Cannone, along with the rest of the team at Concept K that featured 142 Color Strike M motorised strobe-washes from Chauvet Professional.
Positioned throughout the 59,000-capacity stadium, the Color Strike M projectors filled many roles during the closing ceremony, from highlighting the awards presentations, to setting the entire massive venue aglow with immersive panoramas of colour at different moments during the four-hour event.
Each of the many facets of the ceremony had its own distinctive flavour. To reflect this, the Concept K design called forth a rainbow of different colour combinations, ranging from intense monochromatic palettes to woven tapestries of various hues artfully woven together.
“We used a pale magenta as a base colour, then a peacock, deep blue, mid-blue, cyan, pink, orange and yellow,” said Theo. “We also used white beams, essentially as a strobe and pulse bump.
“The Color Strike M is powerful, which was essential given the size of the space we were working in,” said Theo. “It’s quite easy to make the colour you need with this fixture.”
In addition to Aldo, Theo and Simon, credit for the project must also go to broadcast director Philippe Letourneur, show caller Laurence Pelissier, lighting programmers and assistants Paul Biencourt and Paul Simon, laser designers and programmers Tanguy Kopczynski and Theo Frick, production technical director Antoine D’Halluin, production deputy technical director François Catteau, network R&D Kelian Sevree and Martin Muraccioli, project manager Stephane Courtillot, project coordinator (Shanghai Crew) Stephane Thiodat (Stod), musical composer Philippe Villar and sound engineers Antoine Secondino and Jeremie Kokot.
