The ColourPoint, PinPoint, StripPoint and Flood30 fixtures were used to highlight architecture and enhance the evening atmosphere of this premier historic site and London landmark where the Core units were exclusively used for the lighting throughout.
The creative lighting schemes were a collaboration between Core and its European distributor White Light, designed to illustrate how the dynamics of the different event spaces can be transformed with the application of visual layers - from lighting and projection mapping to floral arrangements and catering - all adding magic and value to the equation.
Core staff, including MD Phil Ion, were on site to assist in maximising all the lighting opportunities.
Event guests first visited the Jewel House to view the Crown Jewels and on exiting proceeded to the White Tower, the oldest part of the Tower castle complex and the old keep, originally built to subdue unruly Londoners and deter foreign invaders! The side of the White Tower was pixel mapped for the occasion, featuring a selection of projected video sequences.
The route between the two locations - some statues, a large colourful cannon and the pathway to the White Tower were all lit with Core's robust high brightness, IP65 rated Flood30 portable floodlight products, creating brightly lit pathways and adding atmosphere, against the backdrop of Tower Bridge lit up just beyond.
It was the first time that the more industrial Flood30s have been used on an event in this way - an approach that worked very well.
Various features like the ruins of the Wardrobe Tower - originally built between 1190 and 1199, the staircase in the White Tower, which ascends over three storeys - were dramatically up-lit from below using five Core Point30 colour floodlights, tuned to a rich tungsten amber colour, while the various artefacts and floral arrangements dotted around inside the entrance were picked out with Core's tiny single-pixel PinPoints.
Upstairs again, the walls of the banqueting hall, now a museum area, on the first floor of the White Tower were washed with Core StripPoint battens, and the relief of the alcoves and windows around the room highlighted with Core's flagship ColourPoint wireless uplighter.
The overall event theme was 'Tradition Retold' and the signature reddish colour for the lighting was inspired by the oak and stone elements of the buildings and the site's historic ambience "which we wanted to emphasise in a subtle and indirect yet high impact way," explained Phil Ion.
All of the Core products used were controlled via wireless DMX and linked to one lighting console, and could be switched between 'atmospheric' / 'environmental' and 'party' modes to match the different moods required at different times around the various event locations.
(Jim Evans)
