The concept of Hamburg-based set designer and architect Juergen Hassler (Hassler Entertainment), the show was technically realized with assistance from CT Germany. The full-service providers and LED specialists supplied the complete technology package, including more than 100sqm of Barco LED modules and 12sqm of VersaLIGHTGUIDE, in tandem projection - as well as the technical project management and full on-site service.
Almost 300 modules of Barco ILite 6 LED were inserted into a uniquely sized LED ring measuring 18.5m in diameter. The LED, which was especially designed for this event, had a weight of almost 5.0 tons and could be lifted and lowered via 12 computer-controlled motors. Besides the LED modules from its own rental inventory, CT Germany also supplied the static calculation and a curved steel mask as the special fabrication in which the LED modules were installed.
As soon as the LED ring was lifted, one of the four stages of the TV stations - Sat.1, ProSieben, Kabel 1 and N24 - came into view, thus providing guests seated on the rotating stage to achieve optimum viewing position of the playing areas. Three of the four stages were equipped with LED screens, containing more than 100 modules of Barco ILite 6 XP each - while for the fourth stage a tandem projection with two 18,000 ANSI lumen projectors from CT was used. As a further creative element, four VersaLIGHTGUIDE LED screens were installed between the individual stages - two screens measuring 2.5m x 3.0m each, the others 1.5m x 3.0m - which were triggered from the light desk via a Catalyst system, supplied by CT.
Both the guests and organizers were highly impressed that such a unique installation of an LED ring could have taken place within the confines of the theatre; it placed The Big Picture production in a class of its own.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
