After nightfall in summer, visitors are invited to discover an enchanted trail winding 2 km through the woods. As they walk through the mysterious forest, visitors meet characters inspired by the area's myths and legends, who draw them into an immersive adventure.
The scenography, combining projections and lighting, is accompanied by an ethereal soundtrack. The result is an unparalleled sensory experience. The Moment Factory team custom-made the entire experience, including perforated metal panels resembling ancient manuscripts, lighting units designed to look like fairies, video mapping on natural elements and more. The multimedia installations are seamlessly integrated into the surroundings, creating an all-encompassing sense of magic.
Most of today's multimedia experiences are found in urban settings. In this case, Moment Factory faced the challenge of designing and building one in a natural setting. The team travelled to the site and soaked up the surroundings. The forest and its spaces, topography, detours and mysteries became the canvas for the experience. By adapting their work to the environment in the most natural way possible, and by concealing the technical apparatus, the creative team worked to ensure that visitors would see and hear nothing but magic.
Moment Factory created custom elements for each of the trail's zones : perforated, backlit metal panels inscribed with descriptions of the main characters, small lighting units designed to suggest the presence of fairies in the forest, a transparent screen used for a subtle projection in a clearing, video mapping that brings a dead tree back to life...
The forest setting has no light pollution, making it possible to work with more finely calibrated lighting effects. The technical apparatus required for the experience needed to be solid and reliable for use summer after summer.The creative team, with some 30 members, also made a point of drawing on local talent by working with a variety of artisans and suppliers based in the area.
(Jim Evans)
