Friday, May 01, 2020
Chic Meets Grit at Industrial Wedding with Help From Présence and Chauvet Professional
ETNow.com: Destination weddings have become quite popular, but newly-weds don’t have to journey to some faraway exotic spot to find a unique and memorable venue for their marriage celebration. A young couple in West Flanders demonstrated this in electrifying fashion recently, when they held their reception at Transfo Zweegem, a former power plant that was built in 1911.
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Okay I love this. I've always hated the idea of a destination wedding, but I hadn't considered a local destination wedding to a really cool venue. Also, I kind of love the idea of a very theatrical wedding. Not in terms of spectacle, but rather artistically. To have not just a theme but really a design concept. Plus, I kind of assume I might get married to someone who's also in theatre. Presumably, a lot of our close friends would be in theatre, and it would be fun to have close friends design the wedding as they would a play. It probably doesn't make sense; it would probably cost too much. There's also certainly an argument to be made for simplicity. On your big day you probably dont want the lighting to be prettier than you are. Or maybe you do. Either way, it is definitely a cool idea.
This. Is. Brilliant. I have long been fascinated by industrial architecture. I love the exposed support beams and the large, open spaces, and all the machinery. Although there is a lack of heavy machinery in this former industrial building, the lighting really elevates the space and transforms it into something beautiful. I would not be upset in the slightest if my wedding were held in such a space. It is just crazy to me how much some good lighting can completely transform a space. Just by adding a little splash of color, the space went from being an old, early twentieth century, degrading industrial building, into a beautiful venue fit for a wedding reception. I also love the effort that was put into getting this event put together. Their gear list was certainly not small, and all of it had to be brought up to the fourth floor of the building. Now, I don’t know if there are elevators in a building from 1911, but carrying all those instruments on top of the tables, chairs, truss, and everything else in the space up four flights of stairs does not seem like a favorable job. In any case, the effort put in was well worth it because the final result is absolutely gorgeous and hopefully unforgettable for all involved.
First off, I am not entirely sure why the article starts and ends with the destination wedding analogy because there really is no follow through and this was, in fact, not a destination wedding. It was, however, very cool looking. I wish that there were more pictures of the space or the ceremony or something because I would very much like to see more of what they did. I agree with Margaret that having a design concept instead of a theme would definitely be a neat way to go. I think that a lot of themed weddings are often kitschy and overwhelmingly themed and leave little focus on the bride and groom (which seems undesirable in a wedding). I really love when old spaces are given life in modernity, especially when they are not used in their traditional sense.
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