ProSoundWeb: After a sold-out European run, LUMINISCENCE made its North American debut last fall by illuminating Saint Mary’s Basilica in Minneapolis with 360-degree video mapping, while spectators listened to the history of the U.S. landmark that was completed in 1914 accompanied by a blend of live choir, organ and instrumental music reinforced with a sound reinforcement system utilizing a range of K-array loudspeakers and supporting components.
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God, I’m so upset that I haven’t been able to attend one of these types of church projection mapping events yet. There’s even one in my hometown that I haven’t found time to go to yet. (One could compare these to a smaller scale project, the recent concert/psychodelic VMD project at the Carnegie Museum of Art’s sculpture hall). The images online look so phenomenal. I would love to see what the drafting for this looks like, in particular how lighting is integrated with the heavy video-media design of this project. The article’s note about selecting equipment that can be completely invisible to everyday visitors is very interesting to me. I feel that this is a fun and unique challenge to architectural lighting design as well as other disciplines, in more ways than one. It may drive the prioritization of lower profile fixtures, and potentially even fixtures that are in different colors that better suit the venue, as well as necessitating more thinking about cable runs and equipment like cable protectors.
Projection mapping is so interesting to me. I remember the first time I heard of it was through a random instagram reel where this guy was projection mapping the cabinets in his kitchen at home. It was such a simple yet effective way of integrating media into odd spaces. For this reason, it is a perfect choice for how this show would be installed in Saint Mary’s Basilica. Especially because, as the article mentions, this is a place actively used for worship, so the show could not impede visitors’ ability to walk through the space as normal. I wish the article went a bit more into how exactly the K-array speakers were installed so as to not disrupt these visitors. They talk about how the slimness of the speakers keeps them out of the way, but all I can think about is how many people are moving through this crowded space in a day and how there is no way one of those wouldn’t get kicked over.
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