The cathedral of Ávila commemorates the history of the city with a light and sound show

A video mapping was projected on its western façade and the bell tower in which the shapes and volumes of the building were played., creating different perceptions and virtual transformations. This was merged with other technical and artistic resources such as robotic architectural lighting, special effects, voice-overs and live intervention by two professional percussionists.

Last month the event technical company Strange Productions held a multimedia show of architectural projections, sound, lighting and live music, on the façade of the Ávila cathedral.

Included within the Ilumina Ávila festival, In the last three years this company has carried out two annual videomappings belonging to the Teresa Ilumina Ávila competitions (winter) and Heritage Illuminates Ávila (summer).

The last show that has been projected, and of which progress has already been made in Digital AV Magazine, It took place in the Cathedral Square for two days, at the rate of 5 daily passes. In it, the videomapping technique was used as the main technical and artistic resource.. The animations in 2 y 3 dimensions were projected onto the western façade and the bell tower of the Cathedral, with surround sound 5.1.

As in past editions, but insisting in a special way on this show, The projections played with the shapes and volumes of the façade, creating different perceptions and virtual transformations of the building that sought to draw the public's attention and generate especially surprising moments.. The projection was merged with other technical and artistic resources such as robotic architectural lighting, special effects, voiceovers and, new in this edition, the live intervention of two professional percussionists at specific moments of the show.

The artists stood on platforms on which percussion sets made up of various instruments were set up., including drums with light and water, that gave rhythm and spectacularity to the video projections.

Besides, A soundtrack was created specifically for this show., based on original compositions by Tomás Luis de Victoria, famous Avila polyphonist of the Renaissance.

The script of the show was based on the 30 Anniversary of the declaration of Ávila as World Heritage. Y, for it, some of the elements that best define the city were discovered, like the palatial Ávila and the Knights, the mystical Ávila or the defensive character of its wall. Besides, Some of the most illustrious people from Avila were shown and part of the show was dedicated to discovering, symbolically, the construction history of the western facade of the cathedral, referring to the last restoration intervention carried out on it.

Technically it was a very complex projection due to the great height of the tower, of 45 metros, and the short projection distance, 30 metros.

For more than 12 years, Xtrañas Producciones performs its videomapping shows with projectors from Christie, Watchout control system Dataton, lighting High End, line array sound Eaw and the structures Layher Allround.

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