The Aura Festival 2019 turns Sintra into a projection canvas with Christie as a technological partner

With the assistance of a few 24.000 visitors to this Portuguese city, The event featured fifteen pieces of equipment from the manufacturer to project on surfaces as varied as facades, Fireplaces, Totems, gardens, tents and even over the water.

Multimedia projections, Interactive Audio-Visual Installations, videomapping and light sculptures have taken over the historic center of the Portuguese city of Sintra to celebrate the festival of light Aura, that this year attracted 24.000 visitors and has had Christie as a technology partner.

Through your local partner ADLC Audiovisuais, Event Technical Production Company, Christie deployed fifteen projectors to bring the festival's different audiovisuals to life, which this year were focused on the theme of environment and sustainability.

As Patrícia Freire explains, Artistic Director of Aura, "The partnership with Christie and ADLC Audiovisuais is very important to us, both for the quality of the equipment and for the technical consultancy they offer us, in addition to providing us with the most attractive audiovisuals for our visitors".

It is precisely the use of the best audiovisual technology that is a priority in this festival, which has the EFFE European Quality Seal awarded by the Association of European Festivals (EFA).

The installations in which Christie's teams participated included an impressive mapping of 47 metre, created by the well-known visual artist collective Oskar & Gaspar on the façade of the National Palace of Sintra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, for which two 3DLP projectors of 20.000 lumens each.

Also noteworthy was a spectacular projection by artist Alfred Kurz on a fireplace, which was carried out with a Christie DWU635-GS, and another on the water by the German Torsten Mühlbach with the same model of 1DLP laser projector, WUXGA resolution and a power of 6.750 Lumens. This system includes warping and blending technology from the factory, dynamic contrast, 360° orientation, portrait and landscape modes.

José Cordeiro, Director of ADLC Audiovisuais, He points out that "the challenge was important because of the large number of installations to be mapped on surfaces as varied as facades, Fireplaces, Totems, gardens, tents and even over the water".

For this expert, a fundamental element has been "having Christie's projectors, which ensured us enormous peace of mind to carry out the work and guaranteed us the best image quality. The result has been impressive and the audience was amazed by the striking colors achieved in the different screenings of the festival".

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