Barco is a global leader in projection technology. Today, the company announced that they were selected for Finland’s Season of Light festival. The event is an annual light-art festival and is the brightest urban event in the Baltic region. January is the darkest month in Finland and to keep spirits high, the festival presents two fa?ade light performances on the country’s capital building. This year the light shows will be using Barco’s XLM HD30 projectors, which feature 30000 ANSI lumens, a 1600:1 contrast ratio, and 2K HD (2048 x 1080) resolution. “We used two Barco XLM HD30 projectors to project the images onto the fa?ade of the cathedral, one for the upper half and one for the lower part,” explains Mikki Kunttu. “The performance consisted of three parts: The first was built around an old photo of the cathedral, the second dealt with abstract shapes and the third started with water theme and transformed the building into “an ice castle”. The biggest challenge of this project was to match this full HD content with the architectural details of the cathedral and this over a 150 meter projection distance. The XLM HD30’s were perfect for this kind of installation; they had the power and brightness we were looking for. The result was mind-blowing.”
[via Barco]
http://www.aboutprojectors.com/news/2010/01/29/barco-provides-light-for-season-of-light-festival/