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Amazônia Exhibition at Palais des Papes illuminated with Chauvet

“Amazônia”, Franco-Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado’s seven-years-in-the-making photographic journey into the still-unspoiled heart of the world’s greatest wilderness, is being celebrated at the Amazônia Exhibition at Palais des Papes in Avignon, France, which runs until 30 November 2022.

Designed by Lélia Wanick Salgado, and accompanied by music from Jean-Michel Jarre specifically written for the occasion, this experience features over 200 black & white photographs that reflect the complexity and beauty of the Amazon. The lighting design by RT Events features 166 Chauvet Professional fixtures.

“Given the size of the room (52 m by 25 m), it was necessary to recreate a complete grill with truss to bring it up to the scale of the expo”, says Project Manager Eric Tabusso. “It was necessary to build the primary framework (500 m of structure) for an exhibition in order to have the right hanging points and lighting angles. Constraints of weight, access (all by hand on the second floor, stairway with 60 steps), and positioning of the feet of structures also were important considerations.”

Complicating the set up was the building’s official status as an historical structure, which precluded having any hang points on the walls. Nevertheless, the team was able to hang the necessary lighting fixtures, as well as speakers, monitors, sound bars and video projections on square truss in three different spaces - the main cathedral and two auxiliary rooms.

True to Salgado’s vision of having his work “float” through space, the team created fields of light with their 82 Ovation E-910FC and 24 Ovation E-910 FC IP ellipsoidal fixtures. “Some works were very precisely lit with our Ovation ellipsoidals, as we did not want to overflow in light”, says Project Manager Richard Lespiat. “The thing was not always obvious depending on the positioning of the works and the projectors.”

Also featured in the rig were 43 Ovation P-56WW and 17 Ovation P-56FC par style projectors. “Some areas were lit with the artist’s desire to be more diffuse, hence the use of Chauvet Professional par units in addition to the 100 W ellipsoidals”, says Technical Manager Christophe Landry. “The intensity of each projector has been adapted according to each work with the permanent collaboration of the technical team and the artist.”

The selection of the energy-efficient fixtures also helped the design team deal with the relative lack of power draw in the almost-700-year building. The Ovation projectors produce a high volume of illumination per watt. This allowed the team to use fewer of them at the exhibit.

(Photos: Chauvet Professional/RT Events)

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