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Astera fixtures supplied for “Matrix Resurrections” premiere in Toronto

Event technical specialist Spotlight Audio Visual Industries (SAVI) supplied full event production for the Toronto premiere of “The Matrix Resurrections”, staged at the Scotiabank Theatre Cineplex, and including over 300 x Astera wireless LED lighting fixtures.

The visual design for this fourth “Matrix” sci-fi action movie launch was created by SAVI’s Avi Yurman and involved projection mapping onto the front of the building with lighting to support this and illuminate the whole cineplex environment, inside and out. The venue was transformed into a “Matrix” green colour.

Every lighting fixture, apart from some moving lights assisting the facade lighting, was Astera. Yurman utilised AX1 PixelTubes, AX3 LightDrops, AX5 TriplePARs, the new AX9 SuperPARs, AX10 SpotMax’s, both versions of the new AX2 pixel Bar (the metre long and half metre), plus NYX Bulbs and lots of transmitters, all owned by the company. All Astera units were powered and run wirelessly from a GrandMA2 console.

“For an event like this, which needed to be rigged, run and then de-rigged in optimal time, multiple wireless fixtures was the only option”, explains Yurman. “The original idea was to paint the walls and surfaces of the building in light and complement the projections, so the total opposite of a big beam show - and that’s exactly what we did.”

The NYX Bulbs were used above the “black carpet” VIP area. They replaced traditional light bulbs with “Matrix” electric green equivalents. Sixty AX2 PixelBars were attached to the interior glass and walls of the building’s atrium and along the escalator path, with more AX2-100s on the opposite side which was also being projection mapped.

The Astera AX3s were clamped via their magnetic bases to the staircases between the corridor of AX1s and AX2s. The AX9 PowerPARs, one of three new products launched last year by Astera, were positioned around the perimeter of the interior walls, where they provided up-lighting for the exit areas. The venue’s expansive exterior glass wall was illuminated with Astera AX10s and more AX9s, up-lighting the structural elements.

In the last two years, SAVI has replaced almost every static lighting fixture in its inventory with an Astera product, all supplied via Astera’s Toronto-based Canadian distributor, Lumenayre.

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