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Het Amsterdamse Winterparadijs lit with over 600 Chauvet fixtures

For eighteen days this winter, the Het Amsterdamse Winterparadijs event turned RAI Amsterdam into an enchanted world that filled 38,000 square meters of indoor space (plus 5,000 square meters outdoors) and including a market, massive indoor-outdoor ice skating rink, snow play area, Ferris wheel, Apres cross country skiing trail, silent disco, and a variety of food and drink options, as well as on-stage performances by different artists.

Providing the technical production that supported this event, produced by 4PM Entertainment, was Unlimited Productions. For the lighting, the production specialist relied on over 600 IP65 rated Chauvet Professional fixtures supplied by Splendit. “We wanted to avoid external rain protection such as domes to keep a clean look and not distract from the magical mood of the visitor’s experience”, explains Unlimited Production’s Bert Kelchtermans, the production manager of the event.

Unlimited Productions used 222 Colorado Quad Zoom fixtures in the space, most of them (162 units) were dedicated to creating general atmospheric lighting and accenting scenic elements, while the remainder were positioned in the eating and drinking areas. Most of the 54 Colorado Batten Q15 linear fixtures were used to define walkways and waiting areas with colorful light, while other units created an eye-pleasing effect on two round shrimbars.

Sixty-eight Colorado Q40 fixtures were sprinkled throughout the attraction for general lighting. In addition to the Colorado units, the lighting package featured 46 Color Strike M fixtures, used for general lighting. Lighting other areas, where manually focusing lights was not practical, were 34 Rogue Outcast BeamWash fixtures. Other moving light that figured prominently in the design were eight Maverick MK2 Spot and 32 Rogue R2 Wash fixtures, both of which were used to light performance stages. Also featured in the lighting system were 32 Strike P38 units.

The event space was divided into different areas for the purposes of lighting. In some areas warm color tones were used to set a cozy mood, while in others, a cool blue tint was used to reflect the spirit of wintery outdoor activities. At the Apres ski area, Kelchtermans used twenty Maverick MK Pyxis fixtures to create “a typical bar look with lights that would be on sound-to-light mode”, as he puts it.

(Photos: Chauvet Professional/Unlimited Productions/4PM Entertainment)

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