ETC Ion and Selador Light Cologne Cathedral's Sublime Lux EucharisticaTo create Lux Eucharistica, a dynamic audio/visual show gracing Cologne Cathedral's recent Eucharistic Congress 2013, the management called on illumination-art specialists Friedrich Förster and Sabine Weissinger of Casa Magica of Tuebingen, southern Germany. They, in turn, enlisted Matthias Strobel, an ETC Ion control desk expert to help program the spectacular projections and colorful Selador light. "Controlling the ETC Selador Classic Vivid-R LED fixtures and projection using the Ion was the easy bit," says Strobel. "The more challenging part was taking control of the cathedral's very complex house light system with 1,000+ channels via the Art-Net protocol. The fact that we could organize it all using the new Magic Sheets function, which comes with the latest Eos-family software update, made things really simple." The event used the Selador LED fixtures along with large-scale scrolling projections from Pani projectors to artistically express the topic of the congress. Live music complemented the images and colors, dramatically highlighting the gothic architecture. The aim was to inspire and awe the 45,000 people attending the event, including 40 bishops. Organized by the German Bishops' Conference and hosted by the Archdiocese of Cologne, the five-day event this June included worship services both inside and outside the churches in central Cologne, along with theological discussions and lectures, a youth festival, and charitable projects. Each evening concluded with a service and stunning Casa Magica light and sound shows in the Cathedral. The Eucharistic Congress is held every one to three years on both national and international levels. 
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