(4 Nov 2024)
RUSSIA DIGITAL LIGHT SHOW
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St. Petersburg – 31 October 2024
1. Various of lights show at Naryshkin Bastion
2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Ilya Bannov, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Tourism Development of St. Petersburg:
"This year, the visitors will enjoy the journey at the Peter and Paul Fortress accompanied by the symphony of light and music. There are many differences this year, one of which is that we shifted the emphasis. We used to have Naryshkin Bastion as one of the main display points, now it will be the Sobornaya Square. We have added new installations, improved the video, and created new mapping. The main theme remains unchanged, it’s St. Petersburg, its achievements and the Day of Unity."
3. Various of light show at the St. Petersburg Mint
4. Wide of light installations in front of the Peter and Paul Fortress
5. Close of 3D light figure
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Elizaveta Onuk, creative producer of the festival:
"In general, if we talk about the festival, then it is very technological. At the moment, there are more than 1,000 meters of lighting at Peter and Paul fortress and all this was possible only thanks to the equipment that is here. These are more than 100 projectors, more than a hundred colour devices."
7. Various of light show at St. Peter’s Gates
8. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Ivan Nikitin, festival light designer:
"We tried to combine music, light, and architecture using different technologies: neural networks, something from painting, from architecture, from music."
9. Various of Philosopher’s Stone installation, visitors watching
10. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Viktor Orlov, visitor:
"I like the combination of light, sound, and history. Personally, it always evokes the most positive emotions and joy in me, especially as you can travel and learn things."
11. Various of light show
12. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Zhanna Shershitskaya, visitor:
"It’s a very powerful impression, I have even goosebumps! You find yourself as if in some kind of time portal, in another era. It is so powerful! And how good it is that such new technologies exist that allow us, with the help of such a time machine, to immerse ourselves in the past, to experience such historical moments."
13. Various of light shows
STORYLINE:
LEADIN:
Historic buildings in St. Petersburg have been illuminated in a dazzling light show.
The displays chart the city’s history.
STORYLINE:
A hypnotic sequence of lights flashes across the Naryshkin Bastion at the Peter and Paul Fortress.
A thumping soundtrack booms out, in perfect synchronisation with the illuminations.
This is one of 15 installations to take over the historic St. Petersburg site.
"This year, the visitors will enjoy the journey at the Peter and Paul Fortress accompanied by the symphony of light and music," says Ilya Bannov, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Tourism Development of St. Petersburg.
"There are many differences this year, one of which is that we shifted the emphasis. We used to have Naryshkin Bastion as one of the main display points, now it will be the Sobornaya Square. We have added new installations, improved the video, and created new mapping. The main theme remains unchanged, it’s St. Petersburg, its achievements and the Day of Unity."
The St. Petersburg’s Mint building has become a canvas for 3D mapping.
Hundreds of projectors and colour devices have been used for the show.
St Peter’s Gate is transformed into a giant clock tower.
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