The official opening which was held on 23-24 June featured a music concert staged on the massive outdoor event plaza starring Grammy Award-winning star Kelly Rowland (formerly of Destiny's Child) with performances from regional artist JJ Lin as well as the cast of the Broadway hit Jersey Boys.
For the occasion, lighting designer Colin Baldwin ran a total of 14 universes using W-DMX transmitters & Outdoor 21 Parabolic Aerial antennae, located at the Suite Room Balcony of the Fullerton Hotel across the Marina Bay. The receivers and antennae were located on the Event Plaza on Level 1, the Promenade on Level 4, the Hotel Buttress bridge on Level 19 and the Sky Park on Level 57 of the Marina Bay Sands, delivering signal to an arsenal of DTS XR3000, Syncrolite 5K and 7K, and A & O Falcon 7K fixtures.
Showtec Group of Singapore, working closely with Laser Vision of Australia, supplied all the W-DMX, half the lighting fixtures, all the lighting consoles, project management, logistic support and crew.
Henry Ang, managing director for Showtec Group comments, "The W-DMX system, namely the transmitters, receivers and Outdoor 21 Parabolic Aerials was a user-friendly system to set up and operate."
"We're always proud to be part of such high profile projects," says Niclas Arvidsson, CEO of Wireless Solution, "To know that our customers have confidence in delivering an interference-free signal, even to great distances. Showtec Group did a phenomenal job and the results were outstanding."
(Jim Evans)
