The new Claypaky SharBar and other Claypaky products were used by a trio of
young artists at the annual artistic lighting awards “LiO (Light is OSRAM) Awards
2017” in their winning installation ‘The 5th Dimension’, hosted at Munich’s historic
event space, the Praterinsel, by German lighting manufacturer OSRAM.
The winning installation was designed by the artists Eylul Aslan, Sola Thoma and
Frederic Hanen to explore the spatial interplay of light and dark. The artists used
the SharBar in conjunction with the Claypaky Show-Batten 100 and architectural
lighting product the Claypaky Odeon Flood to construct an immersive light show
described by judging light artist Ingo Maurer as a “fascinating personal experience”.
“The 5th Dimension installation created a series of emerging walls and columns of
light that appear to create a ‘fifth dimension’, making light seem tangible,” explains
Christina Schmoe, Head of Internal Communications & Group Sustainability at
OSRAM. “The SharBar was used to construct a curtain of light at the entrance to the
artwork. The fixture projected a bi-colour wall of light that, using the fixtures
advanced tilt capabilities, extended transversely across the installation.”
The new SharBar has an exceptional 240 degrees motorised tilt, while the six light
beams can move independently of each other, adding a further flexibility to the
product and allowing for versatile creative use. The beams can be locked within 60-
degrees (+/-30 degree) cone, enabling the fixture to be utilised as six separate
sources.
Alongside the SharBar Aslan, Thoma and Hanen also installed Claypaky’s wash
batten light the Show-Batten 100 to create a solid wall of light at the heart of the
installation and the architectural lighting product Odeon Flood to create a light-well.
Commenting on the selection of Claypaky fixtures, Gerhard Mair, Project Manager at
OSRAM, says: “For the art-work we needed powerful RGB-LED fixtures to implement
the concept of the students. After some tests we saw that the Claypaky products
were the best solution regarding light output, colour intensity, beam angle and
programming.”
To engage and welcome guests to the event, OSRAM composed a dynamic light
show outside the venue on Munich’s Prater island. Forty Claypaky Sharpy, 15
Claypaky Sharpy Wash 330, 2 A.leda B-EYE K20 and a Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K10
were specified.
The LiO light-art Awards, presented by OSRAM in partnership with a college or
university, has been running since 2013. The 2016 event saw 100 entrants, more
than double the previous year. This year three concepts were awarded second place
by the panel of judges: ‘Plankton’ by Kilian Schellenberger, ‘Light Barrel’ by Lena
Allers, Arabella Becker and Antonia Lembcke, and ‘Vibrant Flow’ by Alina
Stoerzinger. More on the awards can be found here: www.osram.com/lio
