The legendary cathedral in Metz, France recently celebrated its 800th anniversary, on the occasion of which numerous events were organized to highlight the Gothic monument, famous for its large stained glass windows designed by Marc Chagall. The program included the creation of an illuminated text throughout the cathedral describing its spiritual and artistic heritage. The lighting designers at Quartiers Lumieres, in collaboration with graphic design studio Nouvelle Étiquette, integrated Rosco Image Spots® and Custom Glass Gobos into a design that embodied the concept of a spiritual journey. The gobo projections were so effective that the leadership of the cathedrals decided to continue using them.

The basis of the design is to install a fragmented text on the visitor's path, which can be read without defined orders or prohibitions and without physical intervention on the object. Projections act as invitations: to look up, to pay attention to a detail that has escaped us, to be touched by a poetic word. A text that is simply whispered to us, and which will sometimes disappear to make room for natural light or the reflection of stained glass."

In order to achieve this, they were used Image Spot gobo projectors that were discreetly installed in different parts of the cathedral to project the poetic text onto the walls, floor and pillars. The content, created to order, inspired by medieval inscriptions, was transformed into black and white glass gobos. Gobo designs have also been corrected to ensure that text will be displayed correctly when projected at oblique horizontal and vertical angles. The designers then used the appropriate picture spot optics accessories to produce the optimal image size on each projection surface. The fixtures are individually controlled (DMX) and programmed to slowly and subtly fade in and out of the projections.

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