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Blackpool Illuminations to feature ‘LightPool’ project

London based creative projection specialist, The Projection Studio, led by Ross Ashton and collaborating with Edinburgh based War Productions, has won a competitive bid to create a mapped video projection to be projected onto the facade of the Blackpool Tower as part of the city’s 2015 Illuminations (4th September - 8th November).

Projection Studio will be producing all the creative content for the ‘LightPool’ project, while Alistair Young and War Productions will design the projection system and hardware set up. The two companies have previously worked together on Ashton and artist Maria Ruud’s ‘AniMotion’ live painting/projection performances in Scotland.

‘LightPool’ will be the first semi-permanent projection mapping project in the UK and also the first time that the large red brick building concealing the base of the 158 metre tower has been used as a projection surface. Eight Panasonic 17K projectors will constitute the hardware. The projectors will be rigged so they can be struck during the daylight hours and then reinstated for the next evening’s show.

The work will be created in conjunction with Blackpool Illuminations, the Arts Department of Blackpool Council and arts organisation Left Coast who are also delivering a number of other installations around the town for the 2015 Illuminations.

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