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Astera AX3s in cross border collaboration

An illuminated trail of 105 x Astera AX3 “beacons” fitted with custom firmware from the manufacturer was set up along a 58-kilometre stretch of the Danish/German border as part of ‘Genforeningen 2020’, a series of events celebrating the centenary of the reunification of Southern Jutland with the kingdom of Denmark.

The event was captured on film and camera by various drones, aircraft and ground-based photographers, videographers and members of the public along the way, whose images were hash-tagged and posted on social media.

Technical production and rental specialist All Stage ApS, based in Varde, was approached by the Barbara Simonsen Theatre in Aarhus to assist in the realisation of this lighting installation project. The border of beacons was designed by Line Lybek Witt from the Theatre and All Stage ApS’s Anders Kruse, and organised by Teater Seachange. It was originally planned for 2020, but postponed due to the pandemic.

The 105 x AX3s were placed along the route on 105 specially selected - and accessible - border stones out of the 280 that mark the boundary between Denmark and Germany. When darkness fell on May 8th, the boundary was lit up and energized in a line of snaking lights extending from Skomagerhus in the east to the Wadden Sea in the west.

The biggest challenge was control. All 105 AX3s needed to switch on simultaneously at 21:30 exactly on the night - and the range of the Astera controller didn’t stretch to the full 58 kilometers length of the border. Anders Kruse contacted Jonas Dam from Astera’s Danish distributor Light Partner who in turn contacted Simon Canins and Jesper Soerensen, and together they decided on the addition of some custom firmware uploaded to each AX3, ensuring all lights to be switched on at the correct time.

(Photos: All Stage ApS/Emilie Gadeberg)

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