RIO DE JANIERO — Measuring 85 meters (279 feet) in height, the Bradesco Seguros Christmas Tree has secured a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the Largest Floating Christmas tree in the world. Abel Gomes from P&G Cenografia provided the lighting design, programmed via W-DMX from Wireless Solution Sweden.
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The 2013 holiday season marked the 18th year for the annual Tree, which has an 810 square meter base and weighs in at a massive 542 tons.
Gomes’ scenography and lighting design charms all the visitors of Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas and also those who follow the Tree on the Internet and social media.
The entire show was programmed using W-DMX. The Bradesco team needed to program from a long enough distance to get the right visibility. They team used 2 W-DMX F-1 units as transmitters and 2 W-DMX F-1 units as receivers, plus an antenna of 9 Db. They installed a grandMA console 800 meters away and were able to get the best audience point of view for programming. Once programmed, all the control equipment was located in the tree base.
Abel Gomes has been responsible for the Christmas tree decoration since the first edition in 1996. This year presented various cycles of light and colour from 120 km of illuminated rope light with 3.1 million micro lamps, 100 LED spot lights and 2150 strobe effects.
The 85-metre-tall mega structure was installed beginning in September on the banks of the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon. Around 1,200 people were involved in the process of installing, building, lighting and dismantling the structure. Lighting the Tree was then held every night during the Christmas season, with its final lighting planned for Epiphany on January 5.
The lighting rig was supplied by Companhia da Luz. Lighting Bits, the Wireless Solution distributor for Brazil based in Sao Paulo, supplied all W-DMX equipment. Daniel Ridano of Lighting Bits said, “W-DMX made the programming possible. With the logistics of the water and distances involved, I don’t know how this Tree could be lit any other way. It’s a fantastically reliable solution. It worked perfect and we were able to achieve our common goal: for each and every spectator to remember all the emotions and memories that highlighted the previous editions.” Judging by the record crowds that turned out, the Bradesco Seguros Christmas Tree achieved that goal and was an enormous success.
Wireless Solution Sweden is the world’s leading manufacturer of Wireless lighting control equipment, now celebrating 250,000 units sold worldwide and 44 OEM partners. Hailed for its reliability and ease of use, Wireless Solution’s W-DMX range of products is the consistent choice for top professionals in the lighting industry and specified with perfect results in high-profile events and installations around the world. W-DMX is also hailed as the best wireless OEM solution. W-DMX has been used in major lighting applications including the Marina Bay Sands In Singapore, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Coldplay, Justin Bieber, Super Bowl and the Olympic Games.
