3rd Nov 2000 - Alcoras in a student's garden

Emily Beckmann, a final stage student at the University of Derby, recently staged an exhibition at the City Gallery, Leicester.
Emily chose a Zero 88 Alcora desk to control the lighting of the exhibition, which was entitled “Horti-Spectaculum”. She transformed a typically white gallery space into a garden setting with the use of wood chippings, pebbles, exotic plants and silk flowers.
The garden sequenced through dawn, daylight, dusk and night in about 24 minutes. A garden shed formed an integral part of the exhibit, and contained viewing lenses through which images of other gardens could be seen in 3D.
The changing lighting effects were made by using the Alcora, which Zero 88 had loaned her for the duration of the exhibition.
Emily commented, “the Alcora made it possible for me to synchronise the lighting and sound both easily and effectively. A very small alteration of the sliders created a vast array of dramatic visual effects”.

The photograph shows the gallery in a day sequence.