Martin Lights Up Madrid...Royally

The event was billed as Spain´s ‘wedding of the century.’ On Saturday May 22nd Crown Prince Felipe, heir to the Spanish throne, and Letizia Ortiz were married in the country´s first royal wedding in nearly a century. The Prince of Asturias and newly crowned Princess of Asturias exchanged vows at Almudena Cathedral in Madrid´s old quarter.

As part of the cultural festivities, the city of Madrid instigated a celebration of its architecture through a temporary City Beautification project. The project consisted of lighting a number of culturally important buildings and monuments including the Puerta de Alcalá, the fountain in the Plaza de Cibeles, monuments to Neptune and Apollo, the Correos building (Post Office) and Museo Nacional Del Prado.

Cinelux, Ecler, Martin
The experienced team of entertainment and architectural lighting professionals at company Cinelux SA was behind the remarkable success, boasting a technical and human resource team unequalled in Spain. Martin’s Spanish distributor Ecler also played a key role in what has been called one of the biggest temporary lighting installations in the world.

The Cinelux technical team, which included top domestic and international experts, successfully incorporated the latest technology from leading brands in entertainment lighting. In terms of the role played, as well as fixture quantity, Martin certainly stood out. Martin MAC 2000s with dichroic litho gobos and MAC 600 moving heads constituted the basic lighting element with over 600 MAC moving head fixtures used altogether.

Royal success
The response among citizens of the capital to the outstanding lighting overwhelmed the Madrid City Council, so much in fact that in order to avoid spontaneous gatherings of spectators anxious to see the unparalleled spectacle, it was suggested on the eve of the event that the lighting display be called off, thus avoiding foreseeable traffic and security problems.

Without a doubt, the Madrid experience marks the beginning of a new and exciting era in entertainment and architectural lighting trends in Spain. 

• Other lighting facts of the Madrid illumination project:
• 1,450 washlight and profile spot moving heads
• 500,000 W of high power Space Cannon and Syncrolite projectors
• High power Xenon lamp projection
• 6, 12 and 18 Kw HMI projectors
• 300 and 20,000 W incandescent projectors
• Chromatic effects and texture projection from dichroic litho gobos
• 18 computerized systems for lighting control
• Approximately 20,000 meters of DMX control cable

Successful deployment of technology was possible thanks to an experienced and enthusiastic team:

Project Director:                 David García
Technical Director:              José Mª Recio González
Assistant Tech. Director:      Daniel López
Resource allocation:            Alberto Etxeberria
Resource Manager:             Nacho Acha-Orbea
Lighting Technicians:           Iñaki Irastorza, Juan García, David
                                       Azcano
Technical Producer:            Juan Antonio Corrales
Lighting Operators:             Fco. Javier Perea, Eugenio Ventaja,
                                       Rubén Balboa, Mario Ortega, Oscar
                                       Marchena, Santiago Plana,
                                       Carmelo Martin, Roger Rey
Production Team:               Guiomar Torio, Marisol Pérez, Daniel
                                       Arnaez, Marta   González, Javier Froufe
Concept creation:               Pascua Ortega

For further information on the Madrid illumination, please contact:

Cinelux, S.A.
C/ Gamonal 55
Pol. Ind. Vallecas
28031 Madrid
Tel: 34 91 777 49 53
Fax: 34 91 303 59 43
Managing Director: David García
Production: Marisol Pérez
E-mail: cinelux@cinelux.e.telefonica.net
Web: www.cinelux.es

For further information on Martin Professional, please contact:
Ecler at +34 902 122 230
www.martin-spain.net