Cross Light Continues To Keep Busy, Despite Economy
Centrum Building – Indianapolis, IN
Electrical Contractor Cassady Electric called upon Cross Light to assist the owners in updating the building’s lighting systems during a major rehab and renovation. The domed ceiling of the former Sanctuary now incorporates ETC Selador Vivid fixtures to bathe the structure in anything from a warm glow, to soft pastels, to bright saturated colors. Energy efficient quartz downlight fixtures provide lighting for any performance events that take place. The 2nd space, the Auditorium, is now fully functional as a small performance space with a full electrics package of connector strips, Source Four PAR and Source Four Jr. fixtures. The peripheral meeting rooms incorporate local architectural control over fluorescent and incandescent lighting provided by the building-wide system controlled by ETC Unison Paradigm networked processors and Sensor+ Dimmer Racks. LCD touchscreens allow flexibility over the spaces, from color-picker screens, to combining breakout meeting spaces in the Auditorium. Localized button and fader stations provide simple control under day-to-day operations. The lighting system integrates with other trades, controling shades in the auditorium, and overriding lighting circuits in the Sanctuary when the projection screen is lowered. In addition, the main tower outside incorporates RGB floodlights run via an ETC Unison Mosaic show controller that plays colored light shows according to automatic holiday events, or a simple “candlelight” look on most days.
UK Patient Care – Lexington, KY
Theatre consultants Jones and Philips were called upon to light a Ginkgo sculpture in the lobby designed by the artist Warren Seelig. They specified color-changing LED fixtures to be controlled by a Unison Mosaic show controller. Cross Light provided hardware and programming services to turn the consultant’s vision into reality. Cross Light also worked on the new Auditorium/Lecture Hall with a small ETC dimming system tied into the room’s AV Crestron control system.
Second Street Streetscape – Louisville, KY
Utilizing DALI-controlled Fluorescent light fixtures, Leni Schwendinger of Light Projects Ltd lit the underside of the 2nd Street bridge in warm Red and Gold with a series of organic light shows that play on the hour. An ETC Unison Mosaic controller with DALI-M expansion modules sends commands to the 70+ individually controllable ballasts, as well as controls a Unison Smartlink dimmer rack via DMX. Strobe fixtures along the edge of the bridge are activated through contact closure outputs from the Mosaic to the proprietary strobe light controller to ensure the shows stay in sync. Cross Light provided the ETC hardware and programming services with gracious assistance from Abby Tutorow.
Horizon Community Church – Cincinnati, OH
Cross Light worked with electrical contractor Denier Electric on three separate spaces to provide ETC dimming and control of both theatrical and conventional fixtures. The main Chapel includes Paradigm architectural touchscreen control over Source Four theatrical fixtures and architectural loads on a Sensor+ dimmer rack as well as remote DMX control over fluorescent loads driven by Lutron Synergy panels. An Ion Console in the main space controls those plus a mixed rig of conventional and moving lights. The Paradigm system also interfaces with shade controls from the portable Touchscreen console to allow the lighting operator to raise and lower shades on the windows of the room. A second Sensor+ dimming system runs the Youth and Elementary rooms, using Smartlink button stations for houselights. ETC Smartfade ML consoles run conventional fixtures moving light fixtures in each room. A Unison dimmer rack with Paradigm control runs the main lobby gathering area.
Armstrong Chapel - Cincinnati, OH
Armstrong added a new Worship Center and youth room. The worship center incorporates Sensor+ Dimming, Unison Architectural button and Touchscreen control, and an Ion Console. The youth room uses a Sensor rack, Smartfade ML console, and Unison button and Touchscreen stations. Both spaces also incorporate distributed DMX, for future moving lights in the main space and for smaller distributed dimming packs in the youth room. Cross Light worked with Denier Electric on this project.
Paramount Theatre – Indianapolis, IN
The Paramount Theater in Anderson, Indiana experienced an incredibly unusual event. A minor earthquake on December 30 broke a water main and caused water to pour into the main electrical distribution room under the theater. As this room filled with water over the course of a four day holiday, the main distribution panel became submerged and began to boil the flood water. Steam vented through the conduits that feed directly into the dimmer racks, melting the electronics within. After an emergency call from West Electric on January 3, Cross Light inspected the damaged equipment on January 4 and determined a replacement system would be required. Through an order placed with Indianapolis Stage on January 6, new equipment arrived onsite January 10. Installed by January 13, main power was restored to the building through new switchgear, and Cross Light commissioned the new dimmer racks. New button and Touchscreen stations were programmed the morning of the 14th, prior to performers taking the stage at 4:00PM that evening for their performance at 7:00PM. Thanks to amazing support from ETC, and everybody involved working together so closely, the theatre was back up and running in a very short period of time.
Asbury University – Lexington, KY
The university completed a new Theatre and Cinema building earlier this year. A 5,000 square foot black box theatre and 6,200 square foot television production studio have full ETC lighting systems. Each space uses three SR48+ dimmer racks, Unison architectural control, ETC Ion consoles with wireless remotes, and distributed ETCNet3 networking.
KFC Yum! Center - Louisville, KY
Cross Light orchestrated the demonstration and sale of four Strong Super Trouper III 3kW Xenon followspots from Indianapolis Stage to the arena.
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Cross Light continues to expand its qualifications. With the rollout of ETC’s new Advanced Programmers Group, Lighting Designers and Consultants can now call upon a factory-trained programmer to interpret the artistic vision into the control system software. Cross Light sent Jonathan Fuchs to APG training to become one of only sixteen ETC advanced programmers in the US, and one of only two in the Midwest. In the analogy to Theatre lighting, if the consultant is the Lighting Designer, the commissioning technician is the Master Electrician, the APG is the Board Operator.
