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The WEEE man, designed by Paul Bonomini, is a huge robotic figure made of scrap electrical and electronic equipment. It weighs 3.3 tonnes and stands seven meters tall – representing the average amount of e-products every single one of us throws away over a lifetime. It was installed in April 2005 on London's South Bank.
Stage One Creative Services approached Tony Hall of Essential to provide lighting to the WEEE Man project. Under the direction of Paul Bonomini, Tony devised a system using 8 Palco 3 LED floodlights, to light the sculpture from around the base, with an additional unit being built into the sculpture as its 'heart'. The Palco floods were chosen specifically because of their IP65 rating, low power consumption required and the stunning array of colours produced. Additional effects lighting was installed into the sculpture, including non neon & illuminated eyes. The sculpture was programmed over 2 nights, with the final 2 minute show being recorded onto a Martin Lightcorder replay unit. All dimmers & control systems were installed into an old fridge at the base of the unit, the ice tray serving particularly well as a new rack mount system! Visit www.weeeman.org for more information Sculpture: Designed by Paul Bonomini Production: The RSA and Stage One Creative Services Lighting Design: Essential Lighting's Tony Hall |
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