Each year in April we create a new laser show for La Feria de San Marcos in Aguascalientes, Mexico. This is always a great experience, because the lasers are already in place; after cleaning, the system is ready to go for the yearly 21 day run of the show. The Palenque is a “theater in the round” with about 5,000 seats on three levels all facing the center, with four video screens facing outward hung in the center of the space.
The Palenque in Aguascalientes
The music is created by local composer Juan Vasquez, and delivered in mid-March. We then analyze it and create a new beam show to choreograph it to perfection. A few days are needed to bring the laser system up to speed as it is quite large and has sat unused for the last 11 months.
The laser system consists of two green Blitz projectors from LaserAnimation, each one with a split to a fiber optic output feeding an Accurate fiber projector from LaserAnimation. So, the result is that there are four green lasers around the outside of the venue pointing in at the screens.
Then, in a secret room high up in the Palenque, there are two Coherent 10 Watt white light lasers, feeding into an array of 8 fibers. The fibers feed out into the Palenque and into 8 Accurate fiber projectors mounted all over the video screen truss in the enter; they are focused onto the screens and for atmospheric laser effects around the audience.
Here are three photos of the show yesterday, April 17, 2010:
The laser show is dynamic
and fills the room
with laser beams
Here is a video from YouTube of the show in 2009, taken by a fair patron:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwu6O37NjjA&playnext_from=TL&videos=XRpANeGffwY
Here is a video of the same show that we recorded for a normal auditorium style venue:
