A Little More Light

A Little More Light
Groupe F
Spreading like Wildfire

Auckland Festival, AK07

Ever since the Chinese invented gunpowder a thousand years ago, fireworks have been dazzling us with their fiery brilliance.

Producing fairy-like visions, grandiose ceremonies, simulations of war - or ethereal vessels to carry our dreams into space - pyrotechnics has become the theatrical experience.

In 1992, a few French pyrotechnists decided to make it their art. Their aspiration was to explode old conventions, create a cornucopia of conflagration, using fire as a creative medium.

In a few years, Groupe F's artistry has spread round the world like wildfire; the Eiffel Tower, December 31 1999, the Stade de France at the football World Cup 98, the Millennium Bridge in London, the Montmorency Falls in Quebec… Transfigured by fire, these prestigious monuments, towns and natural landscapes have become the sites of extraordinary pyrotechnical events.

This will be a display of pyrotechnics like no other.

In 1996, Groupe F invented and developed an automatic flame generator system, with the distinctive characteristic being its excellent flame control during rainstorms and the use of a fuel that is not particularly dangerous and non pollutant.

The switching on and turning off of these flames is instantaneous. An operator continuously validates the system by the aid of a push button. The operator can neutralize the system at any time. A control panel enables programmed sequences or manual sequences to be achieved. Such systems are continuously operated in a number of theme parks in France, Morocco and in Disney Park, in Tokyo, Japan.

Venue: Auckland Domain
Date: Sat 10 March
Tickets: FREE
Time: 7:30pm

Event listed by Amy Saunders

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