Digital Projection’s M-Vision projectors were selected by CS Prod for a cultural project that brought to bring the history of King Louis XIII to life.
Located at the historic former royal residence of King Louis XIII at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, CS Prod created an immersive 20-minute projection mapping show to celebrate the king’s life, promoting the town’s historical heritage and bringing the story to younger audiences.
The show, Lumières sur Louis XIII (“Lights on Louis XIII”), enabled visitors to experience an immersive, projection-led journey into the history of Louis XIII, using three E-Vision 15000 ultra-wide lens projectors in the back of the historic venue’s balcony; six M-Vision 23000 laser projectors on each side of the building, projecting on the opposite wall and ceiling; as well as two M-Vision 27000s at the back of the room with a 50-metre projection throw.
CS Prod also worked closely with the city museum’s curator, Alexandra Zvereva, and Isabelle Cadiergues, head of the city’s cultural development department, leading to a month of research where CS Prod met with specialists from the era, and visited castles, libraries, and museums to gain inspiration from specific décor.
Christian Salès, artistic director, CS Prod, commented: “We also used the colours from the era, which we found in existing paintings and books relating to the life of the king.
“Hardware is paramount to the content creation and with Digital Projection I know exactly how it’s going to look like when we’re creating the content.” In 2022, CS Prod added seven additional M-Vision Lasers to its inventory, up to a total of 20, and in the past year the company added 12 more, including five M-Vision 27000, due to the “image quality and the new [Nexus] platform allowing us to manage warping and blending in the projector, as well as lower energy consumption, lighter weight and higher brightness.”