new christmas light"show" in Zürich

[stmoritzer]

Last night I went to see the newly installed light-art called "The World’s Largest Timepiece" ,

~250'000 LED lights , mounted into 275 bars of 7m length along the 1.1km long street :shock:

http://img28.paintedover.com/uploads/28/hbpp600.jpg



first a picture from the old decoration, tousands of small lightbulbs covered the "sky" above the street.
http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/7279/old5id.th.jpg (http://img397.imageshack.us/my.php?image=old5id.jpg)

The new light-decoration along the famous shopping street "Bahnhofsstrasse" (one of the most expensive places in the world, lots of jewelleries, banks, fashion stors and chocolate shops) in Zürich caused a lot of discussion, because most people don't like it --

IMO it's a great illumination-art, but too "cold" for a christmas decoration


I started at the beginning of the Bahnhofstrasse, close to the Main Station
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/8188/dsc06698b7nr.th.jpg (http://img371.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc06698b7nr.jpg)http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/9950/dsc06708b1tq.th.jpg (http://img371.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc06708b1tq.jpg)

the light-show generate different effects
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/976/dsc06703b4hk.th.jpg (http://img391.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc06703b4hk.jpg)http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/867/dsc06704b4sv.th.jpg (http://img391.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc06704b4sv.jpg)

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/6936/dsc06722b3wa.th.jpg (http://img371.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc06722b3wa.jpg)http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/2956/dsc06723b8nm.th.jpg (http://img371.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc06723b8nm.jpg)


http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/6924/dsc06727b5uf.th.jpg (http://img371.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc06727b5uf.jpg)http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/3036/dsc06729b4ta.th.jpg (http://img371.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc06729b4ta.jpg)http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/9471/dsc06731b7ig.th.jpg (http://img371.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc06731b7ig.jpg)


here's a press picture (reduzed size to 1600x1600)
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/8797/wbelneupresspicture7ws.th.jpg (http://img512.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wbelneupresspicture7ws.jpg)

for more HI-RES, visit the page
http://www.bahnhofstrasse-zuerich.ch/frame_presse_d.html




one of the side streets still has a traditional lightdecoration :wink:, found a MB ML? and a RS4 parked

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/768/dsc06732b2ia.th.jpg (http://img371.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc06732b2ia.jpg)http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/9010/dsc06735b1ch.th.jpg (http://img371.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc06735b1ch.jpg)http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/1484/dsc06736b0fc.th.jpg (http://img371.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc06736b0fc.jpg)http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/1963/dsc06739b2ts.th.jpg (http://img371.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc06739b2ts.jpg)




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[pzgren]

looks nice, very futuristic. i really can belive that this decoration caused a lot of discussion but i like it. i guess i'll not see that cause i'm not gonna make it to zurich this year again, i'll go up to the mountains for snowboarding during christmas. thx for the pics dude

[stmoritzer]

you can see it next year :wink:, it looks really cool in the night when nobody is around....

where are you going snowboarding ?

[pzgren]

it looks really cool in the night when nobody is around....
so it could be used for a photoshoot at night
where are you going snowboarding ?
first week i'll go spontaneous, where the conditions are good. the second week we're heading to ischgl to have party :P

[stmoritzer]

it looks really cool in the night when nobody is around....
so it could be used for a photoshoot at night

I'll go again tonight to shoot the other end of the street, last time- at midnight the switche doff the lights in the middle of my shooting :?



where are you going snowboarding ?
first week i'll go spontaneous, where the conditions are good. the second week we're heading to ischgl to have party :P
HAve fun :D

[TT]

Very nice! I miss living in Zurich dang!

[nthfinity]

after i go to detroit tonight, i'll post some christmas lights photos for you d-town style (e.g.... not minimalist ;) )

nice pictures stmoritzer

[graywolf624]

Call me old and crotchity, but what a waste of money..
Could be worse... My neighbors have a 6 foot snow globe and a fake sleigh and reindeer... They put up a 6 foot inflatable easter bunny in april... :roll:

There was a time when I loved this sort of stuff.. But nowadays I usually windup thinking its gone too far.

[Pehtren]

wooow, so many LEDs, this is just fantastic :P

too bad that car sightings were not so great, but you didnt go there to hunt 8)

i think the first one is great :D

thanks

[Wyclef]

awesome photography here :!:
thx man :arrow: welcome x-mas mood :D

[Schwalbe]

This new light-decoration is very modern art, but for Christmas I prefer the traditional light decoration like this one: http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/1484/dsc06736b0fc.th.jpg

Thanks stmoritzer for the X-mas RS4 pix. :D

[Wutputt]

It looks pretty cool! And I like the pics of the RS4 with the Xmas lights reflecting in its body :D