Stella: immersive light show, projection and sound in the Cathedral of Burgos

This immersive experience, which commemorates the eighth centenary of the laying of the first stone of the Burgos Cathedral, will take place next fall and will be permanent, according to the agreement signed with Endesa as project manager.

Fruit of the agreement between the Foundation VIII Centenary of the Cathedral. Burgos 2021 and Endesa, through Endesa Foundation, Endesa Energy y Endesa, signed a few days ago in the Capilla de los Condestables for the artist lighting project for the interior of the chapels and liturgical spaces, which will give rise next autumn to an immersive light experience, sound and video mapping.

This multimedia project that Endesa and the Endesa Foundation is developing and which has been called Stella, It will be sustainable and carbon neutral, based on Led technology and with a consumption of only 1.024W for a total of 15K lumens.

With the aim of commemorating the eight hundred years since the laying of the first stone of the Burgos Cathedral, which took place a few days ago, Stella will allow us to show and explain the Burgos Seo and World Heritage in a shocking way, without going into too theological concepts, as those responsible have pointed out.

Designed for some chapels and liturgical spaces of the temple, Stella will offer artistic Led lighting that will highlight different artistic and architectural elements, according to the narration, thanks also to the projection technique of video mapping, special effects 3D y sensory, accompanied and synchronized with a soundtrack.

Permanent in nature, Stella will allow you to learn about this historical reference in a different and immersive way., religious and spiritual, cultural and artistic, as well as offering a new resource to tourists and pilgrims, taking into account also that 2021 es Jacobean Year.

This immersive light and visual narrative spans the Presentation chapel, that of Santa Ana, that of the Constable, the golden staircase, the main altarpiece and the central nave, with the dome as the central axis and end point of the route.

Stella will launch next fall and will have two daily passes, approximately one hour long, for a capacity of about thirty people who will have audio guides in five languages.

For this project, in which Endesa contributes more than 400.000 euros, Endesa Energía will be in charge of the electricity supply, while Endesa, specialized in artistic lighting and digital services, is responsible for its design and execution.

New exterior lighting

On the occasion of the eight hundred since the laying of the first stone and coinciding with this date, the past 20 July, the Cathedral of Burgos also debuted a new outdoor lighting, whose previous act within the program was the singing of the monks of Santo Domingo on the eve.

After a symbolic lighting ceremony on the stairs of Santa María, The Gothic temple was adorned with this new lighting with more than two hundred spotlights distributed throughout the towers, the facades, the dome and the covers.

This is smart lighting, digitally controlled by software for automatic on/off, the management of colors and light intensities that has had a budget of more than 100.000 euros.

It is a temporary installation, that does not act on the stone of the monument, with specific fastening elements for this installation, which will be in operation until December 2022.