LIGHT ART
The Golden Egg.
In a new light.
An idea for a shared moment of light, innovation and celebration at Hong Kong Science Park.
A landmark.
A living canvas.
The Golden Egg is already a symbol of ideas, discovery and the future. What if, for one shared moment, its distinctive form became a canvas for a new story?
Light Art is exploring a projection-mapping experience for a proposed 2027 anniversary occasion — a celebration shaped around the building, the water and the people gathered together.
Charles K. Kao Auditorium
Light & moving image
Details to be confirmed
A story above.
A reflection below.
The water-facing side turns the Golden Egg and its reflection into one connected canvas: a stage for light, imagination and discovery.
Local ideas.
Infinite horizons.
From lunar robotics to space-based Earth observation, Hong Kong research can inspire a story that reaches beyond the horizon. This is one creative direction to explore together.
Designed for
this place.
Begin with a focused, water-facing projection from across the lake. One or several projectors can be considered to balance brightness, coverage and budget while keeping a considered footprint.
A wider presentation can be explored as a separate option. Final coverage, positioning, brightness and visual treatment depend on site assessment and testing.
ONE WATER-FACING SIDE FIRST / WIDER COVERAGE OPTIONAL
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One experience.
Different possibilities.
The duration can be shaped around the occasion. Select a scenario to see what each would mean for planning.
A moment to come together.
A focused presentation around a single event day. Installation, rehearsal and show timing would be developed around the venue's schedule.
More time to experience it.
A potential week-long presentation, with operating times, equipment arrangements and the audience experience planned to suit the programme.
A landmark on the calendar.
A longer presentation to explore as part of the wider celebration, subject to a suitable operating plan, site arrangements and budget.
Indicative scenarios for discussion. Running dates, show frequency, scope and budget remain to be confirmed.
One canvas.
More light.
Overlapping projectors can add light to the same area. Explore the idea below; the right configuration will balance the desired impact with the available budget.
Stacking builds light on the same surface. Extending the image across a wider area would require a different arrangement.
2 PROJECTORS / ILLUSTRATIVE
From the first idea
to the final frame.
Light Art can bring the complete experience together, including creative direction, custom animation and the projection system.
- Creative & content
- Story, visual design and a bespoke projection film, developed for the Golden Egg.
- Production & installation
- Projectors, mapping and playback, alignment, site preparation and the agreed installation.
- Presentation & operation
- Equipment, support and operating arrangements matched to the agreed show dates and hours.
Each estimate is shaped by the content, number of projectors, site requirements and presentation period. A tailored budget can be developed after the scope and site arrangements are confirmed.
Light with
colour in mind.
For a landmark as distinctive as the Golden Egg, colour is part of the experience. Our starting point is high-output Epson 3LCD laser projection, with colour light, fine detail and the digital signal path considered together.
Rated white and colour light output
Rated white and colour light output · option
Manufacturer ratings in normal mode: colour light output measured to IDMS 15.4 and white light output to ISO 21118. Actual brightness depends on settings, lens, surface and site conditions; the final equipment plan is subject to testing.
LIGHT ENGINEONE COMBINED
COLOUR IMAGE
A 3LCD optical system separates light into red, green and blue, modulates each colour with its own LCD panel, then recombines the channels into one image.
More detail.
Beautifully resolved.
Epson’s 4K Enhancement uses pixel shifting to enhance image detail beyond the projector’s native WUXGA panel resolution. The final settings will be tailored to the content, mapping and site.
A direct path.
From pixels to light.
Our proposed playback system sends the mapped image directly from an NVIDIA GPU to the projector, avoiding a separate external video processor. Connection format and signal integrity will be confirmed in testing.
4K Enhancement and curved-surface mapping
The EB-L25000U uses native 1920 × 1200 WUXGA panels. Epson states that turning on 4K Enhancement cancels its internal Scale, Curved Surface, Point Correction and Corner Wall adjustments. GPU-based mapping may provide an alternative; input format, enhancement mode and geometric alignment require a practical test. Epson L25000U user guide ↗
One image.
Two possibilities.
White brightness alone does not describe how much light reaches the colours in an image. Move the control to explore a simplified colour-light example.
Referencefull colourReduced colour
simulated
The same concept image is shown on both sides. The right side is digitally adjusted to reduce colour components while leaving neutral whites and greys unchanged. It is not a photograph, measurement or comparison of actual projector models.
Some single-chip DLP designs can have lower colour output relative to their white rating. DLP also includes three-chip and RGB-laser designs; actual colour performance depends on the specific projector and mode.
See how
colour matters.
Explore a third-party video reference on 3LCD, DLP and colour brightness.
Let's bring the
Golden Egg to life.
We would love to explore the story, the site and the possibilities together.
EDWARD LAM / LIGHT ARTMobile: +852 9846 6609edward@light-art.netProfessor Kao portrait reference: David Dobkin, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0; adapted with AI for this conceptual visual. License conditions apply.
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