{"id":136899,"date":"2016-10-29T07:25:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T05:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=136899"},"modified":"2016-10-30T06:39:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-30T04:39:52","slug":"proudly-south-african-made-product-the-consol-solar-jar-brings-radiance-to-international-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/10\/29\/proudly-south-african-made-product-the-consol-solar-jar-brings-radiance-to-international-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Proudly South African made product, the Consol Solar Jar brings radiance to international event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Consol Solar Jars\u2122, a product proudly conceptualised and manufactured by Suntoy in South Africa will be a main attraction at the 300th<\/sup> anniversary commemoration of renowned British landscape architect Lancelot \u201cCapability\u201d Brown, when Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park in England hosts a light art commission using 1 000 Consol Solar Jars\u2122 as one of its key set pieces.<\/p>\n

Consol Glass<\/a> is based in Wadeville, Germiston.<\/p>

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Brown is celebrated for shaping the vision of the picture-perfect English countryside.<\/p>\n

Visual artist Laurent from Creatmosphere, a cross-genre studio specialising in the interplay of light as art between architecture and space, has been commissioned to create a light spectacular as has never been seen before using the Consol Solar Jars\u2122.<\/p>

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He will be filling an entire field with pinpoints of light to map the rich and diverse history of green spaces in a creative and captivating way.<\/p>\n

Applying stunning, ground-breaking technology, this new interactive light commission entitled \u201cIn Light: Illuminating Capability Brown\u2019s Landscape\u201d, launches on October 29 and runs until the November 13.<\/p>\n

Three centuries later, Lancelot \u201cCapability\u201d Brown\u2019s work is still celebrated and lives on.<\/p>\n

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Compton Verney\u2019s 18th century mansion, \u201cCapability\u201d Brown Chapel and Bridge will be lit in vibrant ways for people to appreciate and play with.<\/p>\n

There is an interactive element that gives visitors the opportunity to take over the light controls and light up various parts of the house and trees in exciting ways.<\/p>\n

This is the first time globally, that wireless DMX technology will be used to activate so many solar powered lanterns in an art exhibition of this magnitude.<\/p>\n

The technological challenge was made easier in collaboration with UJ (University of Johannesburg) and their research facility RC (Resolution Circle).<\/p>\n

Compton Verney Park is a place steeped in rich architectural history, its current state being the result of an 11-year restoration project that will see this magnificent building returned to its 1768 splendour and glory that was designed by one of the most important Landscape Architects of the 18th<\/sup> century, Lancelot \u201cCapability\u201d Brown himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe here at Suntoy, together with our European distributors Sonnenglas, are enormously proud to have our Consol Solar Jar\u2122 play an integral and creative part in this initiative.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing it being used in this way and not just as originally intended (as a reading light and portable solar lantern), demonstrates its potential as a fun, eco-friendly and sustainable alternative light supply that makes it easy to go green.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt truly is bottled sunshine,\u201d said Suntoy managing director, Harald Schulz.<\/p>\n

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