Lars Wulff
Lars Carsten Wulff (born March 26, 1972 in Neumünster ) is a German lighting planner and designer and is considered one of the pioneers of energy-efficient lighting in Germany . He became known u. a. as light designer for the Scorpions .
Life
Lars Wulff grew up near the Karl May town of Bad Segeberg . While still at school he started working as a stage helper in the small theater on the market in Wahlstedt . Originally he wanted to play more of the theater, as he was active in various bands as a drummer, guitarist and singer. Due to a lack of staff, however, he switched to the event technology department. He is married and has had a son since 2003.
Artistic activity
In 1992 he moved to Hamburg as a freelance roadie . His first contact there were the Live Clubs Knust and the Logo. From 1994 he worked for various choreographers in Germany and Switzerland, among others with Sibylla Lustenberger, the JAK Akademie and René Lezard . Despite his move to the professional field, he remained loyal to the Segeberg music scene. He produced a video for the second CD Corona & the Sundevil and a live video in Knust in Hamburg with the Segeberg band Ghosts of Dawn in the early 90s . With the Kiel jazz artist Salim Greven and the pianist Bene Aperdannier he produced the live CD Salim Greven & Bene Aperdannier Trio - Live at MAX in 2004 in the Kiel Live Club Max .
In 1995 he went to Verviers , Belgium with the Franco-German photographer Bettina Hensel to set up a photo studio. For this purpose he worked with various German and international artists such as Heinz-Rudolf Kunze , Peter Maffay , Level42 , The Moffatts and David Bowie . During a tour with Viktor Lazlo , he met the jazz singer David Linx , for whom he worked until 1999.
From 1998 he went on tour with the Canadian band The Moffatts . Since the Canadians played in significantly smaller halls than the Scorpions and were just 14 and 15 years old at the time, he was also responsible for the backline equipment. The manager of the young formation was their father, Frank Moffatt.
In 1999 Wulff returned to Germany after accepting an offer from the Scorpions in 1998 . From now on he was responsible for their stage and lighting design for the next eight years. At first he shared the tasks with Günter Jäckle and Cosmo Wilson , who also worked for AC / DC . From 2002 he was responsible for himself and brought in the lighting designer Peer Langemak as an assistant.
He accompanied the band a. a. on the following tours:
- 1999: Eye to Eye Tour
- 2000: Moment of Glory Tour
- 2001: Acoustica Tour
- 2002: Tour 2002
- 2003: Tour 2003
- 2004-2005: Unbreakable Tour
After marriage and the birth of his son in 2003, he quit the tour business in 2005 and surprisingly left the Scorpions. Since then he has been working in the areas of sustainability and architectural lighting. He began to bring his experience to artistic and sustainable projects. He was part of the ARGE CNWS , which designed the stages on Spielbudenplatz in Hamburg in 2005 together with the architects Spengler + Wischolek. In addition to his artistic work, he also worked for various television productions. In 2003 he worked as one of the four German Vari-Lite operators for the ZDF production Our Best with Johannes B. Kerner . He was also in charge of the WDR production Geld oder Liebe as well as the ARD show Die Lotto-Show with Ulla Kock am Brink . Together with Manfred Voss was u. a. responsible for the lighting design of the Bundesvision Song Contest. He was also responsible for Mercedes-Benz's trade fair appearances for a long time .
In 2007 he was part of Al Gore's team . He also oversaw other artistic projects, such as the Live Earth event in Hamburg with Andreas “Woody” Wodzinski and the Belle et Fue Revue in the Casino on Potsdamer Platz together with director Arthur Castro and Berlin lighting designer Andreas Fuchs.
In 2009 he won the Middle East Event Award in the category "Best Creative Use of Event Lighting" together with the Dubai- based agency and production company Mamemo Productions under Sam Katiela.
Energy efficient lighting
In 2008 he advised the community of Klein Gladebrügge in Schleswig-Holstein on street lighting and advanced the renovation of the existing system with high savings. He quickly realized that his colleagues like to avoid the subject of energy-efficient lighting; They lacked the creative standards and the artistic development opportunities. This leads to the fact that "a large part of the new buildings and renovations remain far below their possibilities in the area of efficiency and thus the CO2 emissions cannot be minimized".
He set up one of the first German planning offices for energy-efficient lighting and looked for solutions for communities and industry. His involvement, including as a partner in the EU Green Light Project , led him to the United Nations in 2013 . There, together with the Hamburg engineer Peter Profe, he designed an energy guide for the organization of the contract on the comprehensive ban on nuclear tests . He also designed an energy-saving LED system for the safety lighting of the measuring stations. Today Lars Wulff mainly develops environmentally friendly renovation concepts and master plans for cities and municipalities.
Stage and light designs
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lübeck News. Retrieved October 26, 2018 .
- ^ Belgium Crew Pool. Retrieved October 26, 2018 .
- ^ Scorpions Acoustica (Video 2001). Retrieved October 26, 2018 .
- ^ Scorpions - Acoustica / CD. Retrieved October 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Our best (TV Series 2003–). Retrieved October 26, 2018 .
- ↑ The reference. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on October 26, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Starlight: MA Lighting Network. Retrieved October 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Clay Paky Point INs on stage with “Belle et Fou”. Retrieved October 26, 2018 .
- ↑ A bright spot for Bad Oldesloe: LED conversion saves electricity. Retrieved October 26, 2018 (German).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wulff, Lars |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wulff, Lars Carsten (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lighting planner and designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neumunster |