Tron: Legacy Inspires Sci-Fi Suite in Swedish Ice Hotel
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By Hugh Hart
- December 8, 2010 |
- 9:45 pm |
- Categories: Art, Design and Fashion, movies, sci-fi
An eye-popping nightclub depicted in Tron: Legacy inspired two British sci-fi fans to build a Tron-themed hotel suite entirely from ice and snow.
Ben Rousseau and architect Ian Douglas-Jones designed and built the Legacy of the River room, one of a handful of artistic installations in this year's Icehotel, a seasonal project near the arctic circle in the Swedish town of Jukkasjärvi.
"We are massive Tron fans," the duo told Wired.com in an e-mail interview about the project. "The entire film is a complete fantasy for us both with its high-tech and futuristic design.
"The use of lighting and the material finishes in this nightclub scene are very close to ideas we have been discussing for use in the real world, as well as being close to what we could achieve with ice and snow and a little imagination."
Here's a closer look at the making of the Legacy of the River suite.
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Keeping Cool
To withstand the extreme cold, Rousseau and Douglas-Jones wore special outfits made by Oakley (the same company that provided sunglasses to the trapped Chilean coal miners). Douglas-Jones and Rosseau worked in freezing weather while they outfitted the building with sustainable lighting technologies.
Video: See the Tron Icehotel Suite Being Made
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