Projection Connection News

LINKOPING, Sweden – Dataton’s WATCHOUT is being used as the image-control backbone for ‘Van Gogh Alive – The Experience’ traveling exhibition. The artist’s paintings are inter-cut with full-motion video and photographs of some of the locations that inspired Van Gogh, and synced to music. Rather than edge-blending images together, the screens are placed a short distance apart from each other, some at right angles and others in parallel, to encourage visitors to move around and between the screens during the show, immersing themselves in the vibrant colors of Van Gogh’s paintings.

WINTERTHUR, Switzerland – The Orbitarium at Switzerland’s Technorama science center is a pioneering theatre space which gives visitors an ‘astronaut’s eye’ of Planet Earth and the natural events that take place around it such as hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes and so on. To enhance its show, “Planet Earth – Cosmic Oasis,” projectiondesign was brought in to create a 3-D effect.

ATLANTA – Production People Inc (PPi) was called upon to produce the 2012 ICON Honors Awards for corporate client AmericasMart at the Marriott Marquis in downtown Atlanta.  As a main part of the event, show designer Geoffrey Platt created a 180-foot continuous image to display a video sequence featuring the award honorees at the hotel ballroom.

CHICHESTER, UK – XL Events supplied video equipment for two of the SKODA display areas at the recent 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Chichester, west Sussex, UK. One was in the ‘Moving Motor Show’ where approximately 40 percent of visitors entered the event, and the other was at SKODA’s Pavilion stand in the main exhibition area.

IBIZA – XL Video supplied LED screens, cameras/PPU, mapping and projection for the recent International Music Summit in Ibiza. For the Grand Finale show, XL Video provided crowd-pleasing projections on to the Cathedral above Dalt Vila. Special permissions were required to turn off the architectural lighting on the buildings and a set of custom masks were applied to ensure the projections didn’t spread to adjacent houses. 

MANCHESTER, UK – XL Video supplied Elbow with LED screens, PPU / cameras, a Catalyst media server system and crew for a sold out performance at an otherworldly site – the Jodrell Bank Observatory & Centre for Astrophysics. Adding atmosphere to the day were the relentless rains, turning the site into a mudbath for numerous production challenges. But it didn’t dampen the enthusiasm.

NEW YORK – YouTube recently launched YouTube Brandcast, giving marketers and agencies an exclusive first look at YouTube’s new original programming and insights into the world’s biggest audience. WorldStage provided video and lighting support for the upfront, featuring Jay-Z and Flo Rida at New York City’s Beacon Theater.  Good Sense & Co. produced the event.

LONDON – US sales of the newly launched digiLED MC range of indoor/outdoor modular LED tiles have provided the basis for strong international growth, says global video solutions provider displayLED. The product has sold more than 6,000 tiles in its first four months of availability, and has been deployed on high profile global productions including Bruce Springsteen’s current world tour, the Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards and The Donny and Marie Osmond Show.