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XL Events Make Royal Showing at Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert
LONDON - The UK’s weekend-long celebration of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebration hit a high point with The Queen’s Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace. XL Events played a big role in the concert, creating the projection mapping onto the Palace and also the wraparound screens for the concert stage around the Queen Victoria Monument in front of the Palace. LD Durham Marenghi and XL Event’s Project Manager Steve Greetham guided the design.
WorldStage Devises Smart Solutions for ‘American Idiot’ Tour
NEW YORK – “American Idiot: The Musical” is now on national tour with AV support from WorldStage. The tour began directly after the Broadway run of the show, which is based on Green Day’s album. The show features an extensive amount of video with more than three dozen flat-screen monitors, provided by Vizio, suspended in frames throughout the obliquely angled warehouse-like living space by set designer Christine Jones. The set’s walls also serve as large projection surfaces. The key was designing a touring system to accommodate a variety of venues.Read More...
Barco Projectors Enrich Silverdale Baptist Church Services
RANCHO CORDOVA, CA– Barco and Mankin Media Systems (MMS) have created a new AV system designed to elevate the video shows supporting Silverdale Baptist Church’s sermons and programs. Energy efficiency was of paramount importance. When Silverdale and MMS evaluated projectors, they considered power-saving features just as critical as performance and image. Their choice: Barco’s HDX-W14 large venue projector.
Smart Lights Sports Training Projects Images for Practice
ARLINGTON, MA— Smart Light Sports is training athletes and coaches in a new light. The new patent-pending systems use Hitachi CP-X10000 3LCD projectors to display animated graphics and images onto the playing surface where the athletes can practice in an entirely new and engaging way.Read More...
WorldStage for Doug Aitken’s 360 Museum Piece
WASHINGTON, DC – It was a case of perfect harmony when WorldStage successfully delivered a complex projection and audio solution for “Song1,” artist Doug Aitken’s ambitious multimedia piece, which premiered on the cylindrical facade of the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Aitken wanted “Song1” to be an exercise in “liquid architecture,” and the Hirshhorn’s facade seemed to disappear when it was transformed into an urban canvas for fluid images of rippling water, floating boats and cars streaming down liquid-metal highways.
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Axon Media Servers Project for 360-degree Exhibit
ZAGREB, Croatia - The city recently hosted an exhibit entitled "Bruketa&Zinic om: Exhibit" held in the central Barrel Gallery of the hall of the Croatian Associations of Artists. A European advertising agency created the installation where five Axon Media Servers from High End Systems were used to deploy content on the 360-degree projection space.Read More...
Mansion Wraps “Star of the Night” in LED Visuals Controlled by Madrix
MIAMI — Mansion, one of four big nightclubs owned by the Opium group here (the others are Opium Garden, Privé and SET) introduced an new LED lighting installation that arcs over the “star of the night” in the center of the club — the guest DJ. AVLI provided the design and install for the elaborate setup, using a Madrix system for control.
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Pete’s Big TVs Hired For ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Finale
NEW YORK - Pete’s Big TVs was hired for the third year to provide video screens and monitors for NBC TV’s “Celebrity Apprentice Finale.” The live broadcast May 20 took place at a theatre within the American Museum of Natural History. The set resembled Donald Trump's board room as seen on the series, with a Gtech 20mm flex screen serving as the Manhattan skyline at night as seen through "windows."
Read More...Panasonic, GoVision Join To Expand Modular LED Tiles Rental Business
ARGYLE, TX – Panasonic Eco Solutions North America and GoVision LP are joining forces in the LED video screen rental market to expand the modular LED tiles business.
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Nautilus Wins IES Award for Qualcomm Museum
SAN DIEGO - Nautilus Entertainment Design was honored with an IES 2012 "Commendable Achievement in Lighting Design" award for the Qualcomm Museum in San Diego. Nautilus provided lighting design and A/V system design for the museum, including more than 16 large format interactive video kiosks and an integrated control system.
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Christie MicroTiles Installed at Toronto’s Munk School
KITCHENER, Ontario – Thirty-six Christie MicroTiles were installed at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs. Positioned in the front wall of the Vivian and David Campbell conference facility, the 6 units wide by 6 units high Christie MicroTiles array displays Blu-ray videos, still images and PowerPoint presentations for foreign and domestic officials who present their research findings at the facility.Read More...
Vista Spyder Manages Content for CCTV’s New Studio
WASHINGTON, DC – China’s state broadcaster CCTV (China Central Television) recently launched its new US hub in Washington, DC, delivering English-language programming to China. Several Vista Spyder X20-0808 video processors manage graphics and video content, feeding it to three sets.Read More...
