Projection Connection News

FORT WORTH, TX – Electrosonic recently provided audio-visual equipment and integration services for the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame when it remodeled its first-floor gallery and added an interactive mobile in the Grand Rotunda. The additions are part of a two-phase renovation of the museum’s galleries and public spaces.

LOS ANGELES — Christie worked with Disney for the Dec. 14 red carpet premiere for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Christie Global Professional Services provided 388 Christie MicroTiles, 18 Christie LCD panels and coolux Pandoras Box media servers to support the event.

AUSTRALIA – October saw the United Nations’ 70th anniversary celebrated on landmarks around the world, including the iconic rock Uluru (aka Ayers Rock), the only icon to have the UN logo projected onto it. It was the first time an image had been projected onto the rock face. Darwin-based Dreamedia performed the projection with a single Martin MAC Viper fixture.

NEW YORK – Christie once again partnered with Barneys New York to create a the holiday window displays on Madison Avenue in midtown Manhattan. Christie’s digital lighting effects were mapped to a Dale Chihuly glass sculpture entitled “Winter Brilliance” and the choreographed projection of light creates the illusion of ice, snow, and moonlight, adding a fluid and kinetic quality to the sculpture. 

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – Apparently things aren’t only bigger in Texas. Some things are bigger in Edmonton, too. Recently, the FC Edmonton soccer club unveiled the largest mobile video display trailer in North America, dubbed TITAN. Mounted on a 53-foot trailer, the state-of-the-art LED screen, supplied by Daktronics (NASDAQ: DAKT), measures 39 feet wide by 22 feet high.

MAPLE GROVE, MN – To provide video that can stand up to the ambient light levels within Lord of Life Church, Excel AV Group provided the church installed a display made with PVP X3  modular indoor 3.9mm pixel pitch LED panels from Chauvet Professional..

NASHVILLE — At the 49th Annual Country Music Awards, broadcast live on ABC from the Bridgestone Arena last month, mobile production specialist TNDV took on an expanded role as it returned to produce live streaming media and video packages.

TULSA, OK – Asbury United Methodist Church in Tulsa has chosen an ArKaos PRO Stadium Server running ArKaos MediaMaster 4.0 software to handle the environmental projection mapping at their church. Lighting director Tim Ottley uses it to present some stunning visual backdrops across their 300ft wide/30-60ft tall walls to enhance both modern and traditional services.

LONDON – Lloyds Bank has commissioned AOL, Kinetic and Projection Artworks to create an interactive projection spectacular as a live experience extension to its seasonal TV and online campaign, Love You to the Stars and Back. The projections on a 12-meter-high Christmas tree-like pyramid includes personalized messages with content including submissions from the general public.

NASHVILLE – World Outreach Church’s “Give Thanks” event at the Bridgestone Arena featured inspirational speakers and performances by Martina McBride and percussionists Stikyard. Production designer Scott Moore from Go Live Productions worked with Elite Multimedia on the video design for the event, which included 140 FLEXCurve 8mm LED video tiles from PixelFLEX.

NIZHY NOVGOROD, Russia —When the new luxury BMW 7 Series launched in Russia recently, Nizhy Novgorod-based Dream Laser showcased the vehicle with a dynamic 3D mapping presentation driven by d3 Technologies’ 4x2pro.

NEW YORK — The 83rd Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting ceremony drew hundreds of thousands, with millions watching from home during the NBC live broadcast. To provide an even better view of the switch-on of the 78-foot tree’s nearly 40,000 LED lights, Upstage Video provided six LED screens.