Projection Connection News

XL Video supplied a custom video solution and crew for Robbie Williams’ Swings Both Ways tour. The set included an impressive 22.8 metre wide by 10.8 metre high upstage scenic LED wall made up from XL’s Pixled F-12 product. There were also side screens for IMAG made from Radiant MC-7T. Three Barco 40K HD projectors were used to beam material onto a massive drape, and content was programmed and run via a Catalyst media server. The projection was fed via a d3 media server system.

MILAN, Italy – Tracing Milan’s history back to the Belle Époque, the “Castello di Carta” (Paper Castle) project transformed the Sforza Castle with lights, music and projected images from the “Achille Bertarelli” print collection. Twenty-three Clay Paky Alpha Profile 1500s were used to illuminate the façades by shaping light beams and projecting multiple dynamically transforming images and geometric shapes.

GLASGOW, U.K. — Working with marketing agency Arnold KLP and creative production agency DesignScene, XL Video supplied an LED video wall for the Volvo V40 promotional roadshow currently being shown in some of the UK’s largest shopping malls. Through June and July 2014, the promotional display featuring the LED video wall visited the Bullring in Birmingham, Metro Centre in Gateshead, Cabot Circus in Bristol and finished up at the Silverburn in Glasgow.

SAN DIEGO – Christie donated projection gear for the 226-seat Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theatre at the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) here. Christie’s professional services team also handled the installation. The new Christie Solaria Series DCI-compliance based system includes both Christie’s Solaria One projector and alternative content powered by a Christie SKA-3D cinema processor. The new system replaces a first-generation Christie digital cinema projector.

LOS ANGELES – Digital media company Mobeon had been seeking an AV mixer that could meet their requirements for the E3 video gaming convention here in June. The company chose the Roland’s VR-50HD for its ability to handle a variety of inputs and video formats, with built-in scaling and support for various frame rates.

LONDON – Bob Brigham, president of PRG Nocturne, noted recently that one of the main factors clinching Nocturne Productions’ willingness to be acquired by PRG in mid-2011 was “our dream to expand into the UK/European markets.” That dream has become a reality, he said, with PRG Nocturne’s U.K. operation backing 2014 tours and shows for The Eagles, Katy Perry, Metallica, Skrillex, Franz Ferdinand, Bastille, Linkin Park, and The Rolling Stones. Pictured here are U.K. team members Stefaan Michels, Mark O’Herlihy, Bob Brigham and Rich Rowley.

MILTON KEYNES, U.K. – Working with video director Blue Leach, Creative Technology provided video gear in support of a 12-show U.K./European tour leg that was part of Pearl Jam’s ongoing world tour in support of the band’s 10th studio album, Lighting Bolt, which was released last fall. The tour leg began in Amsterdam in mid-June and finished with a concert here July 11. The shows featured a form of I-Mag (in black and white), a rarity for the band’s live shows.

BRADFORD, Yorkshire, U.K. – As the Tour de France got underway, large LED screens powered by LEDView image-scaling technology from Calibre UK were positioned along the course. The screens were supplied by Lightmedia and Big TV – both of which specified Calibre’s LEDView530 as their large-display image scaler of choice for the Grand Depart.

PILTON, U.K. — Arcadia took their magic mix of metal, mechanical engineering and madness to the 2014 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts (a.k.a. Glasto) with the return of the giant spider – around 12 meters tall and 40 meters wide – and an even bigger and better show than previous years.

BETHLEHEM, PA – Upstage Video provided LED screens for World Cup viewing parties in major cities across the country. The viewing party in Bethlehem, PA (pictured here) was one of a select few outdoor viewing events officially approved by FIFA. More than 50,000 fans gathered at the SteelStacks arts and cultural campus on 12 separate game days to view the event on Upstage Video’s 17’x27’ Daktronics PST-12HD Mobile LED Screen. That screen is even larger than FIFA’s official soccer goal dimensions (8 by 24 feet).