Projection Connection News

RUEDESHEIM, Germany – Michaela Janke, a student at the Cologne University for Applied Science's conservation and restoration institute, came up with the idea of using light projections to give visitors to the Broemserhof a better idea of what its centuries-old murals looked like before they were heavily damaged in World War II.

LONDON – The Projection Studio designed a 90-minute video projection for a Buckingham Palace ballroom for a concert marking the 90th anniversary of The Not Forgotten Association, which was founded in 1920 to entertain disabled military personnel and veterans.

GULF SHORES, AL – Daktronics partner GoVision worked with BSUN Media Systems to help LuLu's restaurant at Homeport Marina out of a jam. Tropical storm Alex forced the postponement of a charity concert to benefit those affected by the BP oil spill. Lulu's was left without an act to entertain the large crowds expected on June 30 and July 1.

NASHVILLE, TN – When Scott Scovill of Moo TV was deciding which manufacturer's LED panels to use to create the video screen for Brad Paisley's 2010 Summer Tour, he turned to the artist to help make the final call.

FREDERICKSBURG, TX – The National Museum of the Pacific War recently opened the 33,000-square-foot George H.W. Bush Gallery with 40 multimedia exhibits. AV integrator Bowen Technovation opted for a Medialon AV control solution.

ST. PAUL, MN – In an effort to provide high resolution visuals for the benefit if its students, Northwestern College has opted to upgrade its AV system with Christie LW400 and LX400 LCD projectors.

MELBOURNE, Australia – For The Logies, an annual Australian TV industry awards program, LD Rohan Thornton and fellow crew members used an LSC Clarity lighting and control system along with nine media servers from both Green Hippo and Pandoras Box to control a key visual element – 33 video screens in the Melbourne Crown Towers' Palladium Ballroom.

MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota Supreme Court's Courtroom 300, the larger of two courtrooms visible to the public via KTCA in St. Paul and the Internet, recently upgraded with a new Vaddio ProductionVIEW FX switcher and three WallVIEW PRO 300 PTZ camera systems. AV integrator MSpace also updated the audio system.

ARLINGTON, WA – Video may have killed the radio star, but its breathing new life into the fortunes of a 30-year-old Washington State lighting/staging company. Earlier this year, lighting industry veteran Mark Steneide (Steneide Illumination) added the capability to install video walls at music concerts and shows, using EVLED 1024SMD panels from Elation Professional.

LOS ANGELES – Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 tour visuals have gotten an assist from PRG's Mbox Extreme v3 media server, with screens director Drew Findley and video director Dirk Sanders using the five-server system provided by PRG for multiple video surfaces that are part of the city skyline video wall set designed by UVA's Matt Clark.

DALLAS – With the primary visuals limited to a hole in the ground, groundbreaking ceremonies aren't always big on visual drama. So for the official unveiling of the future 42-story Museum Tower upscale residential building in Dallas, the ceremony organizers relied on GoVision's GoBigger mobile HD LED screen for large-scale artist's renderings along with I-Mag of the proceedings.