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This issue, Panasonic gets arty, GLP brightens Jack White and Foals tours, DAS Audio invigorates a Washington venue, Christie lights up The Masked Singer, Daktronics goes large for US soccer team, and Modulo-Pi media servers power a Chinese attraction
Panasonic deployed for permanent digital immersive art experience
London’s rst permanent digital immersive arts experience, Frameless, is bringing art to life “like never before” and will be opening in October in the heart of London’s West End. Frameless has partnered with Panasonic, which will use the venue as its global agship showcasing projection technologies and large format displays. Market leaders in the live events and immersive experience sectors, Creative Technology has also been brought on board to deliver integration services for all video systems across the attraction.
Using over 50 of Panasonic’s 3-Chip RQ22K and RQ35 DLP laser projectors, the art projections will be delivered by 479 million pixels and 1 million lumens of brightness and vivid colour across all four immersive galleries, as well as a fth gallery dedicated to corporate and educational events. Panasonic will also showcase its MZ16 projection series, delivering long-lasting brightness and “superb” colour performance.
A second layer of audio immersion is achieved by 360-degree surround sound from 158 EM Acoustics R8 speakers, set to a score of specially composed music, with interactive audio triggered by audience movement –all brought together by Hive media servers, calibration cameras, switching, movement and depth sensors, delivering a “uniquely inspiring” experience.
GLP brightens Jack White & Foals tours
GLP’s JDC1 hybrid strobe and X4 Bar 20 batten, along with ‘virtual’ X4 Bar 20s, had a big part to play in Jack White’s Supply Chain Issues tour, with stage set designed by Canadian creative director Matt Larivée, of Lüz Studio. 28 JDC1s and 12 X4s were deployed.
“The JDC1 is one of my favourite xtures for washing a band from the oor, so that was a goto to de ne the space and light up the band with washes and powerful tube FX,” noted Larivée. “As for the impression X4 20 Bars, they are also a regular xture that I use, this time in a more subtle role to de ne the space above the band, next to the video wall.”
Larivée has worked with White for ve years, designing the show for his previous tour in 2018, as well as being involved with one of his side projects, the Raconteurs. The artist himself contributed a good deal of creative input, “which was actually a good thing, because he’s very inspiring,” explained the designer.
Meanwhile, Cassius Creative has been lighting Foals’ video-heavy European tour with GLP’s JDC Line 1000 and impression FR10, which includes 140 xtures used as the backdrop.
To ful l the inventory, vendor Lite Alternative made a large investment in the hybrid xture, which combines a powerful strobe line with a unique LED pixel-mapping stick. At the same time, Cassius Creative has long favoured GLP’s battens; rst the impression X4 Bar 20, and more recently the chunkier impression FR10 Bars, some 48 of which have been deployed overhead on a own rig.
DAS Audio invigorates the atmosphere at Washington DC’s Rosebar Lounge
The Rosebar Lounge in Washington DC was recently upgraded to include loudspeakers drawn from the E11EVEN Sound series by DAS Audio.
AV systems integration rm Willy-Tech Services of Miami worked in close coordination with DAS Audio to develop a sound reinforcement system.
For the main room, four E11EVEN Sound ES-10 twoway point source loudspeakers were speci ed. To provide low frequency support, these were augmented with eight E11EVEN Sound ES-212 compact bass-re ex subwoofers. At the DJ booth, the set-up includes two E11EVEN Sound ES-10 two-way point source loudspeakers, along with an ESBR18 passive direct radiation subwoofer. Power ampli cation is handled by E11EVEN Sound EP-14K2 two-channel power ampli ers with 8800 watts per ampli er.
Out on the patio, with its new retractable roof, the audio setup includes eight ARTEC-312.96 compact two-way full-range loudspeakers, which are augmented by ve E11EVEN Sound ESBR218 high-power passive subwoofers. According to lead engineer and owner/operator Guillermo Rodriguez Rodriguez, this combination of loudspeakers provides “great coverage and terri c audio quality”.
New Daktronics video display lights up Monterey
Daktronics of Brookings, South Dakota, has partnered with Monterey Bay FC to design, manufacture and install a new LED video display and audio system at Cardinale Stadium in Seaside, California. The display was installed this spring and is currently engaging and entertaining audiences for soccer and other special events.
“We are thrilled to partner with Daktronics, they were wonderful to work with,” said Monterey Bay FC president Mike DiGiulio. “The LED video display is a focal point of our stadium. It creates an amazing atmosphere here on game days, and we look forward to utilising the display to entertain our fans for years to come.”
The LED video display measures approximately 17ft high by 32ft wide and features 15mm pixel spacing to deliver excellent image clarity and contrast to fans in every seat. It features industry-leading environmental protection ensuring it operates as expected in the California outdoors.
The display is capable of variable content zoning allowing it to show all the expected video and content at every event. This includes one large image or multiple zones to show any combination of live video, instant replays, up-tothe-minute statistics, graphics and animations, and sponsorship messages.
“We are anticipating one of the best game-day environments in the USL at Cardinale Stadium in Seaside, California,” said Eric Cain, Daktronics sales representative. Christie HS Series 1DLP laser projectors are lighting up the grand stage of reality music and costume art show The Masked Singer Vietnam with visuals designed to complement the performances and costumes of vocalists whose identities are concealed.
The circular stage of The Masked Singer Vietnam is anked by two huge face-like structures that have become synonymous with the show, serving as tunnel entries for the contestants from backstage. They are lit by four Christie D20WU-HS laser projectors installed and commissioned by Christie’s partner Alta Media, which specialises in systems integration, digital content and show entertainment technology.
“The gigantic faces of The Masked Singer Vietnam are the show’s biggest scenic elements on-stage and we needed to ensure that both live and TV audiences are able to appreciate the eye-catching visuals projected onto the polygonal surfaces of these iconic structures,” said Tai Hoang, co-founder & CEO, Alta Media. “Having used the Christie D20WU-HS on several occasions including the Dam Sen Park lake show, we decided that it is the perfect projection system for this project due to its high brightness, accurate colour reproduction, compact footprint, quiet operation, and omnidirectional capabilities.”
Hoang noted that the four D20WU-HS projectors are doublestacked, tted on a truss and cross-installed with a throw distance of 24 metres. “This speci c con guration enables us to achieve optimal visuals on both face-like structures each measuring ve metres high,” he said. “The projected contents comprising an array of dynamic visual e ects are then altered according to the visual script that matches the performance of each vocalist.”
Jason Yeo, senior sales manager for Southeast Asia, Enterprise, Christie, added: “The Masked Singer Vietnam is highly entertaining reality singing TV series that has enthralled audiences and we are thrilled that the D20WU-HS laser projectors have been used to deliver fascinating visuals on the iconic faces onstage to heighten the audience experience. Alta Media has accomplished an amazing job.”
Christie HS Series projectors light up The Masked SingerVietnam stage
Modulo Pi’s media servers power spectacular tourist attractions in China AV Stumpfl and Panasonic create projection magic at international art exhibition
As part of tourism expansion plans in the Wuyuan county, China, a full resort has been created with hotels, restaurants, and entertainment facilities, with Modulo Pi media servers powering projection mapping. Encounter with Wuyuan opened on July 17, 2022.
An extensive public address system from Electro-Voice and Dynacord has been installed at Cavatina Hall, an o ce building located in the historic city of Bielsko-Biała, amongst the Beskidy mountains in southern Poland. The six-story building counts over 9,000 square meters of top-tier o ce space, a cutting-edge recording studio, a chamber music room and a majestic 1,000 capacity concert hall. The venue itself is owned by leading Polish development company Cavatina and is the rst privately owned and funded concert hall in Poland.
Cavatina Hall required an extensive solution to cover public address across its various areas, exible enough to meet the di ering needs of o ce workers and theatregoers. An AV Stump projection screen and Panasonic laser projector helped to “spark wonder” at the 59th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, titled The Milk of Dreams, The event included 213 artists from 58 countries in the main exhibition.
Cavatina Hall achieves “communication excellence” with Electro-Voice and Dynacord
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