Freeman Audio Visual Solutions received the award for Best Overall Staging for a Corporate or Association Event for their staging of the Miller Brewing Annual Distributors Conference. Four Barco SLM R12+ projectors, one Barco FLM HD18 high definition projector and Barco's Encore Presentation System contributed to the event.
The projectors used on the white pleated fabric were blended and shaped to create a solid specific background look for each presentation. Each pair of screens (one 4:3 aspect ratio and one 9:16) were projected by a single Barco HD18 high def projector using Barco Encore to mask the space between screens while creating the two distinct images.
Freeman also received two other awards in which Barco was involved. Another Best Overall Staging award was given for Freeman's production of the Microsoft Management Summit, in which three stacks of Barco SLM R12+ projectors were utilized for a 15x45ft screen, while the "Best Use of AV Technology for a Trade Show Booth/Client" was awarded for their staging of the National Association of Cable TV Awards, featuring eight Barco SLM R12+ projectors and a Barco G5 projector.
The 2009 ARCHI-TECH AV Awards honour exceptional audio-visual architectural projects. The Grand Prize winner for best project was awarded to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California. Among the many remarkable AV exhibits at the California Academy of Sciences, a Barco DP-2000 Digital Cinema Projector is used for an immersive 3D presentation within the museum's Hearst Forum.
ARCHI-TECH also gave two General awards in which Barco played key roles: first was The Comcast Experience in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a video installation in the atrium of the Comcast headquarters which uses Barco's NX-4 LED tiles, DX-700 LED digitisers and the Encore presentation system to create the world's largest indoor 4mm LED wall; second was the Law Offices of Nix, Patterson and Roach for the installation in their Las Colinas, Texas facility. Here, a Barco SLM-R12+ projector was utilised in a Global Imagination Magic Planet video globe and a Barco iCon 600 projector.
In the third ceremony, PRO AV announced the winners of their annual Spotlight Awards, which celebrate excellence in AV installations. Here again, Barco played a significant role. The PRO AV Spotlight Judges' Award was given to The Comcast Experience, with NX-4, Encore, DX-700. The Best Museum AV Project award was lauded on the California Academy of Sciences, with Barco DP-2000 digital cinema projectors chosen for the 3D capable theatre.
(Lee Baldock)
