As the leaders of 192 different countries gathered in Copenhagen for the UN Climate Change Conference, Bluman Associates were providing full project management to American 'dome industry leaders' Absolute Hollywood. Designer James Lanier conceived a 20m tall Total Sphere representing Planet Earth which dominated the central square of Copenhagen.
The giant globe changed in appearance as it responded directly to text messages and emails from all over the world. Bluman Associates deployed 10 Christie S+20k c/w/TWIST projectors and two Delta Media Servers, running over 2 kilometres of custom-made fibre-optic DVI distribution system, to deliver a constantly rotating map of the earth, augmented by various live feeds from TV broadcasters and pre-recorded pieces made by NGOs and other organisations.
"We specified all the technical infrastructure, towers and their positions, projectors and lenses, and the equipment needed to put this into place," explains Bluman. "It was a creative and technical first for everybody involved, and it was great to see it become an such a defining image for the whole climate change conference."
(Jim Evans)
