With both displays measuring 245m², the 140 frames of ClassicFrame, controlled by 12 graphic computers, were used to display live video feed from the events on the main stage. With such a large rig required, ClassicFrame was the only product for the job as owing to the lightweight façade of the building - a video wall would have brought the building down!
Richard Profe, media and lighting designer at Munich and Stuttgart based design company TLD, had been waiting to specify the G-LEC system for a while, after experimenting with it last year. Three months of meticulous planning saw a steel frame developed to securely attach the ClassicFrame to the block, utilizing the existing window railings.
Unrivalled in its transparency to light, wind and sound, the large-scale graphics display delivered a dynamic texture with fast moving and smooth, bright graphics capturing the events on stage. Profe said: "I chose the ClassicFrame in particular as it is so lightweight and transparent. An added benefit was there was minimal disruption for the staff working in the offices as they could still see out of the windows."
To complement the G-LEC systems there were 20 searchlights on top of the tower with a further 10 positioned on neighbouring roofs, while from the ground a Wholehog2 controlled High End Studio Beams and Martins Macs.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
