Watch Me Move does not simply chronicle animation in all its forms, it highlights it as an influential force in the development of global visual culture. It is designed as an immersive experience, with footage from commercial giants such as Walt Disney, Aardman and Pixar running alongside work from contemporary artists including Étienne-Jules Marey, Harry Smith, Jan Švankmajer, William Kentridge and Nathalie Djurberg.
Pixels is a value-added distributor of BrightSign HD media player products. MD, Norman Garland notes, "Since the start of our relationship with BrightSign in 2009 we have shipped over 1900 units to our customers, over 900 to June this year already." he says.
For Watch Me Move, Pixels supplied a total of 60 HD110 looping players, six HD210 network players for the synced pairs, and one HD410 interactive player controlling an Audionics EMU.
All BrightSign players are fitted with 8GB SDHC high-speed flash cards, providing sufficient storage for the hundreds of standard and high definition media files for the Watch Me Move exhibits.
"We worked very closely with Pinnerton on this project," Garland continues. "Not only did we supply the BrightSign players at very short notice, we provided a lot of technical support. This included specifying the correct models of BrightSign players to drive the chosen projectors and LCD screens and programming several players for specific tasks."
"The Barbican has been our client for many years," says Pinnerton's Stuart Wardle. "We generally supply equipment for the Barbican which they install themselves, but as this project had more technical involvement, we undertook the installation as well which, because of its complexity, took a total of two and a half weeks.
"We'd worked with Norman at Pixels before on a 3D project, and when it became obvious that the BrightSign players were the ideal solution for Watch Me Move, we instantly got in touch with him again, knowing that he and his team could help us with the necessary programming, as well as supplying the units."
(Jim Evans)
