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IMF 2010 Stage show Pacific Coliseum Vancouver

konstantinos — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:43:31 +0000

Last weekend we worked with Epic Lighting to create a amazing stage show with sound responsive visuals designed for the annual IMF show at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver. We combined pre produced visuals with pixel accurate sound responsive animations.

Using the Martin LC LED wall system, we had a 16m x 7m screen with nearly 50,000 LEDs. After a quick re alignment of the LED pixel map we were off. The early part of the evening consisted of combining information with generative animations that were programmed in advance. We gradually altered to look and feel of the stage as the show progressed through a record 10 hour performance. At its most complex, the show featured blends of pre produced visuals and real time animation.

Here are a few clips from the audience perspective shot by attendees, excuse the camera work, they must have been excited.

Benny Benassi and Armin van Buuren

Nathan — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:54:35 +0000

Urban Visuals’ latest production at the Vancouver Convention Centre was a big hit. Blueprint Events brought Benny Benassi and Armin van Buuren for a double header DJ show, and we provided Stage Design and visual production for the event.

We were so busy with the show that we didn’t get a chance to document, but we found these clips from a happy attendee.

Armin van Buuren

Benny Benassi

A long shot of the show.

As the first concert to be hosted at the Convention Centre, we had to be sure everything went smoothly and according to plan. The ten video projectors were driven all driven by Modul8 on one Mac Pro and three Macbook Pros. On the LED side, we had 600 nodes of Colorkinetics iflex and 14 CK Colorblaze units all driven by Madrix.

Here are some more photos:

Stage Design for MSTRKRFT and Steve Aoki

Nathan — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:16:55 +0000

In September 2009, we installed an LED canopy and custom screen setup for the Blueprint 12th Anniversary Party at the Commodore Ballroom. The event featured acts Steve Aoki and MSTRKRFT and was sponsored by Red Bull. The show was a blast, and while we didn’t get to document it much, I did find these fantastic photos from David Lang’s site. The LED Canopy is built of 16 panels each 20″ by 96″. Each of the panels can be hung individually or combined in any orientation.

The video screens are custom built 40″ squares that create two 10′ x 10′ screens. It’s always fun to work with irregular screen shapes and especially screens that are made of a selection of smaller screens.

Some short clips are below the photos.

Check out the full post with more picture on David Lang’s site.

Here’s some video clips we shot of the event.