Medialon in use for Saudi Pavilion art installation
Published: MEA
WORLD: Two Medialon MIP HD media player units along with a Medialon Manager show control license are currently running on The Black Arch, a collaboration work made by the artist Shadia Alem and writer Raja Alem to represent the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its debut participation in the 54th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia running in Italy.
Damien Lebrun and Nathalie Grassi from CYWEB, a France-based company specialised in multimedia tools and content development, were in charge of the design, the production, and the installation of the audio/images/lighting system, as well as the programming of the Medialon show control system.
‘For The Black Arch, the artists wanted four audio and two video projection sources along with sophisticated and lively lighting,’ stated Damien Lebrun, sound engineer and developer at CYWEB. ‘Of course, the video, audio and lighting effects had to run simultaneously. We also absolutely had to find a nice and easy tool to create and synchronise the 30 spotlights with the audio and images in situ in Venice, knowing that we would have a limited time for the integration onsite.
‘It clearly appeared that two Medialon MIP HD media players to play the 30-minutes media content including audio and image files, associated with a Medialon Manager show control software for the DMX lighting control and the timeline with the Positrack (sync) functionality were the ideal solution for this project,’ declared Mr Lebrun. ‘We also needed a true reliable audiovisual and lighting control system as the project had to operate autonomously for the six month duration of the Biennale exhibit. Medialon brought us this guarantee,’ he concluded.