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23/05/2018

disguise Drives Video And Lighting Display

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disguise has helped deliver the public art work 'Flight Paths' at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, US, bringing all of its multimedia elements together.

Its integrated workflow solution was the hub of the system for the public art. Its solution helped create a tree canopy, rain shower, rays of sunlight and Georgia bird species flying overhead.
 
Created by artist Steve Waldeck and 13 years in the making, 'Flight Paths' occupies a 450-foot underground walkway in the country's busiest airport linking concourse A and B. It delivers a unique experience to passengers traversing the pedestrian corridor en route to flight paths of their own.
 
The hardware part of disguise 4x4pro drives six channels of Sony laser projectors that display rain showers on the floor, two feeds of 4mm LED walls in the ceilings, and 48 channels of ambient audio. All of the installation's audio is synchronised through disguise.
 
disguise sends out dmx to control LED fixtures in the tree canopy and lighting effects simulating shafts of sunlight streaming through foliage composed of thousands of multi-layered aluminum cut outs.

"disguise is a great choice for system control in installations such as 'Flight Paths,'" said Troy Fujimura, a disguise Product Specialist who did all the programming, system integration and specification for the project. "It's able to gather so much system control together in one central location, is fully automated and performs very reliably 24/7/365. The installation market is just beginning to discover the benefits of the disguise solution for this type of application."
 
Intelligent Lighting Creations (ILC) in Arlington Heights, Illinois was hired by SVI Themed Construction to provide all the lighting and video hardware, commissioning and programming for 'Flight Paths'.

"We have used disguise products in several installations in the Chicago area," said Senior Account Executive Matt Pearlman. 
 
When the 'Flight Paths' project came up ILC thought of disguise right away.

"A lot of media is involved, a lot of devices need control: pixelated LED nodes for lighting, 4mm video walls and projection, theatrical LEDs and spot fixtures. We needed one solution to control everything in a syncopated way instead of many devices tied together," said Mr Pearlman.
 
Mr Fujimura added: "The disguise 4x4pro has multiple outputs and is compatible with the multiple protocols used in 'Flight Paths, and driving all the devices from one box also limits failure points."
 
Another strength of the disguise software is its previsualisation capabilities.

"Using disguise was a lifesaver given how much previsualization we were able to do," said Mr Pearlman. "We had a very limited window, from 11pm to 4am, for installation on site, but we were able to previs most of the show offline. We did all the sequencing, laid out the audio triggers and effects - that saved a lot of time on site."
 
disguise has been driving 'Flight Paths' for 18 months now "without incident", according to Mr Pearlman.

"I couldn't imagine doing the project without disguise. Troy's programming and all his support throughout were invaluable."
 
Lightswitch and its principal John Featherstone developed all the media content for 'Flight Paths'. Joby Benoit was Senior Technical Specialist for ILC.

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