Video design, screen content production and programming for Brilliant Minds 2023.

Photo credit: Jean Lapin and Oskar Bakke

Video design, screen content production and projection mapping for Wicked at the Gothenburg Opera

Video design, screen content production and programming for Brilliant Minds 2022.


Photo credit: Jean Lapin and Adrian Pehrson

Set, stage and video design, visual identity and content production for Join Sweden Summit, Vinterträdgården Stockholm.

Video Design and projections for Ängagård The Musical, Oscarsteatern Stockholm.

Set and visual design, original art, projection mapping and programming for Kretsen – Om Hilma Af Klint at Stockholm Stadsteater

Video design and production for Galileis Liv / Life of Galileio at Dramaten, Stockholm.

‘Earth from space'
Designed by Andreas Skärberg, artist and creative director at PXLFLD Studios.

This year’s installation at City Hall is inspired by SNSAs curated reference library of large scale events, scientific imagery and photography of extreme phenomena in the cosmos.

‘Light brings us the news of the Universe' – William Bragg (1915 Nobel Prize in Physics).

Nobel Week Lights can be experienced around Stockholm City from 16:00–22:00 until December 12th 2021

VIdeo Design, screen content production and programming.

Video design and set screen content production for Tootsie, Oscarsteatern.

Riksteatern Tour 2021 and residency at Stockholm Stadsteater 2022
Video Design and content production by Andreas Skärberg, PXLFLD.

Photography: Sören Vilks, 2021

Video design, content production and mediaserver programming for WWF Sweden’s TV Broadcast “En kväll för vår planet“.

This project was designed and programmed by PXLFLD Lighting Designer Nikolaj Brink. Content and additional video design by our in-house studio.

The event was held under strict secrecy. Tickets could only be attained by completing a specific task in a scavenger hunt-like fashion to help with the party.

Fans picked assignments from a list and if they could deliver it on time; tickets were given in exchange.

The exact location and scope of the event was kept a secret until the guests were practically outside Nobis Hotel in central Stockholm.

The stage was constructed in the middle of Nobis Hotel grand lobby.
In order to keep social distancing protocols the audience enjoyed the concert from the comfort of their own dedicated hotel room looking down at the performance. In addition; a multi-camera production was broadcast to the hotel room TV-sets.

“The biggest challenge was to find a way to create an immersive concert experience with a block party feel, despite the unconventional physical distance between the artist and her audience. LED and projections played a huge part in order to achieve this.” – Nikolaj Brink

TECHNICAL SOLUTION
Due to the unorthodox audience placement and open nature of the stage setup, we opted for a LED floor under the plexi-stage deck and projector clusters (4 x Barco HDX-4K20 and 2 x Barco UDX-4K40) aligned to the outer platform in order to maximize coverage and impact.

The play-out solution was based around two Hippotizer Boreal mediaservers set up to handle the large 8K-projection canvas and an additional AMBA+ for the LED floor.

The entire show was controlled on a GrandMA3 Light console.

MANet was the general control protocol and ArtNet was used to pixelmap the 48 Astera AX1 PixelTube fixtures.

General load-in started at midnight, installation and alignment throughout the night, followed by final programming adjustments and rehearsals before showtime in the evening.

The nature of the venue and event forced the entire crew to be very effective; creative impact, time and logistics were top of mind.

The hotel room lighting (Astera AX1, AX3 and AX5) was prepared the day before.

– Photo 1: Adrian Pehrson ©2020
– Photo 2. Alma Bengtsson / Popmani ©2020

EXTERNAL LINKS

Green Hippo Case Study

THE NETWORK CONFERENCE

Video Design, content and media server programming for Andrew Staples 2020 streaming adaptation of ‘Don Giovanni‘ at Berwaldhallen, Stockholm.

The cast featured Peter Mattei, Malin Byström, Andrew Staples and other world-famous soloists. The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and members of the Swedish Radio Choir was conducted by music director Daniel Hardin.

Acclaimed choreographer and dancer Fredrik Rydman's reimagination of Stravinsky's classic Rites Of Spring premiered at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern in Stockholm Sweden on September 7th and played to sold out houses throughout 2018.

Act 1 features a massive ABB industrial robot, live position tracking, moving 3d-projection mapping and multiple mirror screens.

PXLFLD provided concept development, visual design, technical solution, media servers and programming.

A custom tracking solution was developed and optimised in tight relationship with the amazing engineers and programmers at Robotdalen.

We opted to use on Hippotizer Boreal to handle media playback, live positioning and 3D mapping.
The excellent integration between Maxon Cinema 4D and Hippotizer Shape was a huge factor early on in the design process. Green Hippo always delivers on reliability, support incorporated a lot of our project specific feature requests along the way.

This project has been really close to our hearts from day one and the response from critics, colleagues and audience members has been fantastic.
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Video footage by Robotdalen
Video edit by PXLFLD
Music by Niklas Ahlström - "Robot Empire 3", (used under license from Epidemic Sound)

Art Direction, video design and visual production for the re-imagination of the annual Guldägget Awards organized by The Swedish Association of Communication Agencies (KOMM).

Guldägget was first arranged in 1961 and is Sweden’s oldest, largest and most prestigious competition for the communication industry.

For the 2020 edition we assisted Nine Yards and KOMM to re-imagine the concept to suit the new broadcast format and streaming platform.

https://guldagget.se/

Video Design, content, programming and projection mapping for Fredrik Benke Rydman’s modern classic – his reinterpretation of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake.

Youtube: video excerpt from Rothbart's intro

Photos by Mats Bäcker

SPACE is a projection mapped art installation that we designed and produced on commission by the Nobel Week Lights Festival, Stockholm City Hall 5-13 December 2020.

The artwork is inspired by scientific reference material generously provided by Swedish National Space Agency and European Space Agency and is a tribute to all the amazing advancements within space physics field that The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded through the years.

The active projection areas of Stockholm City Hall measures over 2400 square meters. Full coverage and output is powered by two disguise 4x4 Pro mediaservers and 30 x Panasonic PT-RZ21K / PT-RQ22K 20 000lumen projectors. Equipment and integration provided by our technical partner Creative Technology Northern Europe.



Reference links:
Nobel Week Lights
Rymdstyrelsen
European Space Agency

Panasonic Technical Case Study

Photos by: PXLFLD

10 Year Anniversay show for the Swedish-Finnish phenomena ‘KAJ’ at Bottniahallen, Vasa.

Photos by Mikael Nybacka

Video design, content, projection mapping and live VJing for JUNGs majestic tour finale at a sold-out Cirkus Arena, Stockholm.

Photos by PXLFLD (1 ) and Felix Martinsson (2-3)

Projection mapping and custom content for the hotel’s magnificent curved copper wall.

Photos by Martin Olson

Video design for ‘Men Gud!‘ – John E Thelin’s (The Simpsons, The Late Show with David Letterman) and stand-up powerhouse Magnus Betnér’s swedish adaptation of the Broadway play ‘An Act of God’ by David Javerbaum (The Daily Show).

Photos by Calle Elf.

Kärleksmaskinen
”What happens to a man when she falls in love with a machine? What happens to a robot if we allow it to adopt human traits? Can one really create the perfect partner with the help of algorithms? And what's perfect, really?”

PXLFLD created visual content for Norrlandsoperan’s new chamber opera that deals with artificial intelligence, human relationships and our endless fascination with technology.

Photo: Anders Alm (press), Peter Knutson (poster)

Content for Hov1’s 2019 tour. Light design and video programming by Jakob Larsson.

During the IBU Biathlon World Championships in Östersund PXLFLD tranformed the Town Hall building into a fully projection mapped stage for the live broadcast medal ceremonies. The grand opening set the tone for the event with dynamic custom content that culminated in the evocative performance of “The Sound of Jämtand” featuring a choir of 700 people.

Projection mapped custom built stage set for FORK’s “Revolution” Tour.

Design and content for the 2018 edition of Brilliant Mind Symposium: “Fenomen”.
The speakers in 2018 included Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, Vice founder Shane Smith, Tom Freston, Duran Duran’s John Taylor, Barbara Bush, Jesse Williams, Ilwad Elman plus musical performances by Zara Larsson and Clara Mae.

More info: https://brilliantminds.co

Photos by: Creative Technology

Video design, content, projection and programming for Fredrik Benke Rydmans’s re-interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s classic “The Nutcracker”.

Photos by Daniel Ohlsson

A Gothenburg Opera House production, directed and adapted by Rikard Bergqvist.
Video design and content by PXLFLD.

The West End hit Return to the Forbidden Planet won an Olivier Award for Best New Musical (1989). It is inspired by the cult science fiction film Forbidden Planet from 1956 and plays by Shakespeare, especially The Tempest.

Photos by: Tilo Stengel

Content and mediaserver setup for the 2018 season of TV4 Live Broadcast “Talang”.

Concept, graphic and technical design and on-site installation.

LIFE consists of 200 square feet custom curved projection wall, floating platforms, automation, pyrotechnics, custom content, a full symphonic score and rock solid playback from three synchronized Green Hippo mediaservers and Barco 40k projectors.

LIFE received the international Brass Ring Awards ”Live entertainment excellence, best overall production” in Orlando, Florida 2015. The show was in great company by other nominated productions in the same category from Disneyland, Ferrari World, Universal Studios and Six Flags.

The show is still running on a regular schedule at Kolmården Wildlife Park.

Custom content, mediaservers and video design for Peter Jöback touring passion project “I Love Musicals” that culminated with a sold-out stadium finale at Ullevi, Gothenburg 2017.

More info: http://www.ilovemusicals.se/

Custom content for the Idol 2018 Final Live broadcast.

Photos by: Creative Technology

Content for the hit musical “Så Som I Himmelen” at Oscarsteatern, Stockholm.

The Theatre, Gothia Towers.
Video design, content and projections for Peter Jöback’s Christmas show “Jag kommer hem igen till jul“. Light design by Johan Friberg.

Content for Bo Kaspers Orkester sold out residency show “Allt Ljus På Oss” in Gothenburg, Stockholm and follow-up arena tour throughout 2018.

More info: http://www.bokaspersorkestershow.se/

Photos by: Creative Technology

PXLFLD produced the visual design and content for a unique story driven dinner experience, during which the guests were immersed in an 80m wide 360 degree projection of high resolution content and custom soundscape.

Video design and content for Scandic “The Moment“.

Photos by Scenteknik AVL

Technical advisory, mediaserver technicians and content management and custom stage marker system for Eurovision 2016.

Video content for Azerbaijan by Per Rydnert and Johannes Winkler.

Photos by Anna Velikova (EBU)

Video content for the beloved children’s author Barbro Lindgren’s exhibition at Junibacken.

Photo by: Ulf Huett. Used under Creative Commons License 3.0

Video design, content and technical system setup for Fredrik Benke Rydman’s swinging take on “Macbeth” at Stockholm City Theater 2013.

More info: http://kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/Teater/Pjaser/2013/Macbeth/

Video design, content and mediaserver setup for director Emma Buchts stage production of "Rain Man” at Rival, Stockholm

Photos by Mats Becker

More info: http://www.chinateatern.se/show/rain-man/

Volt was one of Sweden’s leading festivals for electronic music between 2009-2015. The highly regarded festival brought electronic pioneers, contemporary music innovators and audiences to the Uppsalas concert and congress hall, UKK.

PXLFLD supplied technical advisory, video design, system techs and VJs from 2011 until the final finale 2015.