In Riyadh, Samir El-Wesemy's company, EvenTech, staged a major outdoor event at the Regime Palace District, sponsored by the Supreme Authority for Riyadh Development and attended (and officially opened) by HRH Prince Sattam bin Abdul Aziz. The event on all three days featured traditional shows from Saudi teams that represented all the cities in the Kingdom - and included children's shows with puppets.
EvenTech conceived the initial designs and developed the technical infrastructure, installing and providing all the event equipment such as projectors, screens, moving head lighting, trusses, staging, decoration and cinematography.
They fielded three Christie HD12K 1080HD 12,000 ANSI lumens DLP three-chip projectors from their inventory, mounted on Thomas Mega Truss.
Fitted with SXGA+ 1.2:1/HD 1.1:1 FP lens, these delivered content onto a massive 24m x 6m screen backdrop behind a 1400sq.m stage.
All edge blending, alignment and processing functions were implemented in a Christie Spyder, which also provided a multi-screen PIP view. The device was fed with a variety of source inputs, including bespoke content, live cameras and library footage to create the desired impact.
On each of the three days it is estimated that 5,000 guests attended the event. Samir El-Wesemy, who acted as executive director and project manager, said, "This is the third year that EvenTech has been invited to provide AV services at this big event - and that's a measure of the trust that exists between us and The Supreme Authority for Riyadh Development."
(Jim Evans)
