Christie projectors used for Eid Al-Fitr festivities
Published: MEA
SAUDI ARABIA: EvenTech has again supplied the A/V services for the Eid Al-Fitr festival celebrations at the Regime Palace District in Riyadh. The event was sponsored by the supreme authority for Riyadh Development and attended (and officially opened) by HRH Prince Sattam bin Abdul Aziz, who is also vice chairman of The Supreme Saudization Committee.
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. EvenTech fielded three Christie HD12K 1080HD 12,000 ANSI lumens DLP three-chip projectors from its inventory, mounted on Thomas Mega Truss. Fitted with anSXGA+ 1.2:1/HD 1.1:1 FPlens, the projectors delivered content onto a 24m x 6m screen backdrop behind the 1,400 sq-m stage.
All the projectors were supplied from EvenTech’s stock of Christie instruments. 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.
Samir El-Wesemy, who acted as executive director and project manager, commented, ‘This is the third year that EvenTech has been invited to provide A/V services at this big event — and that’s a measure of the trust that exists between us and The Supreme Authority for Riyadh Development.’
The three-day event was said to have attracted up to 5,000 guests each day, featuring traditional shows from Saudi teams that represented all the cities in the Kingdom, including children’s puppet shows.