ArtAv were approached to produce an easy to use multi channel HD video and audio playback system for the BBC Planet Earth Live. The Planet Earth Live tour was playing 6 dates across North America with Orchestras at each location and would be conducted by composer George Fenton. The tour was touring without technical staff from the UK and this …

ArtAV recently returned from HfG, The State College of Design in Karlsruhe. Situated next to ZKM the Center for Art and Media Technology; the establishment is at the forefront of new media art in Germany. Educating the artists of tomorrow with the artists of today. ArtAV were involved in the final exhibition of the Moving Image Now! Class of 2010/2011 assisting the …

Following the huge success of Isaac Julien’s “Ten Thousand Waves” at the Sydney Bienalle and World Expo in Shanghai ArtAV were asked to install the work again – this time as part of Basel Miami 2010 however for good measure three other Isaac Julien works were added to the line-up – Vagabondia, Baltimore and Paradise Omeros. The venue was to …

Internationally renowned film-maker and video artist Isaac Julien’s work TEN THOUSAND WAVES, was displayed at the ShangArt Gallery as part of the Shanghai Expo. The work weaves together stories linking China’s ancient past and present, exploring what motivates people to make often perilous movements to seek new opportunities in a global society. To show Isaac’s work in its full beauty, …

AV Festival is a leading international Festival of contemporary art, music and film. A biennial event, the Festival is thematically curated to engage audiences with current ideas across art, society and technology. The theme of the festival was Energy, this years exhibitions included work from Aura Satz, Rhodri Davies, Charlemagne Palestine, Artificiel and Will Scrimshaw. Performances included Iain Forsyth and …

ArtAV has supplied a state of the art media server for Wayne McGregor’s ‘Dyad 1909’. The system is based on Qlab software running on a super fast SSD fuelled MacPro. Running custom plugins developed in-house, the system perfectly synchronises three screens of video with multiple tracks of studio quality audio. Here’s some info behind the performance…  Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (1872-1929) …

For the first time ever, members of the public can experience the excitement of performing ‘inside’ one of the world’s great orchestras thanks to a new installation that open at the Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf on London’s South Bank. Set over 4 stories,  the atmospheric warehouse space of Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf hosts Re-Rite:Be the Orchestra which presents different sections of …