Clearly visible in the video – the huge show was a unique experience for the audience. But also the Bocatec team had fun in Vietnam. The realization of the water- and laser show meant a big challenge and effort, but in the end everything worked out perfectly.
Other pictures and infos follow, this video simply couldn’t wait – it is brilliant!
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The 13th April 2013 on the long night of the museum there were many art lovers in Hamburg that twittered via an outdoor screen on the “gallery of the present” (Galerie der Gegenwart). Bocatec installed the big projection.
53 museums and exhibition halls in Hamburger opened their doors between 6pm and 2am for multisided program: exhibitions, guided tours, culinary events, music, dance and film. For the first time in 13 art nights the visitors could share their program tips with everyone live on a huge, specially installed Twitter wall. Bocatec installed the 30 x 20m big projection on an outside wall of the “gallery of the present”.
A very fascinating way of applying laser technics is the combination of the light beams with dancers. Suddenly the laser beam takes the center of a breathtaking show and becomes part itself of a surprising performance. This laser dance is so novel and seldom that every spectator is fascinated.
Dancing with the laser…
If laser and human are dancing together and influence each other, a symbiosis of the special kind develops. The laser can create rooms on the dance floor, build up walls and draw lines, where the dancer moves. A really impressive laser dance is also a product of a perfect choreography. The dancer has to move simultaneously to the music and the laser movements. For the illusion of complete control of the laser beam and the laser animations, the dancer has to touch and release the laser beam at the right time. Of course it’s also possible that the dancer deflects the laser beam with mirrors and creates new effects. Such a dance with the laser demands a lot dancing skills and full concentration. The laser intensifies or even emphasizes the movements of the dancer.
As a special highlight the laser dancers could be equipped with radio-DMX controlled hand lases in order to send out the beams themselves. Unique effects are possible.
If you are looking for an extraordinary dancing performance or if you envision a very special show act, a laser dance is our advice. The moves of live and laser in thrilling interaction haven’t been shown often in this form. For sure the dance with the laser is something new, that inspires and electrifies.
As a permanent present for the 725th city anniversary of Düsseldorf, the biggest homeland club of the city – the Dusseldorf Jonges – gave new, spectacular birth to the water monument “den Jrönen Jong”. Bocatec therefor wrapped the over hundred years old sculpture of the river god Triton into an egg-shaped water artwork.
The „Jonges“ disproved with their extraordinary present that homeland clubs only know old traditions. The club with 2500 members thought for a long time about a suiting present for the jubilee of the city. The genius and original installation combines skillfully the closeness to the home city and artwork and is a great balancing act between tradition and modernity. The 3m high monument in the water basin at the end of the Reitallee was created in 1899 by Joseph Hammerschmidt and represents the river god Triton, who is interrupted by a hippy during his lunch. The Jonges would like to also raise the awareness of the other 70 monuments in Düsseldorf by trying out creative ways of presentation. The “Jrönen Jong” is now a perfect example for that.
The mega present
The „Jröne Jong“ inside the Hofgarten now stands in the middle of „fight of the fountains“ every evening. Around 80 water jets are arranged in a 6m circle around the monument. These jets are controlled by three pumps with 8KW power each and play with and against each other. The water beams can be continuously adjusted up to 7 m height. Through the loops of the water beams towards the middle a 5m high water egg comes out. Additionally the whole construction is illuminated by 42 LEDs a 180 Watt and shines in different colors. Under this water egg the “Jröne Jong” optically is virtually cleared away. The production enchants over 15 minutes long every spectator and is played in loop again and again.
The installation
The way to the finished artwork was thus long. First Bocatec had to measure the monument with the help of a rubber boat. The crown for the water supply and three LED lights were then mounted into the basin around the monument with a crane. Four full days Bocatec worked frenetically. The water circle had to have a diameter of six meter. The results satisfy and are an eye candy for all park visitors and passerbys. Bocatec is already looking forward to the next spectacular staging of further monuments.
The ceremony of the Mercedes AMG Driving Performance Awards on 20th November showed off highlight after highlight. The Velodrom in Guangzhou was the location of the mega racing car spectacle. Bocatec trumped with a final of superlatives at the ending of the show.
AMG Mercedes laser show from Bocatec on Vimeo.
AMG goes all out
Over 700 guests – customers, stars, dealers and press people came together in the huge, ultra-modern velodrom, that was built in 2010 for the Chinese bike sport events in futuristic architecture. To join in the guests AMG installed an AMG Racing Park with driving simulators, a Pit-stop competition and a “Photo finish” podium. Here every guest could try himself as race driver, take a look at the AMG collection and admire the Box Babes.
Program without ending
The three hour program then offered a multimedia fireworks made of single acts. Two famous television presenters guided through the show. Video projections on the hall top alternated with speeches from AMG executives, live presentations of the new high-performance-models and performances of Chinese superstars.
At 21:20 am Bocatec heralded the hammer final of the evening with a congenial light- and laser show. Five professional break-dancers with LED costumes performed around the show and the AMG models drove on stage for the family-car-parade. Bocatec also escorted the entrance of the „King of Asian Pop“ Eason Chan with a laser- and light effects and guided the show to its climax.
Bocatec in pole position
After having got the order for the show only 4 weeks before, 4 Bocatec guys flew to Guangzhou for one week. The laser freaks from Hamburg left nothing to chance for the technics array. With six full-color laser projectors: (2 x 14W, 3x20W, 1x10W) 8 fog machines, 2 hazers and an incredible 300 moving head light spots a lot of equipment was mounted. All centrally pulsed via W-LAN with SMPTE time code and controlled onto point with PHOENIX show controller.
The extremely sporty and cool event beamed the guests up. Bocatec felt perfectly in its element and was happy to be one of the many brilliant acts hitting the ground running for the power brand. Even Mika Häkkinnen congratulated Boris Bollinger of Bocatec personally to the greatest show he had ever seen. For the next race we are already on the starting list and keep our foot on the fuel pedal.
Every year again… and however, every year a good reason to paint the town red! Christmas comes closer and so all over the famous Christmas markets open their doors. Especially ceremonial and pompous the inhabitants of Hamburg welcomed the Christmas time in the Hafencity on 25th November. Therefor Bocatec threw out the sparks and made the lasers dance.
Hamburg Harbour Christmas from Bocatec on Vimeo.
The fantastic opening spectacle started the 25th November at 17:30 at the ice rink of the HafenCity Christmas market. There, in the Überseequartier, the heart of the Hamburg HafenCity the visitors awaited a magical Christmas wonderland from 26th-31st December. Nostalgic carousel, ice rink, Christmas bakery and a Pegasus made of lights floating above the white pagoda tents spread festive atmosphere. The start for ice dances, hot wine punch parties and lebkuchen nibbling couldn’t have been more beautiful thanks to the Bocatec opening show.
Flaming ice dance joins in
Bocatec put the ca. 300 guest in total Christmas fever with a huge laser-, pyro- and fireworks show. The ice elves from Berlin danced on the ice to the show. The figure skaters – all junior masters and members of the German national team – moved synchronously to the music and the perfectly balanced pyro effects over the ice.
Christmas elves muck in
The five Bocatec Christmas elves mounted and dismounted the technics for the show within 80 man hours. The show itself was then 10 minutes long. The 9 laser projectors ( 5x Piko 14, 4x PM3200) and the pyrotechnics were mounted in vacant houses around the market square.
Six fog machines with radial fan, 16 Flame projectors, 2 MagicFX FlameManiacs and divers fireworks- and pyro articles completed the Christmas show.
After the show it really started
The interminable applause and the exuberant thanks of thepresenter proved the uniqueness of this opening celebration. After this wow attunement the Christmas lovers can now buy arts and crafts, goodies and also Christmas trees every day in the Hafencity or join a lantern procession. Thursdays and Fridays the working day will end atmospherically at the After-Work. Moreover every evening at 6 pm one wicket opens at the illuminated Überseequartier-Advent calendars at the old Hafenamt.
Bocatec wishes all Christmas women and men a lot of fun and looks forward to a great end of the year with lashings of extra boom!
The 11th January the Infiniti Brand Festival blew up all records in respect to event dimensioning. Pop star Katy Perry interrupted her promo tour for her new album „Prism“ and cancelled the Golden Globes to take part in the Infiniti mega event. At her very first performance in China she sang live as headliner for Infiniti her super hits. Bocatec was hired to rock the complete two hour show full of highlights with light and laser technics. A first league mission.
China pulls ahead
In the meantime is clear: China booms. The country has uncountable dollar millionaires and Peking is even more expensive than Munich. Actually no wonder that the enthusiastic Chinese also take our breath with their events and top everything what we have seen before. Anyway, to experience this show live was plain folly- enormous, bombastic, simply „amazing“!
The car manufacturer Infiniti invited to its brand festival over 10.000 customers to the Peking national indoor Olympic Stadium. Furthermore he engaged Katy Perry and several Chinese super stars for the festival and invested in much technical finesse to put everything on stage. Already 10 TV teams buzzed around to broadcast the car show and the performances of the mega stars for the million spectators on the computer and TV screens at home. Bocatec coordinated the main part of the really opulent show technics for all the show.
Extra portion technical delicacy
The array of technics, controlled by Bocatec was incomparable: 600 moving head lights, as well as over hundred other light effects were installed around the stage. 200 Watt white light laser power in 10 laser machines were mounted for the six laser shows with a lot effort flexibly and movable into the 30 meter high stage setting. 800 square meter big LED screens had to be recorded. Additionally six high-power fog machines and six hazers were used. The management of Infiniti and Katy Perry trusted Bocatec completely and passed over the responsibility for the whole planning and programming oft height and laser show. In the studio the Bocatec experts prepared the show before and let it then run via time code and the Phoenix show controller and two full size Grand MA2. All laser projectors were therefor equipped with WLAN radio link antennas because the cable path was to long with 400 meter each. The buildup took 5 days for the five Bocatec guys and several helpers on site.
That Infiniti didn’t take half-measures also for details shows also this mind-blowing gimmick: Around the main stage swam 8 artificial tall swans on lake surfaces. Every swan was manually remote controlled each by one Chinese. As final surprise the Infiniti Logo in maxi format (4 x 6 m) rose from the two meter deep water basin. Unfortunately such technical extras almost disappeared in European shows.
The Brand Story
The Infiniti Motor Company Ltd. Is very successful in China with its premium cars and wants to transport values like freedom and emotion. The core message of Infiniti was developed as story consequently over the whole brand festival. A giant mask in the middle of the stage stood symbolically for the mask that everybody puts on in working live and day to day life. You have to save your face, you pretend, you are cool and unemotionally without evident feelings. Infiniti wants to take off this mask from its customers and help them to get out of themselves. Infiniti itself proves with its bombastic festival that it is able to realize big plans and that fun and game blast every limit. The mask broke into pieces during the show and was thus defeated by joy, innovation and fantasy. Katy Perry performed her top hits “Roar,” “Teenage Dream”, “Unconditionally”, “Part of me” and “Firework” in changing costumes and showed an impressive stage show. Other stars like Jane Z, Chris Lee and Jimmy Lin sang their hits, dancers, show acts and speeches rotated on stage. The audience experienced the brand Infiniti and the latest models innovational and emotionally through spectacular entertainment.
Infiniti loves quality
Infiniti made it with this mega festival, it set new benchmarks and everyone in China now keeps an eye on the company. That is why Infiniti needs extremely powerful partners for its events. Katy Perry, the formula one and the Infiniti Red Bull Racing Team or the artists of the Cirque du Soleil ®, Infiniti looks for event partners who make everything possible, step beyond and extravagate. With Bocatec Infiniti thus booked for the second time the expert for event and laser technics from Hamburg who realizes every vision. Infiniti was deeply impressed by the show made by Bocatec and plans already the next events with the laser specialist. The marketing department of Infiniti now even uses the pictures of the laser show for further promotion in different media. We look forward to the next amazing show with Infiniti.
Infiniti Brand Festival mit Katy Perry und Bocatec von Bocatec auf Vimeo.
The ADAC Jump & Race Masters attracted fans of ambitious motor sports and acrobatics from 25th to 26th January into the penny bank arena in Kiel (Sparkassen-Arena). The hall was sold out and the audience up roared due to the amazing Bocatec-Opening-Show of the motocross spectacle with laser, light and pyrotechnics.
Jump & Race Masters entertains
The crazy and breakneck action show takes place every year since 1987 in Kiel. The mega event combines on two days JUMP (freestyle show) and RACE (super cross race) and offers the over 8000 spectators a well-stocked 4 hour program and nonstop entertainment at its finest. A terrific opening with big fireworks and a genius laser show with pyrotechnics by Bocatec heralded the show on both days.
Bocatec laser and pyrotechnics tops the show
Before the freestyler fly through the hall at the Forever Freestyle Motocross (FMX) with their breakneck jumps, Bocatec rocked with 16 lasers and around 200W white light power a breathtaking show. 16 flamers threw 8m high flames into the air next to 16 sharpys and divers other pyro and fire effects. The excited audiencecheered and was then in best mood fort he jumps of the top drivers from around the world.
A unique event full of power and action totally after our fancy. Or such crazy shows with flying motorbikes and spectator that jubilate and freak out, we love our job. We are looking forward to the next ADAC Jump & Race Masters 2015!