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The Schaulager, the permanent home of the Emanuel
Hoffmann Foundation’s collection of contemporary art in
Basel, Switzerland, is using a Medialon Manager V4 Pro
and two Medialon Manager V4 Lites to create, control and
play back playlists for videos and other still and text
projections on a pair of large LED screens on the
entrance facade.
The Schaulager primarily warehouses, in optimum climatic
conditions, the collection’s work which is not on
display elsewhere. It is also a center for conservation
and research for museum staff, restorers, curators,
researchers, students and teachers. The Schaulager is
open to the public only when special exhibitions are
scheduled.
“Medialon is the core of the whole installation,” says
Tobias Waldmeier of integrator Bildflug GmbH. “The
client wanted to be able to bring up any kind of video
or still-format images to the LED screens. We searched
for a playout system capable of doing that and decided
on Medialon. Medialon brings the user interface for the
customer to create, modify and preview any playlist they
make and, in turn, Medialon brings the power to play
back the lists on the LED screens.”
The embedded Graphical User Interface programming tool
in Medialon Manager V4 has been designed to allow fast
and easy control-panel and touchscreen programming
inside the software itself. In addition, Medialon
Manager comes with free user interface design software
to easily deploy multiple control interfaces over a
network.
At the Schaulager Medialon Manager V4 Pro controls the
two Medialon Manager V4 Lites on a network plus an
Electrosonic Vector for LED source management and two
Pioneer DVD players for back up.
Integrator Bildflug GmbH, based near Lucerne, creates
and designs solutions for fixed installations and
events, specializing in media control and widescreen
applications. Visopta AG delivered and installed the
Schaulager’s LED and video components. |
