Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Role: disguise Programmer/ Operator

In April 2025, I spent a week in Abu Dhabi working as a disguise Programmer/ Operator for my friends at Bild Studios. I was responsible for projection mapping the stunning teamLab Phenomena building for the Opening Ceremony and building the show’s disguise timeline.

The main show was made up of a circular LED floor, a giant projection mapped surface and over 6,300 Drones by the company Lumasky lit up the sky above the building. The technical video setup required for this project consisted of 5 GX2C disguise Media Servers outputting to over 40 projectors.

One of the most exciting aspect of this show were the audio reactive elements that the bild Studios team put together , whereas notes played by the renowned composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi on the central stage Steinway & Sons piano affected live the content projected onto the building’s facade. This was achieved via the use of Notch (Notch block that sat in the disguise timeline with audio input into the server), and was in fact record breaking (120m × 30m real-time, audio-reactive canvas with a resolution of 13,000 × 2,400 pixels)!

This project was mentioned in TPIMEA magazine as a case study, follow this link for a deeper look into this project and to see all those involved.

https://www.tpimeamagazine.com/teamlab-phenomena-abu-dhabi-grand-opening/

Clients:

Bild Studios

https://www.bildstudios.com/