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MDLBEAST SOUNDSTORM returned for another dramatic year in the Saudi desert with PRG supplying a record-breaking video package for the event totalling over 4800m2 of LED panels. The project was a huge collaboration of PRG’s global offices, including the UK, Germany, Belgium, UAE and North America, working together with MDLBEAST and designers Heather Shaw and Vitae Motus.
The full package included INFILED TITAN X on the main wings and canopy along with INFILED ATLAS X panels for the upstage risers. The total continuous screen stood an impressive 34.6m high by 165m wide, creating a stunning backdrop for acts throughout the weekend, including Eminem and Linkin Park.
To construct such a screen on this scale provided significant engineering challenges, the designer specified “hidden” rigging, so PRG Germany’s rigging team, led by John Van Look, designed and built an entire system of diverter rigging to keep the hoists on the ground for a minimal rigging profile along the top of the screen against the desert skyline.
Each 54m wing was lifted as a single section on 90 hoists with a finished weight of 72 tonnes.
