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Jun

50 minutes to go until the Olympic opening show in Vancouver

Tension rises for Boris Bollinger, the main Bocatec responsible for the laser show at the Olympic Games in Vancouver. The company Bocatec cares for the area around the Vancouver Art Gallery, one the main meeting points and event locations during the Olympics. Two times a day the laser software Phoenix, developed by Boris Bollinger, starts an imposing laser, light, pyro and video show to celebrate the Olympic Games 2010.

I just talked to Boris Bollinger, who is already one week on site in Canada, to get his statement, He reported that everything is scheduled and running perfectly. The preparations of the Olympic staff were well organized. The coordination of helpers, material and problem solving is on a high level. ”We are really looking forward to the Olympic games in Sotschi 2014”.

After exchanging the most important facts for the next shows in China and Dubai, Boris greeted the Bocatec Team in Hamburg. Now the laser show in Vancouver will need his full commitment.
The whole team is now excited and waiting in front of the screens to the great show they all planned and worked out together for the last four weeks. Via Skype Boris send us a victory sign and disappeared to rock the show in the control center.

Preview Opening Laser show Vancouver Olympia

Jun

2nd day laser show Olympic Games 2010

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Here you get an exclusive preview of the opening show of the Olympic Games in Vancouver. On site there are 50 city lights (10 kW sky spots in different colors) a lot pyrotechnics and flamers.

The show is just running without pyro effects and fog, so the lasers are not yet visible.

Jun

1st day laser show Olympia 2010 in Vancouver

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We are qualified for the Olympic Games in Vancouver as laser specialist and will report every day via video blog about the most important events in Canada.

Almost 2 kilometer cable and several RGB lasers with up to 16,7 mio. Colors and many green lasers are installed on site and will be part of a multimedia show with light, video and pyrotechnics for the opening of the Olympic Games.

The laser show was developed by one of the best programmers in the world Schmieder) and integrated into the overall concept.

Boris Bollinger is on site with his team and the laser software PHOENIX that was programmed by himself as head developer over the last 12 years.

We can expect excellent video material in HD quality from the hidden backstage area. We are looking forward to the feedback on our “laser diary”
All infos you find here.

Video-Diary Day 1

A short overview of the situation on site and hope for a weather change. Yesterday we had 12 degrees and the Bocatec team mounted the equipment in t-shirts.

Backstage Control Tower

Jun

Laser show in old warehouse district in Hamburg for ”Only love counts“

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For the production company Endemol we just finished a laser show in the old warehouse district (Speicherstadt) in Hamburg successfully.

The famous TV show “Nur die Liebe zählt” (only love counts) with presenter Kai Pflaume was surrounded this time with a laser and pyro show with ambient light. The requirements of the TV team were discussed 4 days before the shooting, one day later, Bocatec presented a worked-out technics and show plan.

After having talked to the Endemol creative people in detail we got the responsibility for the technical part. We illuminated the ship pier with colored LED spots and placed flame bowls on the whole set. From the laser projection in heart-shape was done a video-laser cutting projection. The beamer video projection was cut with the laser into heart shape and we realized a laser tunnel with heart laser for this day.

Of course we also added fog machines, big ventilators and ambient light as well as a big mobile power unit and 1200 meter cable.

Here more information about the making off:

 Making of “Nur die Liebe zählt”

Jun

Top-class eye candy at Pioneer Alpha 2009

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For the 25th jubilee of the Pioneer Alpha-Festivals in Schwerin the offer of highlights was bigger than ever before. Besides dance acts, special light shows and 4 floors where international artists of the electronic music gave their best, Bocatec presented its specially designed laser show and supported the biggest electro festival of north Germany with a laser line-up that is unique in Germany.

More than only lasers…
Bocatec not only moves its laser beams synchronously to the music, but composed own sequences in all colors and color intensities to a wonderful laser show. An eye candy for all guests. On the whole 126 Watt laser power was needed (2x 25 Watt RGB lasers, 2x 15 Watt RGB lasers, 2x 3Watt RGB lasers and 4x 10 Watt Green lasers) made the sports and congress hall glow and supported big artists like Ida Corr, Lexy & K-Paul, Tom Novy, Felix Kröcher, Deepack, Showtek and many more. All together made the crowd dance like crazy. The laser show was programmed with the Laser Software PHOENIX 3. For all who missed the evening, here some impressions.

[Zeige als Diashow]

More pictures on: postmymind.de .

Jun

Bocatec kicks through Blue Goals for the World Championship

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During the soccer world championship 2006 the shiny blue goals decorated the cityscape of Hamburg for 4 weeks. As eye-catches the 165 light installations got Hamburg in the mood for the mega event. Every night Bocatec shoot laser beams symbolically onto the goals and hit the mark without end.

165 goals for Hamburg
The Blue Goals lightened up the entire Hamburg because many companies put up their own blue goal. Amongst others the goals shined from the building of ECE project management, the publishing house Gruner + Jahr, the Axel-Springer-building, the airport Hamburg, the central mosque or from the hotel Atlantic. One blue Goal overstretched even the rail tracks of the Hamburg subway near the St. Pauli-gangways, so that the trains of the line „U3“ drove through the goal. The biggest goal with 50 x 80 m was installed by Blohm + Voss at the dry dock. Even the Hamburg Miniature Wonderland put up a mini goal inside its exhibition.

Bocatec kicks and scores
Eight laser locations on the highest buildings and urban emblems of Hamburg were reserved for Bocatec. From these the Bocatec laser experts fired every night from 11pm on for one hour laser beams onto the goals that were up to 4 km distance away. From the Mundsburg towers in the center of Hamburg the lasers reached almost every goal. Thanks to Bocatec Hamburg got countless direct hits. Even inside the famous touristic attraction – the Miniature Wonderland Bocatec installed two lasers for the mini goals and thus delighted the visitors. As special highlight the artist Michael Batz could also control the laser beams via sms himself.

The next world championship will come for sure
The 30th September 2006, after the crazy soccer summer, Hamburg bid solemnly farewell to the lovely blue light goals. After a concert and a firework above the Alster Bocatec looks forward to the next huge event in Hamburg.

Jun

Laser show tells Chinas history

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Since September 2012 the Daming Palace in the Chinese Xi’an is daily the stage or a wonderful and educative laser projection. The laser pictures tell on five big screens the history of the Chinese kingdom to the spectators.

The Daming Palace was built in 634 during the Tang dynasty and was rediscovered 1957 and dig out on the Longshou level land. Back then the archaeological site was the biggest and significant palace complex of the city. Since 1961 the palace is part of the list of the monuments of the people’s republic of china.

Bocatec elaborated all graphic elements for the unique laser show at the historical place. On five around 900 m² big, hydraulic gaze screens (25 x 35m) that have been installed by Bocatec the historical highlights were projected impressively. Bocatec used 2,5 km of glass fiber cable, which shows the size of the show. Besides that, Bocatec implemented 4 10W Piko lasers and 2 20W RGB lasers. Six PHOENIX-network cards controlled the whole show smoothly.

A visit of the national heritage park is really worth it, more than ever with this amazing show. Bocatec feels really honored to present the Chinese history to all visitors of the Daming Palace in such a great form.

Jun

Laser show on deck crowns New Year’s Eve cruise

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The Dubai cruises of TUI Cruises keep their guests amazed all the time. In the middle of the New Year’s Event 2012 Bocatec set the highlight of the Mediterranean cruise and catapulted the 2800 celebrating ship passengers into the New Year with its crazy laser show.

In December 2012 “Mein Schiff 2“ cruised through the Persia golf and offered continuously surprises to all fellow passengers. Dubai, one of the most modern cities of the world impressed with its sky scraper panorama and the luxurious hotel Burj al Arab. At the coast of Oman in the harbor city Muscat the travelers felt the oriental atmosphere and also the emirate Abu Dhabi and the kingdom Bahrain enchanted with pompously palaces and orient flair. After all these magnificent highlights the colored and opulent laser show from Bocatec was the crowning finish on New Year’s Eve. Because a firework was not allowed on site, Bocatec had to organize something really astonishing instead.

A laser show with 15 RGB-Lasers on the open sea is not very common. The wind on deck diffuses the necessary fog for the laser show in all directions. But no problem for the Bocatec guys. Thanks to the 8 high-power fog machines, the laser beams shined brightly in all colors at midnight on the open. The 2800 cheering guest on board were totally happy with their genius laser show and the great music and experienced a unique New Year’s Eve 2012.