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086 VENUE


Shroom’s cocktail lounge


“Obviously the way they look really fits in here, they have a futuristic cool vibe. They actually just look like part of the club, and the technical aspects of the speakers are spot on with what we were trying to create here.” When it came to the lighting and visual elements at Shroom, obviously they were going to peak in the nightclub section of the venue. Dave explained how the lighting and visual design came together: “Highlighting the design of the space with LED was already in Ayaz’s mind so we went with that but changed a few bits and also integrated it all into one package. The beautiful curves and design of the nightclub really lent itself to video and we were fortunate that the owners had the vision to go for what is a pretty big and fairly complex projection system.” The highlight of the space is the floor to ceiling projections, which are created by coolux’s Pandoras Box. The Pandoras Box server allows VJs to project onto any surface or shape, a vital feature for Shroom given the curved walls and low ceilings. The server also synchronises all video and audio sources meaning the projections can be reactive to the music playing at the club. Shroom benefits from the latest Pandoras Box software package, version 5, which has a whole host of new features in comparison to its predecessors. It offers VJs a new level of creativity for real-time media compositing. All of the video equipment was supplied by Andrew and Monti Paul of Digital Advantage. The club has a fairly small lighting rig - two PR Lighting Orland Scan scanners, a 1,500W strobe effect in the DJ booth, and a Laserworld 1.5W laser - all of which were supplied by Modern Stage Service. It’s controlled using a basic Dell touchscreen with Phoenix Live


software. The software was supplied with more than 300 pre- programmed effects but it is also possible for VJs to design their own effects and mix the two together. “With Shroom I wanted to go forward a bit from the work at matter and use projection as a lighting effect rather than the usual screen with images on it. The low ceiling height also dictated a different way of using projection. When seen as a whole, the images running across the walls are stunning, but when customers come in, the shadows cast by them means the images need to become more beam light effects. “Whilst there is not much lighting you have to think of the video as a lighting effect rather than showing images. Seen through haze, the video fills the space with carefully chosen graphics that work as light beams giving an almost solid 3D feel when seen from the front. The laser and the scans just add to the vibe but it’s the projections that take centre stage,” said Dave. Colour changing LED has also been used throughout the venue to highlight the different areas, providing a different feel for each zone. Dave concluded on the installation at Shroom, he said: “The standard of nightclubs across India is improving rapidly and I think we had a hand in that starting with Elevate - which people still talk about - by integrating European design and standards combined with Indian style, clubs are starting to reach and exceed the European equivalent. As a company I feel we have started to introduce video as a medium over here, each install has used video in some shape or form, each has been different and each pretty cool and innovative. I’m pretty proud of that.”


The LED screen at Shiro opens to reveal the DJ booth and iconic lantern design


SHIRO To complete the trip I visited Shiro, a Japanese style restaurant, which doubles at a club as weekends. Because of its dual purpose, the owners of Shiro were keen to place high importance on the design element of the venue, so that it would operate as a high- class dining experience on weekdays, but have the full capabilities of a nightclub at the weekends. Ambrish Arora of Lotus Design was put in charge of the interior decoration, and it was Ambirsh who introduced Arjun Bahl and MTI to the venue owners. The idea was for Ambrish to design the space - using majestic statues to create a royal ambiance - that would allow for the sound and light to be integrated with minimal intrusion. Due to the owners having an existing relationship with Martin Audio and its products, it was chosen as the audio manufacturer for Shiro. The audio had to be designed so that it would not be too obstructive or intrusive during dining times, but it had to create a full impact on the dancefloor for clubbers. The main PA system comprises four Martin Audio WT3 compact arrayable 3-way enclosures, suspended from the ceiling, two either side of the LED screen. The cabinets are hidden in the roof space when not in use, but when the venue is in club mode, the


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