6.11.09

Achtung Baby

If you've just come out of hiding then you need to know last night MTV celebrated fifteen years of its Europe Music Awards in Berlin - at the same site the first ever EMAs were launched, the city's historic Brandenburg Gate played backdrop to music's own icons, rock legends U2. Straight out of their acclaimed 360° Tour, I didn't think anything could beat the incredible graphics that featured on set until I saw the illuminating custom fit projection that beamed onto the façade of the Brandenburg and hugged the classical columns and doric entablatures in full rythmical technicolor. Having experimented with projection silhouettes in my own practice this was inspiring to watch - if you missed it crank up the volume and prepare to be überrascht ...

Thanks to Reuters and U2gig.com