PMC loudspeakers have been chosen to power a large-scale immersive audio and video experience, which will be a major focal point at the forthcoming Michael Craig-Martin retrospective, opening at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, ;ater this month.
Sir Michael Craig-Martin RA is one of the key figures in British art. With a sixty-year career that encompasses a broad repertoire across sculpture, installation, painting and drawing, he is perhaps best known for his pop art transformations of recognisable objects - household items, technology devices, famous art and modernist buildings. As an educator he has inspired a new generation of artists, including the likes of Damien Hirst. The exhibition will bring together over 120 works spanning his career from the 1960s to the present day.
The journey through the exhibition will conclude with works conceived specially for the retrospective with a digital experience, featuring floor-to-ceiling projected images and an immersive audio soundtrack. PMC Ci series speakers have been specified by the Royal Academy to provide the audio experience for the exhibition’s visitors.
The Ci series, which is the reference for Dolby Atmos music mixing, will be installed with the Ci45 models for the front and rear channels, Ci65 for Surround channels and Ci30s for the overhead channels. A Ci140 sub will provide the low frequencies, and all will be powered using a pair of PMC power750-8 multi-channel amplifiers.
The cinematic soundscape for the cosmos section of the exhibition has been created by Benji Fox, head of AV at the Royal Academy of Arts. Using an Audient Oria immersive audio interface and a plethora of digital and analogue sources. Fox has developed the soundtrack at his own studio, before referencing the mixes at PMC Studio London with PMC’s Phil Millross.
The Royal Academy of Arts’ Michael Craig-Martin retrospective opens on 21st September and runs until 10thDecember at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London