YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011
Architectural Mapping of the Sydney Opera House
“Tripping the light fantastic with chic geeks – San Francisco’s hot-to-trot Obscura Digital made light of some very sweet music” – Sydney Morning Herald
On the evening of March 20, 2011, Obscura Digital unveiled one of its most creative innovations to date, when it fused live experiential technology with a masterpiece of modernist architecture, transforming the dynamic Sydney Opera House structure into a visual augmentation of a live symphonic performance.
Over ten years of Obscura Digital’s technology innovations culminated in this two-hour show, in which they amplified the artistry of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra Grand Finale event with real-time audio-reactive graphic projections that simultaneously canvassed the interior and exterior of the iconic building with parallel projection shows.
Obscura Digital designed their own novel configuration, a more musically precise projection media, with custom interfaces, controls, and software systems that enabled them to respond to the nuance of the musical performance directed by world-class conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.
The most ambitious and breathtaking projections we've ever seen.-Richard Evans, CEO, Sydney Opera House
Obscura Digital transformed the Sydney Opera House structure into an immersive visual experience by synchronizing projections with the live symphonic performance.-Business Week
It was classical music outreach on a global scale, with an exuberant mix of musicians, videos, live projections, smart programming, social media and video technology firing on all cylinders.-NPR
Technical genius, human reverence-Forbes
The most delightfully incongruous alliance of the arts and the internet yet to emerge in the 21st century.-The Times
