PMC Gets Immersive At The Royal Academy Of Arts For The Michael Craig-Martin Retrospective

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, in September.

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 dynamic 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 very best 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 individual channel DSP capabilities of the amplifier will ensure the highest levels of fidelity in the gallery space.

The cinematic soundscape for the cosmos section of the exhibition has been created by Benji Fox, head of audio visual 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.

“We are delighted and honoured to have been chosen by the Royal Academy to provide the speakers for the immersive audio experience at this major exhibition,” says Jeff Willcocks, PMC CEO. “The opportunity to work closely with Benji and the team at the RA on this project demonstrates the esteem with which PMC is held in the world of music and the arts. With the Ci series established as the global reference for Atmos mixing, we know the combination of mixing the soundtrack at PMC Studio London, and playing back on the Ci models at the RA will give visitors the very best immersive experience as they travel through the life and works of this great artist.”

The Royal Academy of Arts’ Michael Craig-Martin retrospective opens on 21st September and runs until 10th December at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London.

For more information about the retrospective visit www.royalacademy.org.uk

About PMC
PMC is a UK-based, world-leading manufacturer of loudspeaker systems, the tools of choice in all ultra-critical professional monitoring applications, and also for the discerning audiophile at home, where they provide a transparent window into the recording artist’s original intentions. PMC products use the best available materials and design principles, including the company’s proprietary Advanced Transmission Line (ATL™) bass-loading technology, cutting-edge amplification and advanced DSP techniques to create loudspeakers that present sound and music exactly as it was when first created, with the highest possible resolution, and without colouration or distortion. For more information on our clients and products, see www.pmc-speakers.com.