Creating Australia’s Largest Entertainment LED Screen for Anyma’s Genesys

In November 2024, multi-disciplinary video and sound artist Anyma (a.k.a. Italian-American DJ and producer Matteo Milleri) brought his groundbreaking show Genesys to Australia for the first time at Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse.

Known for creating immersive visual experiences where humans, technology, and nature fuse in futuristic utopias, Anyma’s Australian debut promised to deliver the biggest deployment of a single LED screen for entertainment the country had ever witnessed, and was powered by Brompton Technology’s advanced LED processing capabilities.

WOOHAH, Melbourne’s leading production company, received an extraordinary brief that simply asked one question: how big can you go? With no specific brand, model, or size requirements in the rider, the challenge was to create a visual canvas worthy of Anyma’s reputation for spectacular immersive experiences.

The team needed to coordinate an enormous LED structure that would require precise engineering for safety, meticulous planning for assembly, and robust processing power to handle the high-resolution content that would bring Anyma’s artistic vision to life. The outdoor venue at Flemington Racecourse added additional layers of complexity, requiring extensive wind bracing and weather-resistant solutions.

• ChromaTune: Powerful and intuitive colour correction with 14-way Colour Corrector, Colour Replace and Colour Curves.

• Stacking: Allows multiple processors in a setup to be controlled together in unison.

• OSCA: User interface overlayed on LED wall allows panels to be quickly matched, regardless of model or batch difference.

• PureTone: Eliminates unsightly colour casts in greyscale for balanced, neutral output.

• ThermaCal: Real-time compensation for thermal artefacts such as pink/cyan pin-cushioning, and gradients due to swapped modules.

The five Tessera SX40 processors required perfect synchronisation, achieved through Brompton’s Stacking feature which allowed unified control, significantly reducing operational complexity. The outdoor environment’s temperature fluctuations were automatically compensated by ThermaCal technology, preventing colour shifts and visual distortions across different sections of the screen, while OSCA (On-Screen Colour Adjustment) proved invaluable for quickly calibrating and matching panels from different production batches directly on the LED wall, ensuring perfectly uniform colour response across the entire display surface.

Engineering a 33-tonne LED structure for outdoor deployment required extensive collaboration between WOOHAH, Gig Control, Cliftons Productions, and Showtech Australia. Weight management was critical throughout the project, with each component carefully calculated and monitored. The load cells provided real-time feedback on motor loading, allowing the team to monitor wind effects on the structure and ensure safety parameters were maintained.

The assembly process required precision, with the screen construction taking two full days using a methodical layer-by-layer approach. The ROE Visual T4 touring frames, while adding significant weight, provided the structural integrity necessary for the massive deployment.

The successful deployment created Australia’s largest single LED screen for entertainment, delivering an extraordinary visual platform for Anyma’s Genesys experience. The massive display provided the perfect canvas for Anyma’s artistry, creating a futuristic visual environment that matched the scale and ambition of his internationally acclaimed performances.

The precision engineering and careful planning resulted in flawless technical execution, with the enormous structure built, operated, and dismantled safely within the project timeline. This collaboration between WOOHAH and the various production teams showcased the Australian production industry’s ability to deliver world-class technical solutions for international touring artists.