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SKYMAGIC take to the skies over the Zurich Festival, delivering the city's first ever drone show
SKYMAGIC was invited by the country's leading renewable energy provider - EWZ - to design and deliver a bespoke show, telling their story of a company at the forefront of sustainability who have powered the Festival since 1951.
Designed by SKYMAGIC's creative team, the synchronised swarm of 150 drones was launched high into the night sky - directly from a floating pontoon in the middle of the lake that was custom built by the festival exclusively for the drone show. The explosive opening scene saw the iconic Zurich Festival lion let out a huge roar followed by a suite of bold and compelling formations, blending EWZ's renewable message with playful touch points all synchronised to a driving, upbeat score.
The show was specifically designed with 3D formations, allowing the entire audience the opportunity to view the spectacular performance from every position around the lake. Creative Director of SKYMAGIC Patrick O'Mahony commented
SKYMAGIC's Technical Director Stuart Fairhurst said,
The festival weekend was historical for Zurich and EWZ - the City's first ever drone show where technology met sustainability inspired by a true Swiss company - EWZ.
Nicole Hertzog , Head of Live Experience at EWZ commented
SKYMAGIC is one of the world's leading performance drone companies. We are a team of pioneers, voyagers and storytellers. We are international. We are risk averse.
Our diverse team has over 15 years' experience within the global entertainment industry and UAV swarm technology. We work with clients to unlock the most creative approach to telling their stories. We are flexible and collaborative.
Whether we are working within a busy show environment or taking centre stage and flying solo the story and how we help tell it remains at the heart of what we do.
Our customised fleet of dynamic, autonomously flown outdoor and indoor drones are each mounted with a super bright RGB pixel and deployed via a single ground control station across our proprietary, state-of-the-art flight software. Launched high into the night sky or within an enclosed venue, our swarm formation performance drones execute a range of stunning 3D displays and mesmerising choreographic sequences to dazzling effect.
As part of the SKYMAGIC summer stories series, we are discovering new destinations, new clients and making new friends. At the heart of it all is story telling - helping clients engage with their audiences in the most creative and compelling way possible.
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