The future of ports worldwide and intelligent port concepts were on the agenda for a week: more than 900 guests from all over the world meet in Hamburg for the world's most important maritime industry conference. Eachfilm developed and produced the visuals for the spectacular opening show for the Hamburg agency Kontrapunkt. The impressive stage setting developed by the stage designer Andrea Bohacz provided for a conference launch, as it did not exist in the almost 30-year history of the IAPH World Ports Conference: Using videomapping eachfilm transformed the 20-meter-wide stage into a impressive container warehouse at the port of Tokyo. The headquarter of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) and sent from there one of the boxes by sea to Hamburg. On the virtual crossing to the smartPORT Hamburg, trampoline artists, drummers and light installations provided the artistic accompaniment.
visuals: eachfilm // stage design: Andrea Bohacz // art direction: Michael Koch // animation, compositing, motion design: Michael Koch, Michael Lübben, Lukas Brack // sound design: schanze12Tonstudio // watchout: andreas grunewald // making of: Ivo Denker // client: Hamburg Port Authority // agency: KOntrapunkt // location: CCH, Hamburg