Long Summer Lunch 2023

The MCA’s audio-visual partner, AV1, started the year with its annual Long Summer Lunch, hosting 120 guests in the MCA’s Harbourside Room. The event was an opportunity to reflect on the past year and to showcase its AV capabilities, transforming the space with this year’s theme of ‘Follow your dreams’.

The rooftop Harbourside Room was transformed into a pastel-hued dreamscape featuring hanging flowers and orbs of light. Ethereal harp music welcomed guests into the space, with a floral canopy leading guests onto the terrace for drinks and canapés. After soaking in the harbour views with a cocktail in hand, guests moved to the dining area for a three-course shared table lunch.

Kinesys motors were used to easily raise LED orbs to varying heights above tables. The orbs were programmed to integrate with content that was projected onto the white wall. Three 14,000 lumen projectors were used to create a seamless projection image, showing ethereal dreamscapes created by AV1’s Art Director, Tom Ewart. Atmospheric dry ice was used along the floor to further enhance the dreamlike theme of the venue during speeches.

Keep scrolling for photographs, a video showing the dream likelunch.