Buenos Aires 2018LED at the Youth Olympic Games opening ceremony
Eventos Globales · Obelisco
Eventos Globales supplied approximately 600 m² of company-owned LED across main and delay screens and handled processing for those displays at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games opening ceremony at the Obelisco. Seven photographs bring together preparations on October 4 and the ceremony on October 6.
Delivered by Eventos Globales in Argentina in 2018. Eventos Globales and GLMedia share the same owner.
Project facts
LED screens for the ceremony at the Obelisco.
Event
Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games — opening ceremony
Location
Obelisco · Avenida 9 de Julio · Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ceremony
October 6, 2018
Preparations photographed
October 4, 2018
Company responsible for the screens
Eventos Globales
Eventos Globales’ role
LED supply and processing for main and delay screens
LED supplied
Approximately 600 m² of company-owned LED
The October 6 photographs show the ceremony around the Obelisco, with LED screens behind the delegations and their flags. The October 4 photographs provide a different perspective: preparations, segmented LED bands and the technical space around them.
The supplied display area was distributed across main and delay screens for the audience. Eventos Globales provided LED from its own inventory and processing for those displays. The archive combines system preparation views with photographs from the ceremony.
Eventos Globales supplied approximately 600 m² of LED across main and delay screens, together with processing for those display surfaces. The photographs show different screen formats integrated into the ceremony’s open-air setting.
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Preparation and visual testing
The preparation photographs show cyan grid patterns across overhead and lateral LED bands. Front and side views reveal the segmented geometry of the installation.
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From backstage to the ceremony
The archive brings together technical-area views, cases bearing the Eventos Globales name, and the screens during the ceremony. Seven original photographs connect preparations with the audience-facing result.
Seven photographs · two moments
October 6 · the opening ceremony
Opening ceremony at the Obelisco, with LED screens, flags and the Olympic rings. October 6, 2018.Rectangular LED screens behind the delegations and their flags. October 6, 2018.Olympic rings and part of the screen installation during the opening ceremony. October 6, 2018.
October 4 · preparations
Front view of overhead and lateral LED bands displaying a cyan grid pattern during preparations. October 4, 2018.Wide view of the segmented LED installation and technical area during preparations. October 4, 2018.Technical-area detail with cases bearing the Eventos Globales name beneath the LED installation. October 4, 2018.Side view of the LED bands, grid pattern and technical space near the Obelisco. October 4, 2018.
About this historical case
Which Olympic event was this?
It was the opening ceremony of the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games, held at the Obelisco on October 6, 2018.
Which company carried out the screen work?
Eventos Globales supplied the LED and handled display processing in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
What did the LED supply include?
It included approximately 600 m² of company-owned LED distributed across main and delay screens, plus processing for those displays.
Sources and project credit
Photographs from the Eventos Globales archive: preparations on October 4 and the ceremony on October 6, 2018. The City of Buenos Aires provides official information about the event, opening date and location.
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