The first large-scale touring concert of its kind, Cercle Odyssey utilises Panasonic’s 3-Chip DLP projectors to reimagine immersive, cinematic storytelling by synchronising stunning 4K visuals with live music.
Between April and June 2025, Cercle Odyssey will play to over 150,000 spectators during 30 shows across 15 dates, in Mexico City, Los Angeles, and Paris.
Designed and directed by Derek Barbolla, founder and artistic director of Cercle, Cercle Odyssey fuses the creativity of globally-renowned musicians, including Moby and Empire of the Sun, and visual artists. Inspired by Homer’s epic poem within Greek literature, Odyssey, Cercle Odyssey reimagines the concert format as an unparalleled immersive artistic journey that explores the intimate bond between humans and nature.
Cercle Odyssey is the brainchild of Cercle, a multidisciplinary artistic movement that creates concerts, festivals, and immersive experiences, which showcases the work of renowned artists in unique global locations, including UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
“Cercle Odyssey’s partnership with Panasonic showcases our shared ambitions: to push technological boundaries and reinvent immersive experiences that emotionally resonate with, and unite audiences, whilst making them as accessible as possible to global audiences,” commented Derek Barbolla. “The 360° projections delivered by Panasonic – synchronised with live music – enables spectators to experience live entertainment and visual storytelling like never before.”
To bring this experience to life in each concert, Cercle Odyssey will utilise 2,300m² of projection space across the walls and ceiling of each venue. Immersive event production specialists, ETC Onlyview, will install 20 Panasonic PT-RQ50K 50,000lm 3-Chip DLP 4K laser projectors, equipped with Panasonic’s wide-angle, short-throw ET-D3QW200 lens for projecting 360° visuals onto the walls.
Two RQ50Ks will be stacked together in each panel and rear projected, surrounding up to 5,000 spectators per concert with 100,000lm of brightness and stunning visuals. The RQ50K delivers unmatched brightness and native 4K resolution (4096 x 2160).
The RQ50K offers up to 20,000 hours of maintenance-free operation, and is easy to install, transport, and adjust when compared to LED screens. Cercle Odyssey will also use six compact PT-RQ35K projectors, offering 30,000lm of brightness, which are discreetly positioned by the stage to project 4K images onto the ceiling.
Sustainability is key for Cercle Odyssey, with the entire tour designed and implemented to minimise its overall carbon footprint. All sound, lighting, and projection equipment is locally sourced, significantly reducing transport-based emissions. By choosing projectors instead of traditional LED screens, energy consumption is significantly reduced, especially for the large projection areas utilised in each concert.
Hartmut Kulessa, Head of Marketing Visual Systems at Panasonic Connect Europe, added: “We believe images have the power to connect and move people. As Cercle Odyssey’s technical partner for video projection, Panasonic is pioneering new frontiers in immersive storytelling. Our industry-leading 4K projectors bring these moments to life, enabling audiences to engage with the future of large-scale, sustainable events, today.”
