Monument to the Unknown Artist - London

Sarner were commissioned by Greyworld, a group of artists to realise one of their urban art creation, The 'Monument to the Unknown Artist', is what at first glance looks like just another bronze statue but is in fact an animatronics.

Sarner worked with LifeFormations in the USA to create this unique animated sculpture which stands 3m tall and stands on a granite plinth of the same height.

Climate Change Exhibition (Norsk BreMuseum) - Norway

Sarner have recently completed a turnkey design and build project for the Norsk BreMuseum in Fjearland Norway.

Sarner worked closely with the museums' staff and Professor Orheim to create a powerful design concept for this challenging subject and embarked upon the immense task of visually communicating the effects of climate change on us and our environment

A Siberian Theme Park

A unique challenge for the Sarner team to design an all year round theme park in some of the world’s coldest and harshest weather. The park will cover some 40 hectares of land and will contain a mixture of indoor and outdoor rides.

Central Saint Martins

Sarner helped a student of Central Saint Martins with a major degree show at the Oxo Tower - Curie Park impressed Mike Bennett The Creative Director at Sarner with her MA thesis for a unique ticketing and navigation interactive design for Theme Parks.
Inside Out - Discussion in Applied Imagination is an important exhibition unveiling the work of 34 bright new international talents in design.

Move to new offices

In order to better serve our clients, we have relocated to new offices in Kingston upon Thames. The new offices will give us much needed room to accommodate our current and future needs.

All telephone, direct dial and fax numbers remain the same.

Interpreter system at Vidal Sassoon

Sarner recently supplied and installed an 8 channel 50 user infrared interpreter's system for Vidal Sassoon Academy in London. The interpreter's equipment, manufactured by Danish Interpretation System, is used by the saloon to accommodate the many foreign students that attend the internationally renowned training courses.

Pirates 4D goes Digital

An original Sarner installation, Pirates 4D at Thorpe Park is a 500 seater 3D cinema that uses a mixture of special effects to create the 4th dimension. Two continuous loop film projectors had until recently been used to create the 3D image, however with advances in digital projection technology, Thorpe Park asked Sarner to put forward an alternative solution.

The new digital system uses two Barco 12,000 lumen projectors and two Alcorn McBride High Definition digital video players. The video signal is kept in the digital domain throughout producing an outstanding image that equals, and in a number of respects surpasses that produced by the old film projectors.

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Colours of Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur - Colours of Malaysia is a month long celebration which opened in grand style showcasing Malaysia's varied cultural heritage. The spectacular opening event at the National Stadium was attended by more 30,000 visitors.

Sarner IXL, under the direction of Saifful Azhar were responsible for the night's lighting which culminated in a fireworks display.

Lighting the British High Commission - Singapore

On the anniversary of the Queen's Birthday, Sarner provided the lighting, control and dimming equipment to illuminate the British High Commissioner's residence in Singapore.

Sarner's Luke Ong and his team were responsible for organising and coordinating the event.

Best Designers Award

For the second year running, Sarner have been awarded the 'Best Conceptual Design of Amusement, Historical Centres and Museums", by RAAPA during their annual exhibition which is held in Moscow.

Sarner are currently working on a number of family entertainment centres, theme parks and tourist attractions across Russia

The Passions

The Passions is an exhibition by video artist Bill Viola currently running at the London National Gallery. The artist uses video technology to display his works in various formats. Barco sponsored the exhibition and supplied the video projectors whilst Sarner installed the equipment. Sarner are also providing round the clock back up maintenance to ensure all equipment is in working order.

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Sony CLIÉ takes Control

The electronic giant recently approached Sarner to interface control of their display, video and audio system at their UK headquarters in Weybridge using a personal digital assistant (PDA) or laptop computer. This is the showcase demonstration area for all their latest products.

Central to the system is a Webdyn control unit which provides the link between the software and control of the interfaced equipment. With the networked Clie PDA, Sony are able to control the audio and video source, set audio and lighting levels and access the many functions available on the interfaced equipment.

JCB Exhibition, Paris

Sarner designed and created a major trade event for JCB in Paris. A Bond style live experience JCB had decided to change direction for their live events and looked to Sarner to add a touch of magic. The Sarner design team led by Mike Bennett produced the event. A silver 3CX digger was the star of the show, with full bond style weaponry it burst with guns blazing from the diamond mine.

Bond girls, pyrotechnics and a choreographed digger fight sequence, drew in the crowds. A wide screen animated title sequence and live action recorded added the big screen glamour.

Armavir, Russia

Sarner have recently signed a contract to provide design and technical assistance in the development of a theme park in Armavir in the south of Russia. When completed, the project will include water rides, restaurants, nightclubs and a hotel. The first phase of the project is scheduled to open late next year.

To continue to support our worldwide client base and to explore new markets, a subsidiary has been established in Malaysia. The office will be run by Mr Saifful Azhar who is well known in the industry and has a number of years of experience.

Science and Technology

The Darwin Gallery at the London Natural History Museum is now complete and fully functioning. The gallery opened late last year and is used twice daily to perform live presentations to the general public. Sarner provided their services to design a leading edge audiovisual system using the latest in video and audio technology. The Museum's scientists are now able to use the system to present to a local audience whilst the videoed presentation is streamed in real time over the internet.

The venue also received a commendation during the Museum & Heritage show 'Awards for Excellence', for the best use of technology.

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Work has commenced on the International Astronomy Space Centre on the banks of the river Mersey. IASC for short will introduce the visitor to space and astronomy in an entertaining way using many of the special effects and theatrical techniques Sarner has become known for. The project is expected to open to the public late 2004.

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The recently installed Barco R6 at the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery has certainly left an impact with both the client and Sarner's engineers. The projector is several times brighter than its predecessor and hails a host of inputs including digital and HDTV. The image is projected across a 5m screen from a distances of some 25m, using a long throw lens.

Eagle Crown commissioned Sarner to design a world class exhibition based around four hundred artifacts from the Russian Imperial Yachts, this remarkable collection has never been seen outside St Petersburg.

The creative team at Sarner designed a unique historical exhibition, using their proven skills in dramatisation and theatrical design. The exciting new concept successfully combined the visual and scenic effects of theatre with the display or over four hundred artifacts.

Barnfield college is the largest college in Bedfordshire and Luton and has one of the best renowned Art and Media courses in the area. The cost effective solution proposed and installed by Sarner has allowed the college to upgrade the studio and include many of the facilities typically found in broadcast installations. The new studio uses an adjustable suspension lighting grid under computer control.

Following a request by IXL Projects of Malaysia, Sarner designed, supplied, installed and programmed an Alcorn McBride system to control the Sound and Light show in Malacca. The old system required a trained technician to run, whereas the new system is fully automated and is triggered from a single button.

Sarner are authorised distributors for the full range of Alcorn McBride control, audio and video equipment. Furthermore Sarner can provide programming and design expertise to assist you in building your system. We also have in-house facilities for MPEG1 and MPEG2 encoding. Training sessions can also be organised to enable users to program their own systems.

Sarner Exhibits at RAAPA - Moscow

Sarner have recently exhibited at RAAPA, the specialist exhibition for Amusement Parks and Attractions which was held in April. Luda Sidorova and Lena Chernichka acted as our Russian interpreters and manned the stand during the duration of the exhibition.

On the occasion, Sarner was awarded the best Conceptual Design of Amusement and Historical Centres and Museums by the organisers of the exhibition.

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The Natural History Museum stream live video from the Darwin Gallery twice daily at 1030 and 1430.

NHM Web Site

The Astrophysics Research Department at John Moores University who we will be working very closely with to design the new IASC centre

JMUs Astrophysics Department

 IASC on the BBC