The big rectangle sitting or hanging in your living room can do a lot these days. With a 4K or 8K screen the potential picture quality is great. And there are companies looking to take advantage of the capability to turn TV screens into canvases for artwork. One company looking at high end clientele is stepping up its game to get real estate on your wall.
Blackdove, recently introduced a comprehensive portfolio of solutions for incorporating digital art into custom integration projects. Blackdove’s system encompasses a hardware media player, purpose-built displays, a control and management app, and a digital artwork subscription service. Blackdove enables instantaneous delivery of any work of digital art to any display in the world, with NFT blockchain registration and end-to-end encryption.
A New Opportunity for Dealers
Luxury clients consistently seek novel design elements that will set their spaces apart. Blackdove repositions displays as digital art installations. No longer at odds with the aesthetics of a luxury space, large screens and video walls can become a customized piece of art.
Blackdove installation in a private residence in the Four Seasons Residences, Miami, FL
Additionally, Blackdove has established partnerships with known players in the industry like Crestron, Savant, and Control4. Blackdove can be thoughtfully integrated into the overall smart home system, and controlling the digital art gallery as part of a client’s existing smart home system is simple.
Blackdove’s curatorial team supplies the art expertise required for any application. Once a dealer specifies Blackdove into a project, Blackdove’s art advisors can work directly with the client, design partners, or client representative to select the right digital art at no additional cost to the dealer or client.
“We recently undertook a major upgrade for a client in Miami, which included adding Blackdove and updating Crestron,” says AHT Global. “The installation was seamless and quick. Blackdove worked with our client to select video art that greatly appeals to him. This is yet another highly successful client install with Blackdove and we look forward to many more.”
Two Simple Integration Options
The Blackdove Art Server allows any display to connect to the Blackdove digital art gallery. This slim device can be installed in a rack or behind a screen and can connect to the Blackdove cloud via Ethernet or WiFi. The Art Server features a single 4K 60Hz HDMI output, and an SSD Drive for locally caching client art collections. For large-scale applications, Blackdove can create customized Art Servers with resolutions up to 26K. The Blackdove Art Server comes pre-loaded with Blackdove software.
Customers can use more than off the shelf TV sets for this digital art. Those seeking a purpose-built display for digital artwork may instead opt for a Blackdove Digital Canvas, a high-definition commercial display screen with an integrated Blackdove Art Server. Available in an array of sizes up to 98 inches. Each Blackdove Digital Canvas is designed for continuous operation and can hang in either portrait or landscape orientation.
Installing either a Blackdove Art Server or Digital Canvas typically takes 15 minutes or less. Blackdove’s remote integration team is available to log in and support the onsite dealer to complete the system configuration if required.
Blackdove App and Subscription
Customers manage and control their collections through the Blackdove’s web portal and app, available for iOS and Android, or via integration with the home’s Crestron, Control4, or Savant control system.
The Blackdove subscription library rotates continually as new artists and artworks are added. Blackdove subscribers can purchase NFTs granting them the permanent right to display their favorite pieces. Limited edition pieces and unique commissions are also available for purchase as NFTs. Customers can also upload privately owned digital artwork to Blackdove, taking advantage of the advanced management system for their entire collection.
Blackdove subscriptions start at $99/month.
