At the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, Kanye West held an exclusive screening of his Cruel Summer film.
During the screening, ‘Ye used a seven-screen setup, designed with New York architecture firm OMA and designer Shohei Shigematsu.
Now, it appears that West has published a patent for the design.
HotNewHipHop reports that the patent for the “Multiple Screens for Immersive Audio/Video Experience” credits Kanye Omari West as its creator, and was published in July 12, 2013.
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The patent was filed January 12, 2012, just months prior to the Cruel Summer screening.
The patent can be viewed here.
A description of the design is available below:
“A audio/video experience comprises two or more viewing screens of at least one front-located screen in front and at least one of either an above, ceiling screen located above and/or one bottom screen located below or slightly forward of the viewer. Side, wall-mounted screens located on at least one side of the viewer can be provided. The images projected on each screen are visually integrated with that of the front-located screen to provide fully immersive, realistic yet virtual viewing. The above, ceiling-mounted screen provides an overhead view of what would be projected above a viewer (coordinated to the front screen images) while the bottom screen provides a downward view of images visually coordinated to the images projected and viewable on the front screen. The bottom screen can be a stage. Alternatively, the various screens can be screen sections of a single video monitor.”
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Currently, Kanye is touring in support of his latest album,Yeezus.