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A drone launch in Russia to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight to space in 1961

Drone art (also known as drone display or drone light show) is the use of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), often quadcopters which fly in a coordinated fashion with light fixtures attached. They are usually equipped with multiple LEDs and the display is held at night. The first drone display was presented in 2012 in Linz, Austria; the Ars Electronica Futurelab introduced SPAXELS (short for "space elements") for the first time. The displays are often for entertainment and the drones may use flocking or swarming behaviour.[1] The drones have the capability to produce images. Using the emerging technology, displays have been employed for advertising purposes.

Intel has produced the Shooting Star, a type of drone used in light shows.[2] The drones were used during the 2018 Winter Olympics, a Super Bowl halftime show in 2017, and a 2018 Fourth of July celebration.[3]

Drone light shows differ from fireworks displays in that drones are reusable; they do not produce air and noise pollution.[3] However, drone displays cannot happen during rain or strong winds.[4] In the 2020s, some cities in the United States replaced Independence Day fireworks displays with drone or laser light shows, to reduce fire risk, air pollution, and the disturbance of dogs and people with PTSD.[5] Concerns about safety have also emerged in response to malfunctioning of public drone light displays, such as prior to a match in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, 350 of the 500 performing drones plunged into the water due to a glitch.[6]

List of drone displays

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"Drone100" performed by Ars Electronica Futurelab, for Intel, in 2015
2100 drones portrait of Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud performed by Geoscan Group at the Saud Riyadh Seasons 2021 opening ceremony
1000 drones launch to pay respect to the soldiers fallen in the Battles of Rzhev

2012

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  • September 2012 - 49 LED-equipped UAVs, called SPAXELS (short for "Space Elements") performed at a world premiere by Ars Electronica Futurelab.[7]

2013

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2015

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2016

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2017

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2018

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  • 2018 - During the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, 1,218 drones performed, breaking the previous world record.[12]
  • June 2018 - One hundred SKYMAGIC drones performed in Newcastle, England creating shapes synchronized to music at the opening of the Great Exhibition of the North.[13]
  • July 2018 - Intel celebrated its 50th anniversary with 2018 simultaneous drones over their facility in Folsom, California setting a Guinness world record.[14] Intel flew 2066 drones.[15]

2019

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  • January 2019 - Two hundred SKYMAGIC drones were deployed for the world's first New Year's Countdown set to fireworks and music for New Year's celebrations on Al Marjan Island.[16]
  • 3 February 2019 - 150 enhanced Intel Shooting Star drones, choreographed to the music of Maroon 5 at the Super Bowl halftime show
  • July 2019 - Two hundred and fifty drones performed at the opening show of the 24th World Scout Jamboree.[17]
  • August 2019 - Five hundred drones performed at the 80 years of VDNH celebration in Moscow.[18]
  • October 2019 - Two hundred drones presented the new Peugeot 208 show above Paris.[19]
  • December 10, 2019 - 150 drones were used to show a spectacular dazzling display for the ending ceremony of South Asian Games 2020, Nepal held at the Dasharath stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal.

2020

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  • June 2020 - A 200 drones light show celebrating the 3rd San Giovanni Festival, breaking the world record for simultaneous indoor drone flight[20]
  • September 3, 2020 - Geoscan Group launched 2,198 drones at the 75th anniversary of the end of the World War II in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The record was registered by the Record Book of Russia.[21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
  • September 20, 2020 - 3,051 drones created a spectacular light show in China setting a Guinness world record. The record was set by Shenzhen Damoda Intelligent Control Technology Co., Ltd in Zhuhai, Guandong.[28]
  • November 7, 2020 - President-elect Joe Biden's presidential victory speech featured a celebration drone light and firework show in Wilmington, Delaware.[29]
  • November 8, 2020 - 1,000 drones show at the «Wonder of Light» festival in Saint Petersburg performed by Geoscan Group[30]
  • December 31, 2020 - 300 drones show at the New Year's Eve fireworks and lighting display in London performed by SKYMAGIC[31]

2021

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  • March 17, 2021 - 500 Intel drones in a (pre-recorded) Orchestra of Light show to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Dublin[32]
  • April 6, 2021 – Drone Show Europe by Spectrum production team launched first drone show in central europe.The show was performed near Prague Castle (the largest castle complex in the world) Drone Show Prague[33]
  • April 12, 2021 – Geoscan Drone Show team launched 500 drones in Velikiy, Novgorod, Russia to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 1st man's flight in space.[34][35][36]
  • May 2, 2021 – a performance of 500 quadcopters was shown at the Tourist Season Opening festival in St. Petersburg.[37][38][39]
  • May 9, 2021 – 1000 drones were launched by Geoscan Drone Show team at the Rzhev Memorial to the Soviet Soldier paying respect to soldiers who fell in the Battles of Rzhev.[40][41][42]
  • May 2021 – 580 quadcopters show presentation of the new Hyundai Tucson in Istanbul city. It was performed by the Geoscan Drone Show team.[43][44][45]
  • July 2021, a show using 5200 drones in China[46]
  • July 23, 2021 - 1,824 drones are used during the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. The drones began above the stadium in positions which depicted the Tokyo 2020 games emblem slowly changing into a rotating sphere with the countries of the world outlined.
  • August 21, 2021 – a drone show of 1200 quadcopters were launched in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia by Geoscan Drone Show celebrating the city's 800th anniversary.[47][48]
  • August 25, 2021 – 1000 drones were put into the sky in Ufa, Russia by Geoscan Drone Show in a display dedicated to the beginning of the WorldSkills Russia contest.[49][50][51]
  • August 27, 2021 – Samsung Electronics company presented its new smartphones in Estonia with a drone show of 500 quadcopters launched by the Geoscan Drone Show team.[52][53][54]
  • August 31, 2021 – 1000 drones launch to celebrate the Knowledge Day in Pushkin, Saint Petersburg[55][56]
  • September 4, 2021 - a 100-drone show by Cyberdrone to celebrate the 875th anniversary of Yelets, Russia[57][58][59]
  • September 18, 2021 - Cyberdrone's light show with 100 drones celebrating the Balashikha City Day [60][61]
  • September 21, 2021 – 1000 drones were used in a drone display performed by Geoscan Drone Show during the Armenia Independence Day celebrations.[62][63]
  • October 20, 2021 – 2100 drones were used in a display performed by Geoscan Drone Show during the opening ceremony of Riyadh Seasons 2021.[64][65][66]
  • December 4, 2021 - 300 drones illuminated the sky of Mumbai in a Cyberdrone show.[67]
  • December 11, 2021 - 500 Cyberdrone drones turned the 75 years of Grasim Industries celebration into a spectacle.[68]

2022

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2023

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The drone art Giant at The Awakening, LEEDS 2023
  • January 1, 2023 - Celestial drones performed at the London New Year's Eve Celebration[82]
  • January 7, 2023 - At The Awakening, the opening ceremony of Leeds 2023, held at Headingley Stadium, a giant head spoke to the people of the city.[83]
  • January 29, 2023 - BotLab Dynamics' fleet of 3500 drones lit up the skies of New Delhi during the Beating Retreat ceremony for the second year in a row, to perform the world's second largest drone light show till date[84][85][86]
  • March 14, 2023 - Drone show Europe by Spectrum production team flew 500 drones in Albania. This was the first show in Albania and one of the biggest shows in the whole of Europe. The drone show also won international awards.

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2024

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  • July 14, 2024 - 1,571 drones were used at Disneyland Paris to created a giant tricolor Mickey Mouse for their special drone show accompained with fireworks to commemorate Bastille Day, set a Guinness World Records title for orchestrating “the Largest aerial display of a fictional character formed by multirotors/drones".[95]

Drone teams

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See also

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