SPECIAL EVENTS MAGAZINE
August 1998
Page 10

Confetti Nineties techno fused with seventies disco at a corporate holiday event co-produced by The Perfect Palate and John Murray Productions, both of San Francisco. Called "Futuristic Playground," the rave-like event, held on several floors of San Francisco's Townsend Center office complex, combined sleek, minimalist decor with virtual reality games, light shows and performance art - all set to a pulsating disco beat.
    After cocktails in the lower lobby, attendees were led upstairs to the building's atrium, where an all-white color palette dominated the decor. The focal point of the space - an elevator shaft - was draped in white fabric, creating a giant canvas for colorful, moving light projections achieved through a kaleidoscope projector. A rotating mobile of giant white balloons was suspended from the atrium ceiling and served as another canvas for the light projections. Tables and chairs were covered in white spandex. Simple centerpieces of cobalt-blue vases and Gerber daisies added spots of color to the all-white tables.
Three foodstations, designed by Los Angeles-based Atom Smashers, featured brushed aluminum bases topped with Lucite tables underlit with colorful neon tubes.
    An all-white dance floor made by John Murray was accented by a hand-painted image reminiscent of a Keith Haring painting. On stage, the seventies disco-funk band SuperBooty performed, as did the City Slam Dancers. During the latter's performance, several corporate executives appeared onstage dressed as The Village People and sang along with the band's disco anthem, YMCA.
    "We brought the seventies into the future for this event," says The Perfect Palate's Petrina Rosholt of the neo-retro theme. Murray adds, "I'm sure that in the future, we'll all still be dancing to seventies disco." Play that funky music!