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About batwin + robin productions

batwin + robin productions is a New York multimedia design and production studio creating media for museums, theatrical productions, architectural environments and live events. Founded in 1991, the independent studio combines filmmaking, animation, projection, interactive experiences and sound to connect stories with physical spaces. Its work extends from permanent cultural exhibitions to Broadway stages, arena presentations and entertainment aboard cruise ships.

The studio describes its approach as narrative-first, choosing technologies to serve the story and its setting. Projects can encompass concept development, scriptwriting, creative direction, media production, interactive programming and on-site installation. Its capabilities include projection mapping, multi-channel audio, motion graphics, character animation, spatial pre-visualization and bespoke content-management integration. Production and commissioning services also cover hardware consultation, system calibration and projection alignment.

Museums and cultural environments

The studio's museum work integrates historical films, ambient imagery, interactive displays and immersive presentations into exhibition design. Projects include lead linear media production for the Obama Presidential Center Museum, media for the Library of Congress David M. Rubenstein Treasures Gallery, and the permanent exhibition In This Place at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.

At the First Americans Museum, its four installations include the 80-foot-wide, 240-degree Origins Theater presenting tribal genesis stories. Other work includes exhibition media and a binaural lunch counter interactive at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, an educational theater at the FDNY Fire Zone, and documentary installations for the CDC Museum's multi-screen Global Symphony.

Theater and live entertainment

Stage credits include projection or video design for Harmony, Lucky Guy, The Normal Heart, The Who's Tommy and Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk. The studio also creates media integrated with theatrical scenery, LED displays and touring productions.

Beyond theater, its portfolio includes interior projection mapping for Radio City Music Hall's Christmas Spectacular, court and ice opening presentations for the New York Knicks and Rangers, and panoramic entertainment environments for Holland America Line and Carnival Cruise Line. Its event work includes custom animations and visual presentations for philanthropic galas, awards ceremonies and corporate celebrations.

More about batwin + robin productions

Founders and continuity

  • Linda Batwin O'Donovan and Robin Silvestri founded the studio. Silvestri retired in 2020. Following completion of the Obama Presidential Center Museum project in mid-2026, Batwin O'Donovan turned to personal projects while remaining an advisory consultant.
  • The three successor principals have a combined 50-plus years of studio tenure.

Production model and collaboration

  • The studio maintains a small core team and scales production through regular creative collaborators, editors, technical designers and sound engineers.
  • Its Obama Presidential Center Museum work involved collaboration with exhibition designers Ralph Appelbaum Associates. The animated short 10 Letters a Day was co-created with Manual Cinema.

Recognition

  • The National Center for Civil and Human Rights exhibition media and binaural lunch counter interactive received six Cinema in Industry (CINDY) awards and an American Alliance of Museums Muse Award.
  • The studio's projection design for the 2011 Broadway production of The Normal Heart received a Hewes Design Award.
  • Its Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular projection work received a Live Design Excellence Award.
  • Creation's Journey at the National Museum of the American Indian received an American Muse Award for Technical Excellence.
  • The report records Drama Desk nominations for set/projection design on Radiant Baby (2003) and projections/video on Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (1994).

Notable credits

37 credits
  • Obama Presidential Center Museum — lead linear media production
  • 10 Letters a Day — animated short co-created with Manual Cinema
  • National September 11 Memorial & Museum — In Their Honor: 25 Years of 9/11-Inspired Service
  • Feathers of the Phoenix — interactive 3D experience
  • Revealed: The Hunt for bin Laden — museum media
  • Library of Congress David M. Rubenstein Treasures Gallery — Collecting Memories
  • National Underground Railroad Freedom Center — In This Place
  • First Americans Museum — Origins Theater and museum installations
  • National Center for Civil and Human Rights — exhibition media and Binaural Lunch Counter Interactive
  • FDNY Fire Zone — educational theater and projection-mapped fire environment
  • National Museum of the American Indian — Creation's Journey
  • David J. Sencer CDC Museum — Global Symphony documentary media
  • North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences — Nature Research Center and Daily Planet theater
  • New-York Historical Society — Luce Center videos and interactives
  • The Kennedy Center — Art & Ideals: President John F. Kennedy
  • Harmony: A New Musical — media design
  • Lucky Guy — projection design
  • The Normal Heart — projection design
  • A Free Man of Color — projection design
  • Golda's Balcony — projection and video design
  • Radiant Baby — set and projection design
  • The Rocky Horror Show — video design
  • Bells Are Ringing — video design
  • Minnelli on Minnelli — projection design
  • Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk — projection design
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying — video design
  • The Who's Tommy — video design
  • Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 — projections and video
  • Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular — interior projection mapping and 2023 Art Deco Overture
  • Madison Square Garden — New York Knicks and New York Rangers pre-game projections
  • Carnival Cruise Line — Currents zone media and Seaquest: A FunSub Adventure
  • Holland America Line — Humanity and Musicology
  • Breast Cancer Research Foundation Hot Pink Party — animations
  • Goalkeepers 2024 — event media
  • UNICEF Snowflake Ball — event visuals
  • CFDA Fashion Awards — event visuals
  • IBM 100th Anniversary Gala — event visuals

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