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Largest 4th of July Celebration in Country Lit by Bandit
NASHVILLE, Tn. – More than 150,000 people turned out for what the city of Nashville hailed as the largest Fourth of July firework show in the country. Bandit Lites provided the lighting for Music City July 4th: Let Freedom Sing!, where Martina McBride, Missy Ekko and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra performed.
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Soundfield Productions Uses Rogue R2 Washes with Immersive Video Project in Belgium
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Jo Van den Wijngaerde, manager of Soundfield Productions, credited Rogue R2 Washes from Chauvet Professional for their role in complementing an immersive projected video installation called ‘Discover the Power of Light.’ Soundfield Productions collaborated on the project with B-Phot, the photonics research group of the Vrije Universiteit of Brussels (VUB).
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Strictly FX’s grandMA dot2 Consoles Head Out on the Road
LOS ANGELES – Three MA Lighting dot2 XL-F consoles recently purchased by Strictly FX, the live special effects (SFX) company based in Wood Dale, Illinois, have been flying out the door since they arrived. The dot2s have been deployed on Luke Bryan’s concert tour, the 2015 Billboard Music Awards, “Dancing With The Stars” and more. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting products in North America.
Read More »Bell Helicopters Lobby Welcomes Visitors with eyevis Video Wall
FORT WORTH, TX — In the new headquarters of Bell Helicopter a convex video wall greets visitors in the main lobby. The screen, measuring 8.4 square meters, is made from 48 omniSHAPES from eyevis. It displays 8192 x 4608 pixels and is able to be seen clearly despite the area’s ambient light.
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Fineline Provides LIghting, Video, Rigging Support for the 2015 Eden Sessions in Bristol, UK
BRISTOL, U.K. — Bristol based lighting and video rental specialist Fineline enjoyed another ‘Sessions’ season at the Eden Project in Cornwall, providing production lighting, LED screen, trussing and rigging for the 2015 Eden Sessions – seven high profile concerts with a diverse line up including Elton John (2 shows), Paolo Nutini, Paloma Faith, Motorhead (pictured here), The Stranglers, Spandau Ballet and Ben Howard.
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NY CityFest Seen by Central Park Crowd on Elation EPT6IP Video Panels
NEW YORK – NY CityFest with evangelist Luis Palau featured a free outdoor concert held July 11 on Central Park’s Great Lawn. Gordon Painter and Kevin Shaw designed the show visuals, which included 280 EPT6IP panels from Elation. Boston-based Audio Spectrum provided the screens and staging, with a sub-rental assist from Elation dealer Gemini Light, Sound & Video.
Read More »Astera and Kaiser Showtechnik Join Forces
MUNICH, Germany – Astera has partnered with Kaiser Showtechnik GmbH as a stocking dealer for Astera’s wireless event lights in Germany. Kaiser, based in Augsburg, Bavaria, will assist end users throughout Germany.
Read More »Zylight Names BLV Exclusive Distributor in Germany and Austria
LOS ANGELES – Zylight, a manufacturer of innovative LED lighting solutions, named BLV as its exclusive distributor in Germany and Austria.
Read More »Optis Adds Luminit Light Shaping Diffusers to the SPEOS Optical Modeling and Simulation Library
TORRANCE, CA – Luminit LLC, a privately held high technology company specializing in custom and standard holographic light shaping diffusers, announced that its propriety Light Shaping Diffusers (LSDs) have been added to Optis’ SPEOS optical modeling and simulation library.
Read More »Christie Displaying Latest in Projection Mapping Technology at SIGGRAPH 2015
LOS ANGELES –Christie is participating in an Emerging Technologies demonstration displaying its latest digital “sandbox.” Attendees will also see Christie projection technology in action across the conference, including lighting up BARTKRESA Design’s Shogyo Muyo 360-degree projection mapping installation.
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Aurora By X-Laser Brings Liquid Sky Effects to New Levels of Brightness, Safety and Affordability
LAUREL, MD — Over the last eight months, X-Laser USA has worked to engineer new products that make more possible with less. “Less,” in this case, is the removal of vertical scanning via the Y-Axis in their newly released Aurora laser projectors. Contrary to conventional thinking, removing vertical scanning actually creates the best, brightest and safest version of a “liquid sky machine.” The new Aurora 4C and Aurora 4G models give users the ability to simply and easily make stunning “liquid sky” effects on a flat plane.
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