EVANSVILLE, IN – For a new 300-seat thrust theatre at the University of Southern Indiana, Theatre Projects designed the lighting system, which includes a NEO lighting control console from Philips Strand Lighting.
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MONTREAL — The Quartier des Spectacles Partnership announced its collaboration with Christie Digital System on June 10, 2015. The relationship involves the supply of projection equipment for the Urban Digital Laboratory (UDL), which presents digital works in the Quartier des Spectacles. The arrangement makes the California-based company, whose Canadian headquarters is in Kitchener, Ontario, the UDL’s official major partner.
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Chauvet Professional’s 3.9mm pixel pitch PVP X3 modular indoor LED video panel packs 16,384 LEDs in each panel’s 19.7 x 19.7 inch (500mm square) display surface. The SMD 2121 black body Tri-Color (red, green, blue) LEDs promise exceptional clarity, brightness and color reproduction.
Read More »SURREY, U.K. – Members of the U.K. entertainment technology industry will be converging at the Sandown Park Racecourse in Surrey on June 17 to take part in the Behind the Scenes Go-Karting Day. Thirty teams of six drivers will put their driving skills and powers of endurance to the test for three hours of open air racing, and it’s all in aid of Behind the Scenes, the charity that provides financial support to entertainment technology industry professionals who fall ill or become injured, or to their surviving family members.
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MIAMI, FL – DWP Live and projection mapping artists Integrated Visions Productions relied on Barco projectors for a large-format projection April 30-May 1 on the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami. Part of a national advertising campaign promoting Anheuser-Busch’s “Oculto” beer, the project made use of nine DWP-supplied Barco HDF-W26 projectors, triple-stacked in portrait mode to light up the 360-foot-tall building’s facade.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. – Lighting and production designer Will Potts included Clay Paky fixtures for quadruple Grammy-award winning artist Sam Smith’s In The Lonely Hour UK tour. PRG supplied 6 Clay Paky B-EYEs, 12 Sharpys and 22 Sharpy Wash 330s.
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LONDON – To meet the training needs of its rapidly growing customer base, d3 Technologies has announced a range of new courses to educate the professional AV community in how to use d3 at all stages of production. The courses are tailored to all experience levels and are offered online and in person.
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KUWAIT – Lighting and sound company iLight of Dubai was called on to provide lighting, sound and stage design for this year’s Hala Febrayer Festival. iLight provided Elation Professional lighting and LED video gear for the event.
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AMSTERDAM – Belgian creative visual design practice Painting With Light headed by Luc Peumans has crafted the eye-catching design for the current Holiday On Ice touring production, ‘Passion’, which highlights some of the dreams, trials, tribulations and dedication required by those pursuing ice skating careers.
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SYDNEY, Australia –TDC Technical Direction Company returned to Vivid Sydney from 22 May to 8 June 2015. With an opening weekend attended by more than a quarter of a million people, TDC provided video expertise in cutting edge mapping techniques and key video technology across an unprecedented 10km distance as the 18-day festival expanded into new Chatswood and Central Park precincts.
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ESCONDIDO, CA – Adamson Systems recently provided a 2-day training session for Sound Image employees, some of whom were heading out with the company’s extensive E-Series PA for this summer’s Imagine Dragons tour.
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