BERLIN — Lighting designer Björn Hermann’s lighting design enhanced the Brandenburg Gate festivities marking 25 years since Germany’s reunification and the removal of the Berlin Wall. The rig included Clay Paky’s new SuperSharpy and Mythos fixtures.
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EDINBURGH — In celebration of all things natural and nocturnal, nighttime visitors to Edinburgh’s much-loved Royal Botanic Garden (RBGE) saw the familiar landscapes and buildings transformed by a magical light installation during November. Designed by light artist Malcolm Innes, along with his colleague Euan Winton and supplied and installed by light solutions specialist Black Light the aptly named ‘Night in the Garden’ invited people to visit the gardens after dark to view and interact with an inspired display of light, art and nature.
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Read More »NEW YORK — Megan Duckett, president of Rancho Diminguez, CA-based custom theatrical drapes manufacturer Sew What? Inc., was named 2014 Stevie Awards Silver Winner – Female Entrepreneur of the Year at a Nov. 14 award ceremony at the Marriot Marquis Hotel in New York. Duckett’s award was in the Business Services of 11 to 2,500 employees category.
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LAS VEGAS – Life Nightclub at the SLS Hotel and Casino on the north end of the Strip opened recently with a design from Stephen Lieberman and SJ Lighting and lighting from lighting from Elation Professional. The 1,800-capacity club’s “wall of destruction,” a key focal point, is equipped with Elation Platinum Beam 5Rs, Rayzor Q12 Zoom wash lights, Event Bars, Cuepix Strip WW blinders and Protron LED Strobes.
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NEW YORK — For an eighth consecutive year, designer David Grill was brought on board to light one of the world’s most prestigious political gatherings, the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting. He once again turned to 4Wall for lighting gear including Martin MAC Auras and ETC Source Four Series 2 Lustr LEDs.
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WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications, provider of pioneering real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, worked with XL Video GmbH on Daimler’s first demonstration of the Mercedes-Benz “Future Truck 2025,” the world’s first truck capable of driving autonomously.
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Barco’s RLS-W12 projector is a 12K lumens single-chip DLP projector designed for medium-sized venues and events. It offers WUXGA (1,920 x 1,200) resolution, extended warping and blending and HDBaseT technology to provide video over a single Cat 5 cable. It has an optional rental frame for the rental and staging market as well.
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DUBAI, UAE – Matrix AVE were the first technical solutions company in Dubai to invest in Robe’s Pointes shortly after the fixture’s launch last year, sourcing the fixtures via Robe’s Middle East operation headed by Elie Battah. Currently based in Dubai Investment Park (DIP1), Matrix AVE was founded 16 years ago by Rajesh Pereira and specializes in producing themed events. They also supply technical production for a number of other corporate events, conferences and social events.
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NASHVILLE – More than doubling the registration total from its first year in 2011, the 2014 Touring Career Workshop (TCW), held in Nashville Nov. 24, was the busiest to date. In addition to a successful turnout for the event, led by LD/programmers Erik Parker and Chris Lisle (pictured here, L-R), TCW 2014 collected significant donations for their charitable partner, the Oasis Center, and presented the “Sammy Old Skool” Award, in memory of production professional Sam Harden.
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