LOS ANGELES — Vibiana, originally St. Vibiana, Los Angeles’ first Archdiocese Catholic cathedral and one of the city’s few remaining 19th century landmarks, was transformed into a full service event facility in the late 2000’s, and more recently has been outfitted with a new lighting system that includes Elation Professional LED fixtures.
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CHICAGO — 3SRcreative, the design firm comprised of lighting designers Seth Jackson and Nathan W. Scheuer, media/video director Brent Sandrock and project manager Jack Rushen, played a key role at this year’s Lollapalooza festival in Grant Park here Aug. 1-3, 2014. They also got a big assist from Bandit Lites, which provided lighting fixtures from Chauvet, Clay Paky, Martin, TMB/Solaris, Vari-Lite and their own GRNLite brand along with 140 motors, 2,000+ feet of truss and grandMA2 and HES Road Hog consoles for control.
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LOS ANGELES, CA – From Oct 15 to 17, 2014, Absen American Inc. (Absen LED) is going to hold the sixth Absen Certified Engineer (ACE) training, in cooperation with Branam Enterprises here. This is the third ACE training in the US. The first ACE training was held in Absen American facility in Orlando, FL in March with 17 participating companies and 38 trainees, and the second ACE training was held in April exclusively for Freeman Audiovisual in Dallas, TX with 28 participants.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — La Production, owned and operated by Roger Bakhos (pictured here, center), is a lighting rental company based in Hazmieh, near Beirut. The company recently added 48 Robe LEDWash 600s to their inventory. Bakhos (center) is pictured here with Elie Battah, GM, Robe Middle East Trading LLC (left); and La Production chief technician Elie Harfouche (right).
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LIEDEKERKE, Belgium – Splendit, a lighting and sound rental company based here, is headed by LD/programmer Marijn Broeckaert. He formed the company in 2007 and has lately been expanding his inventory of Robe moving lights, working via Robe distributor Controllux. Broeckaert is pictured here (left) with Controllux’s Bram de Clerck.
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Elation Professional says its Platinum SBX is a new full-featured 3-in-1 luminaire that can be utilized as a beam, spot, or wash fixture. This compact luminaire combines new lamp technology from a Philips MSD Platinum 17RA 350W lamp with a new optical system for more-than-sufficient output. It kicks out 20,000 lumens of power, comparable to 700W fixtures, and is energy efficient. It also features a zoom, 13 dichroic colors including UV, CTO and CTB, plus 9 rotating interchangeable gobos and 14 fixed gobos. A beam shaper, rotating 8-facet prism and frost filter are also included.
Read More »NASHVILLE — Precise Corporate Staging (PCS), an audio, lighting, and video gear rental company serving the live event industry with offices in Marietta, GA and Tempe, AZ, reported a theft of some production-related gear during load out from the The Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center here on July 25, 2014.
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