Here’s a little math quiz. What do you get when you add 600 square feet of video wall units, one major “party pit” boasting nearly 60 moving heads and 360 LED video bars, and $40 million in construction and soft costs? The surprising answer is E11even — a 24-hour cabaret/nightclub in Miami, Florida, that made its debut earlier this year.
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EDC Production Crew
Producer: Insomniac Productions
Executive Producer: Forrest Hunt
Production Director: Alyxzander Bear
Production Designer/LD: Stephen Lieberman/SJ Lighting
LOS ANGELES – Christie continued its technology partnership with the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts by launching a state-of-the-art cinema experience at USC’s Eileen Norris Theatre. The company donated a Solaria Series DLP CP4230 4K projector and a complete Christie Vive Audio system, utilizing over 40 different speakers, sub-woofers, and amps.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Riedel Communications equipment provided an interconnected digital TETRA system and intercom system for the Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014. The Riedel installation supported HD video transport for two LED screens in Kyocera Stadium, audio and video for displays across the press village, and flexible data and intercom communications across the event.
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WARWICK, UK – Fineline supplied lighting, LED side screens and an IMAG camera package for Warwick Castle’s 1100th Anniversary Summer Proms Spectacular – a music, fireworks and pyro extravaganza to celebrate the founding of the castle.
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ATHENS, Greece – Rainer Becker, long-serving LD for legendary German rock band the Scorpions, is the first adopter of GLP’s new impression X4 XL moving head for the MTV Unplugged series. Six of the fixtures were positioned along the front edge of the subwoofers, with Becker declaring, “I prefer big effects. They have so much power that if you set the zoom to zero they will hurt people’s eyes so you have to fire them over the heads of the audience.”
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BOOM, Belgium – The latest product from ELC Lighting, the Buddy, made its debut at the Tomorrowland electronic music festival. Luc Buytaert at AVL Lighting said “Everything about the Buddy makes it a perfect device for an event like Tomorrowland. Freelancers and technicians all want one in their tool box because you can use it for everything. It’s perfect for testing the rig without having the console, testing the outputs of the console, expanding the outputs of a console or using it as a small controller with the free ChamSys MagicQ software.”
Read More »DUBAI, UAE – Creative Technology’s Middle East operation has recently recruited Ed Jarman in the position of Senior Project Manager at their Dubai Investment Park offices. Jarman will be heading up day-to-day project management and project development. Working alongside Mark Woodhouse, General Manager of CT’s Dubai operation, Jarman will also be supporting existing and building new relationships with clients throughout the Middle East.
CYPRESS, CA – Christie promoted Jennifer Smith to executive vice president of Christie’s new Global Market Solutions group. Succeeding Smith as vice president, Global Engineering for Christie, is Mike Esch, promoted from senior director of engineering. Ihor Stech was promoted to executive vice president, Operations.
Read More »CAMBRIDGE, UK – BlackBox Recorder manufacturer JoeCo recently moved to new offices at its Cambridge headquarters. The new building incorporates office and meeting space, production and workshop facilities, as well as a dedicated development and testing area for the expanding BlackBox product range. The move coincides with the forthcoming release of the company’s latest product – the new BlackBox BBR1MP Recorder with integrated mic preamps – and the expansion of the company’s team.
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