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Alcorn McBride Supports Video Artist’s London Show

“The Chapel of Frustrated Actions and Futile Gestures”

Alcorn McBride Supports Video Artist’s London Show

LONDON – Alcorn McBride’s A/V Binloop HD players and DVM8500 Digital Video Machines play an artful role in internationally-renowned video artist Bill Viola’s new show at the Blain|Southern Gallery in London. Associates in Media Engineering (AME), a consortium of consultants and a boutique provider of custom solutions for the special venue marketplace, chose the Alcorn McBride equipment for longtime customer Viola. The show, titled “Frustrated Actions and Futile Gestures,” is a museum-scale exhibition of nine new works comprised from more than 20 newly produced video elements and sound designs, says Benjamin Kidwell Lein of AME.

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Christie Matrix WU7K-J

Christie Introduces New Simulation Projector

CYPRESS, CA – Christie introduces its new Christie Matrix WU7K-J 3-chip DLP projector delivering real world simulation to handle the most challenging of today’s display requirements. Featuring 6,300 ANSI lumens, the projector is packed with standard features that include full scalability, built-in geometric warping and edge blending, and high performance, image processing with 120Hz capability. The new Xenon-based projector joins the Christie Matrix Series family.

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Robbie Williams' stage set.

Kinesys Opens Doors for Robbie Williams Tour

LONDON – Kinesys has designed an automation system to open and close two large set doors integrated into the rear video wall backdrop on Robbie Williams’ current ‘Take The Crown’ stadium tour. The doors – positioned stage left and stage right – each measure 7.73 meters high (25 ft) by 6 meters wide (20 ft) and open and close to allow set trucks with giant heads of the singer to enter and exit the stage.

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Smashing Pumpkins on tour. Photo: Dean Dove

Power and Color with a Purpose on Smashing Pumpkins

DALLAS – For the Smashing Pumpkins 2013 “Shamrocks & Shenanigans” world tour, LD Lawrence Upton had to find a new dealer who could support his custom design needs, and find a new lighting instrument to fulfill crucial design elements. He found his solutions in authorized Vari-Lite dealer LMG Touring, 24 Philips Vari-Lite VL3500 Wash luminaires and two Showline SL BAR 640 LED luminaires.

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Tait Creates Kinetic Video Flippers for Michael Buble Tour

LONDON – Tait worked alongside designer, Ric Lipson of Stufish; production manager, Dean Roney and LD Kurt Wagner to create a multifaceted staging concept for Michael Buble’s “To Be Loved” tour, which opened this month at the O2 arena in London. The set features 58 axes of motion, with aesthetics and functionality designed to provide a versatile performance environment. The set has a modernistic, refined look and the ability to seamlessly transform into various configurations.

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Staging Issue Forces Cancellation of Harry Connick, Jr. Concert in Nashville

NASHVILLE — AEG Live/TMG Nashville issued a press release noting that, out of an “abundance of caution” relating to “a technical issue with the stage,” a July 12 concert featuring Harry Connick, Jr.  at the Fontanel Mansion here had to be canceled. Refunds were offered to arriving ticketholders and others at the point of purchase; those purchasing tickets via ticketmaster.com received automated refunds.

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iPadD App for impression X4

GLP Launch iPad App for impression x4

LOS ANGELES – GLP German Light Products have launched a new iPad app for their impression X4 fixture. One of the versatile features of the impression X4 is that users can create their own pixel designs on the fly and store them directly into their control console. The new iPad app makes the process fast and easy by bringing up a mimic of the fixture’s front lens layout.

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LD Ian Lyles

Jands Vista Grooves The Moo Festival

SYDNEY – Indie pop’s Brooklyn-based duo Matt & Kim have just toured Australia as part of the Groovin’ The Moo festival. LD Ian Lyles uses a Jands Vista L5 console for the arena, club and theatre shows that the band play in America and so when he found out that he would be visiting Australia, Lyles was keen to see the Vista M1 and S1 consoles.

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Harvey Theater, now equipped as a cinema. Photo: Elliott Kaufman Photography.

Harvey Theater Renovates Live Stage for Film Screenings

NEW YORK – The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) wanted to offer film screenings during the “dark” months of summer for its 831-seat Harvey Theater. However, the venue, designed for live performances, required technical revisions to accommodate a high-quality cinema experience for BAM’s patrons. Auerbach Pollock Friedlander worked with BAM and Mitchell/Giurgola Architects to realize BAM’s vision by providing theatre and AV consulting for digital cinema projection and also for new seating.

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Cirque du Soleil Production of “KA” Resumes in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS — Cirque du Soleil, which had suspended its production of KÀ at the MGM Grand here after an aerialist fell and died on June 29, resumed production of the show on July 16. Cirque dedicated that sold-out show to Sarah Guyard-Guillot, the artist who slipped free of her harness and fell a reported 90 feet into the production’s pit while the stage was in a near-vertical position. The 31-year-old performer was the first in Cirque’s 29-year history to die in a show accident.

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The revamped Newport Aquarium

Full Spectrum Transforms Newport Aquarium’s Theatre

CINCINNATI – When Newport Aquarium, located just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio, decided to overhaul and renovate its interactive Dive Theater, they called upon the design experts at Full Spectrum, LLC to bring their vision to life. The Newport Aquarium Theater, a 30 ft x 48 ft facility with a 23 ft high ceiling, featured underwater dive-based shows. Its central focal point is one of the largest water tanks in the entire aquarium, with a visible viewing area that measures just under 17 ft x 9 ft.

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