KNOXVILLE, TN – Country artist Jason Aldean is playing a stadium tour with Bandit Lites, continuing through September. LD Aaron Swetland began working with Aldean in 2008 and received the CMA SRO Lighting Designer of the Year Award for the 2012 tour, so for this Night Train Tour, he looked to take it to the next level.
Read More »ST LOUIS— At this week’s TransWorld’s Halloween & Attractions Show in St. Louis, VenueMagic will add to its show floor presence by controlling scenes at the Interactive Haunted House. The house consists of six different scenes and VenueMagic will control multiple foggers, hazers and a snow machine throughout all the scenes, but the city back alley scene will showcase VenueMagic controlling the entire scene’s lighting, audio and video.
Read More »SAN FRANCISCO – The Bay Lights, the new LED lighting system for the Bay Bridge that was developed by Philips Color Kinetics, will go live the evening of March 5. Almost 4.5 miles of product was installed on the bridge, roughly equal to the total length of the Bay Bridge, counting both spans. The lighting will be viewable from San Francisco and points north, but not by drivers crossing the bridge.
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NEW YORK – The World Financial Center recently unveiled Light Cycles, an artistic installation piece commissioned by Arts Brookfield and created by LD Anne Militello. The piece – running throughout March – seeks to create visuals of colors and patterns in light inspired by nature, while also paying service to the cycles of life interpreted in light. The 4Wall Systems & Design team provided an assist in the form of custom LED support.
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KIRKWOOD, CA – Milos QuickTruss M290V aluminum truss was recently used in the Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face, a competition that showcases freeskiing and snowboarding’s top athletes on the biggest mountain resort venues. The custom QuickTruss structure served as the start gate at the mountain top and is being used in the North American leg of the world tour including British Columbia, Canada and Kirkwood, CA.
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LONDON – For the sixth consecutive year, XL Video supplied full video production for Strictly Come Dancing – The Live Tour, which once again drew crowds to various U.K. arenas. Video plays a key role for the live shows, where celebrity dance couples battle for supremacy on the dance floor. The 2013 tour included reigning Strictly champion and Olympic gymnast, Louis Smith, dancing with Ola Jordan.
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LITITZ, PA – Working under the artistic direction of Baz Halpin and Chris Nyfield, Tait created custom scenic and staging elements designed around the Pink tour’s central theme of love and heartbreak.
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AUSTIN, TX – Renaat De Wilde has joined entertainment lighting and control manufacturer High End Systems as vice president of worldwide sales. Based at High End’s Austin, TX headquarters, De Wilde will manage and continuing developing the company’s sales effort, with focus on our markets outside of North America. De Wilde previously worked at Barco for six years.
Read More »Recently I posed a question to a group of fellow professionals involved in video production: “What are your top five most valuable video tools (hardware,… Read More »Top Five Tools for Video Pros
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JOHANNESBURG – South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has made its first ever moving light purchase, investing in Robe Robin 300 and 600 LEDWashes plus 300E and 600E Spots. They already had a good idea of the lighting they were looking for, having seen Robe at shows and events around the country.
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ST. LOUIS, MO — April is Global Autism Awareness Month, and on April 2, 2013, Autism Speaks will once again be promoting its Light It Up Blue (LIUB) campaign to wash famous facades and more modest structures in blue illumination. Past efforts include blue washes on facades including the Empire State Building and the Sydney Opera House.
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