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Renegade Makes a Surreal Entrance at 100% Design

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Renegade Makes a Surreal Entrance at 100% Design

LONDON – Renegade’s Nick Gray created a 50-meter video sculpture for the entrance of the 2012 100% Design exhibition at Earls Court. The work, which resembled an intricate DNA wire-frame structure in architecture and appearance, was fed with video content from a media server, and drew attendees into a completely immersive experience. “I wanted to create a real sense of physical anticipation as people traversed the tunnel, which was completely black apart from the video streams flowing and tumbling around it. The idea was that people undertook a journey as they passed down the tunnel, experiencing emotion, excitement and proper physical sensations,” Gray says.

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Luis Miguel

Martin Vipers Tour Worldwide with Luis Miguel

SYCAMORE, IL – Luis Miguel’s current world tour is using Martin Professional’s new MAC Viper Profile automated spot fixture. Upstaging is supplying the tour as spec’d by LD/show designer Dave Maxwell, who swapped out some of the 1200w fixtures with the new 1000w Martin fixture.

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Rob Steel

LSC Opens US Office, with Rob Steel at the Helm

KNOXVILLE, TN – Australian-based lighting systems control manufacturer LSC Lighting Systems (Aust) Pty Ltd, is opening a fully staffed office in the US. Industry veteran Rob Steel will head up the new office, based in Knoxville, TN. The new office will offer products and service, along with technical support and operator training.

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Cory Walker

Cory Walker Joins Christie Lites Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS – Cory Walker has recently joined Christie Lites as a National Account Rep in the Las Vegas office. Walker was previously Account Executive at Morpheus Lights in Las Vegas for the past six years. He started his career in the late 1980s as a stagehand in Chicago, and soon his varied production skills led him to positions with Jack Morton, Upstaging and VLPS. He moved to Las Vegas in 2001 as an LD/programmer for Sam’s Town Live, and started taking electrician calls from Morpheus, which led to his stint there.

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Timberlake Church

Spyder Takes Center Stage for Timberlake Church Install

REDMOND, WA – When Timberlake Church in Redmond, WA, wanted to redesign its main stage, it asked FocusWorship for help in meeting its AV needs. The church is in the middle of Microsoft country, so it needed to speak the language of its congregation with the technology install. A Vista Systems Spyder X20 was selected to be the brains behind the video distribution for the LED wall and flat TVs/digital signage displays.

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V&A Exhibit

projectiondesign Shows Passion for Fashion at London’s V&A

LONDON – Norway’s projectiondesign has supplied four pairs of F32 DLP projectors to a special exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A). Titled ‘Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950,’ the exhibition presents 60 ballgowns from 1950 to the present day. The exhibition is on two levels and occupies a domed space, with four alcoves leading off of it. The four alcove walls form curved projection surfaces that are taller than they are wide, necessitating the use of a pair of vertically stacked, edge-blended projectors for each alcove. With no alternative but to use the upper level of the exhibition display as the location for the projectors, the integration team designed special housings for them, color-matched to the decor and perforated to allow for ventilation.

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impression X4

GLP impression X4

LOS ANGELES – GLP has launched the impression X4. The fixture incorporates 19 quad color RGBW LEDs, each rated at 15 watts, to offer a single homogenized color output from its front lens across a wide color spectrum from deep saturates to soft pastel shades. For special effects, onboard patterns are available, as is the ability for designers to create their own effects and chases on the fly.

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Melt Festival

Robe Beams on Europe’s Melt Festival

Gräfenhainichen, Germany – Robe moving lights were used at the 2012 Melt Festival, an indie electronica-meets-rock festival in Europe. Lighting equipment for the Main and Gemini stages was supplied by Berlin-based TSE AG. The production design called for a flexible rig that could cater to the artists performing over the three days, many of whom brought their own lighting designers and specials packages and also hooked in to the house rigs.

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Christie Solutions that Rock, Sept 2012, Burbank, CA

Christie Hosts Solutions Showcase

CYPRESS, CA – Christie Digital, along with Draper Inc., Alcorn McBride and Tannoy hosted “Solutions that Rock,” a free event introducing several of its new display solutions to organizations involved with professional AV rental staging, fixed installs and corporate AV environments. The event took place Sept. 17-19 at Grips Local Union Building in Burbank, CA. The road show wraps up its tour with stops Nov. 7-8 in Philadelphia and in Phoenix Dec. 3-5.

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Adam Gold

Middle Atlantic Names Gold, Bromberg to Midwest, Western Sales Positions

FAIRFIELD, NJ — Middle Atlantic Products has named Adam Gold midwest regional sales manager; his territory includes Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri for all market segments. Middle Atlantic also named David Bromberg regional sales manager for the Western region. Bromberg’s territory includes Southern California and Southern Nevada for all market segments and Arizona for residential, security and DataComm channels.

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Novel Hall

Taiwan’s Novel Hall Selects ETC Lighting Systems

TAIPEI, Taiwan – Just blocks from Taipei 101 (the tallest office building in the world), in Taiwan’s most cosmopolitan district, Xinyi, is the newly renovated Novel Hall for Performing Arts. The venue recently reopened Sept. 23 after a renovation that included upgraded stage lighting control by ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls) in the form of an ETC Element console, as well as ETC Sensor+ dimming and power control.

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