Johnson Systems Announces Manual DMX Control Stations
American DJ Flat Par CWWW LED Fixtures
American DJ’s new Flat Par CWWW9 and Flat Par CWWW18 LED par cans feature white light color temperatures ranging from 3400 to 7400 degrees K. The low-profile, “sit-flat” design, with DMX connectors on the side of the fixture, plus the included bracket and safety hook, makes them well-suited for use as overhead stage lighting, uplighting or for inside truss as a truss toner.
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VLX Wash Enters the Cage on MTV’s Bellator
DALLAS – MTV’s action-packed Bellator tournament features fighters in the ring. But an influential player is with them overhead: the lighting rig. Behind the scenes of the nationally-televised matches, lighting designer David Zeffren and assistant Amy Harper of Frank Gatto & Associates, have created a winning lighting design and while doing so have discovered a new competitor in the world of TV lighting: the VLX Wash from Philips Vari-Lite.
Read More »Lightswitch Has Designs on Luxury Living/Retail Complex
CHICAGO – Lighting design company Lightswitch Architectural are lighting consultants for Chicago’s new 500-unit luxury apartment and retail store complex. Located at the former site of Kraft Foods, the 500 Lake Shore Drive location’s imperative is to incorporate sustainable features for increased energy efficiency. Completion is set for May 2013.
Read More »Pete’s Big TVs Helps ‘Black Girls Rock!’
NEW CASTLE, DE – Once again, Pete’s Big TVs has helped “Black Girls Rock!” The philanthropic organization’s awards show – which celebrates those who have culturally contributed to the Black Experience – airs on the BET network Nov. 6. The show was taped at the Bronx’s Paradise Theatre in New York City – an old, ornate former movie house not meant for the big production it would successfully pull off.
Read More »Trizart Alliance Provides a Look Back at the Complexities of Staging U2’s 360 Tour
MONTREAL — They was just a couple of shows, July 8-9 2011, in Montreal. But U2’s 360 tour was not just another band outing, and the epic scale of the production is still being discussed now, after the biggest concert tour of all time finally reached the end of its multi-year road. Trizart Alliance, a theatre and arena design and consulting firm with offices in the U.S. and Canada, recently provided a chronology of what that single tour stop entailed. (Hint: It may not have required moving mountains, but it did require the relocation of 16 mature trees.)
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dbn Lights Commonwealth Youth Games Opening Ceremomy
Bandit Lights Moogfest, a Tribute to Synthesizer Pioneer Bob Moog
KNOXVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites provided main stage illumination service for the second annual Moogfest, held Oct. 28-30 at the Asheville (NC) Civic Center. The event, featuring performances and appearances by Moby, The Flaming Lips, Tangerine Dream, Adrian Belew, Umphrey’s McGee and Brian Eno, was a tribute to the late Robert “Bob” Moog (1934-2005), inventor and namesake for the Moog Synthesizer.
Read More »White Light Lends Support for Library Turned Arts Center
LONDON – White Light is lending its support to Omnibus Clapham, a charity established with the aim of turning the former library of Clapham in southwest London into a community performing arts hub. Events featuring famous local residents – lit by LD Rob Halliday – are in the spotlight for fundraising efforts.
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