ASTORIA, NY — Working with designer Josh Weisberg of Scharff Weisberg, Electrosonic provide an AV installation for the Museum of the Moving Image that included a 50-by-9-foot projected video mural for a seven-minute video art piece, City Glow (2005) by Chiho Aoshima in collaboration with animator Bruce Ferguson. The upgrades are part of a three-year, $67-million remodel and expansion.
Read More »AUSTIN, TX – High End Systems, a Barco company, has announced that ARCUS Lighting, the exclusive distributor of High End Systems and Flying Pig Systems in Germany, is now a certified Wholehog training center. Starting in October 2011, ARCUS will hold monthly two-day training courses free-of-charge at their Paderborn, Germany offices. ARCUS Lighting staff members have been certified by High End Systems to teach programming and operation of Wholehog consoles including the Wholehog 3, Road Hog Full Boar, Road Hog and Hog 3PC software. Utilizing the latest software, students will learn in-depth procedures for setting up and operating shows on Wholehog consoles. Each class utilizes Road Hog Full Boar consoles connected to WYSIWYG for hands-on learning. Students work 2 per console as they partake in lessons designed to replicate real world situations.
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LAS VEGAS, NV – At the end of August, PLSN announced the search for the first PLSN Student Reporter for the 2011 LDI Show sponsored by Chauvet. Throughout September, college and university students within the U.S. submitted short videos explaining a new product and demonstrating why they should be chosen. On Sept. 30, the search concluded. After a week of watching hours submitted videos and follow up phone interviews, Kent Laue has been named the first PLSN Student Reporter.
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Elation Professional’s Arena Par high-power RGBW LED PAR can is designed for large indoor stages and long throw applications with 90 3W CREE LEDS that produce an output comparable to a 1,000-watt tungsten Par 64 color to color. Containing 18 red, 24 green, 24 blue and 24 white LEDs, the Arena Par is designed to produce rich, smooth color-mixing and bright primary colors. Featuring a 15° standard beam angle, its output achieves 1,500 lux/139 foot candles at 30 feet, making it well-suited for color-washing at major arenas, concert halls and indoor stadiums.
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Lighting people have been trying to interpret sound for decades. Lately, they’ve been getting better at it. Visual artist Quayola, working with record producer and… Read More »Turning Music into Visuals with a New Level of Precision
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PASADENA, CA – The American premiere of The X Factor took place Sept. 21 on Fox, and included auditions taped from live events staged across the U.S. The show featured a lighting design by Tom Kenny using a rig that included 40 Martin Professional MAC 2000 Wash XB moving heads and Martin LC Series LCD Panels. PRG supplied the gear.
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LONDON – Laser production company ER Productions has been using LumenRadio’s wireless DMX system to trigger smoke machine cues at U.K. festivals including Big Chill (for Chris Cunningham Live), the V Festival (the 4Music Stage), and festivals in Reading (Main Stage) and Leeds (for Muse), among other events.
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