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The Design Oasis Sails Smoothly at Jamrock Reggae Cruise with CHAUVET Professional IP65 Fixtures

The Design Oasis Sails Smoothly at Jamrock Reggae Cruise with CHAUVET Professional IP65 Fixtures

As Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas steamed out of port December 7 for the Welcome To Jamrock Reggae Cruise, Nesta Garrick, Abbas Ritscher, and the entire team at The Design Oasis were grateful that they would be able to do something, they’d never done before: leave all their fixtures unbagged overnight. “This was the first time we didn’t have to worry about putting bags over our fixtures at the end of a long day,” said Ritscher, who oversaw the installation of the lighting rig on the ship. “That’s a tremendous time saver.”Read More »The Design Oasis Sails Smoothly at Jamrock Reggae Cruise with CHAUVET Professional IP65 Fixtures

The Darkroom Creative Draws on GLP Classics for Walker Hayes’ Arena Tour

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Walker Hayes recently embarked on his first headline arena tour, with the help of The Darkroom Creative (Seth Jackson and Nathan Alves), who were responsible for the stage lighting. Helping them build their set was a bunch of classic but timeless ‘impression’ LED fixtures from GLP – notably around 60 of the compact X4 S LED washlights and X4 Bar 20 battens, agile workhorses which helped make the production budget stretch. The inventory was provided, as is so often the case on Darkroom’s projects, by Bandit Lites.Read More »The Darkroom Creative Draws on GLP Classics for Walker Hayes’ Arena Tour

ams OSRAM Signs Agreement to Sell its Entertainment Lighting Business Claypaky to ARRI AG

  • ams OSRAM announces the planned divestment of Claypaky
  • The business will become part of ARRI, a global player within the motion picture and broadcast industry
  • With this agreement, ams OSRAM implements the last of the divestments which the company had communicated to pursue following the acquisition of OSRAM, strengthening the focus on core technology areas.

ARRI’s Dr. Matthias Erb (left) and Claypaky’s Marcus Graser (right)

Premstaetten, Austria (December 20 2022) – ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in optical solutions, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Claypaky entertainment lighting business to Germany based ARRI AG.  The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.Read More »ams OSRAM Signs Agreement to Sell its Entertainment Lighting Business Claypaky to ARRI AG

L&Db Professionnel Lumiere Reflects Style of La Folie Douce Val d’Isère with CHAUVET Professional

“No winter lasts forever,” so goes a familiar adage intended to encourage optimism during dark times. The happy crowds that begin gathering at La Folie Douce Val d’Isère every December take a somewhat different view of winter. For them, the season cannot last long enough! Anyone who has ever visited this après ski get-away at the top of Daille cable car line can easily understand why they feel this way. Situated in the French Alps near the Italian border, this celebrated hot spot combines breathtaking views with world-class cuisine and lively entertainment.Read More »L&Db Professionnel Lumiere Reflects Style of La Folie Douce Val d’Isère with CHAUVET Professional

Survival of the Adaptable

In terms of human evolution, Herbert Spencer coined the term “survival of the fittest” in his Principles of Biology in 1864. In our ever-changing industry, we also see dramatic changes. In my lifetime, I have watched the transition from tungsten to arc to LED, and now we are seeing lasers start to flood the market. The same tools that I used even 20 years ago have become obsolete. They have been replaced with newer, more effective, and far more complex gadgets. But for us, it seems, a far more accurate description is “survival of the adaptable.”

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Video of the Week: LD Diana Kesselschmidt Talks About the AV Behind the Bryant Park Winter Wonderland

Christmas time in New York City is magical and among the many things to experience, the Winter Village at Bryant Park is a must. Located at the famed NYC library, Bryant Park is a unique holiday tradition. For the last six years, PRG has provided lighting and audio for the ice rink supporting Lighting Designer Diana Kesselschmidt who designed the lighting to capture the magical, special, and sometimes romantic aspects of the park.

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Jesus Culture Invests in ADJ LED Video Wall to Provide Versatile Backdrop for Worship and Teaching

Jesus Culture, the global worship movement led by Pastor Banning Liebscher, has recently equipped its new Sacramento, CA church facility with a large LED video wall constructed from ADJ Vision Series VS2 panels. The video display makes use of an 18 x 5 configuration of ADJ VS2 panels, creating a video display surface measuring approximately 30’ by 8’.Read More »Jesus Culture Invests in ADJ LED Video Wall to Provide Versatile Backdrop for Worship and Teaching

MDG is theONE™ for Gerry Cinnamon

Scottish singer songwriter Gerry Cinnamon concluded his summer tour with two sell-out concerts at his home stadium, Hampden Park, in Glasgow, breaking records as he did so. Cinnamon was the first Scottish artist, and the first independent act to sell out the 50,000-capacity stadium—twice! His long-term production and lighting designer, Pete Hutchison of Illumination Creative Design, knows all about Cinnamon’s determination to entertain every member of his audience and give each and every one of them an unforgettable experience, whichever part of the stadium they are seated in.Read More »MDG is theONE™ for Gerry Cinnamon

Visual Monkeys and Ayrton Illuminate Linnanmäki’s Carnival of Light in Finland

Helsinki’s Linnanmäki is the oldest and most popular amusement park in Finland. It is owned and operated by the non-profit making Children’s Day Foundation to raise funds for Finnish child welfare work. With Finland’s 24 hours of sunlight in the summer and 24 hours of darkness in the winter, Linnanmäki has, for the past 20 years, marked the final days of its open season with a Carnival of Light (Valokarnevaali), when visitors are entertained on site by samba groups and visual artists in illuminated costumes.Read More »Visual Monkeys and Ayrton Illuminate Linnanmäki’s Carnival of Light in Finland

Creative Technology Middle East Delivers Technical Solutions for the FIFA World Cup 2022 Opening Ceremony

A grand opening ceremony left millions dazzled right before the FIFA World Cup 2022 kick-off. 60,000 fans gathered from around the world and millions of viewers tuned into the FIFA Opening Ceremony live from the Al Bayut Stadium in Qatar. Creative Technology Middle East were proud to have delivered the spectacular projection mapping covering the pitch for the impressive opening ceremony along with flown tracking LED screens and rolling stage LED screens for the biggest football opening ceremony of the year. The Opening Ceremony featured massive projection mapping devised by Creative Director Anghela Alo with the content being created by the team from Luke Halls Studio. The lighting designer was provided by LD Durham Marenghi and the production company was Balich Wonder Studio.Read More »Creative Technology Middle East Delivers Technical Solutions for the FIFA World Cup 2022 Opening Ceremony

Robe in the Spotlight for the 2022 Basketball Champions League Final Four

The 10,000-seat capacity Bilbao Arena this year for the first time hosted the 2022 FIBA Basketball Champions League Final 4 season-ending tournament with over 100 Robe moving lights highlighting the action for a venue packed with enthusiastic basketball fans plus a huge, televised audience. In charge of coordinating lighting for the event was Iker Gartzia from one of the region’s leading rental companies, Abs Fluge Euskadi S.L (Fluge) which was the official supplier of lighting, sound, and video for this high-profile event. They were working directly for FIBA.Read More »Robe in the Spotlight for the 2022 Basketball Champions League Final Four

elektraLite Sheds Celestial Light on Theatre Raleigh’s Production of ‘Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812’

Raleigh, NC’s Theatre Raleigh pretty much defines what small professional theater can and should be. Theatre Raleigh is a regional, non-profit theater company, operating out of the brand-new Theatre Raleigh Arts Center, home to four new performance venues ranging from an intimate 70-seat theater to a 200-seat black box space. The company has served the arts community there since 2005, growing into one of the top theater destinations in the area, employing both local professionals and Broadway veterans.Read More »elektraLite Sheds Celestial Light on Theatre Raleigh’s Production of ‘Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812’