CORRALES, NM – For the Exploring Pueblo Pottery Project, an experimental installation in associated with the Pueblo of Acoma west of Albuquerque, NM, interactive exhibit designers Ideum teamed up with Christie to make use of Pandoras Box technologies for the project, where images are projected onto the curved surfaces of oversized pottery-shaped displays.
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TORONTO, ON, – Chroma-Q®, a world-renowned brand of premium performance LED lighting solutions, manufactured in North America, presented Behind the Scenes with a donation from the sale of the Color One 100 Series product line. The presentation was made during LDI November 17, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
LAS VEGAS and ORLANDO – During the recent LDI tradeshow and conference, Evolve Media Group and Absen Inc., a global leader in LED technology, finalized its VAD (Value Add Distribution) partnership. The new VAD partnership began with Evolve’s initial investment in 1,000 M2.9 Indoor Mobile LED panels, 500 of which will be available for rental with the other half for resale. In addition to being able to rent and buy, Evolve’s customers will be able to participate in Absen Certified Engineer (ACE) training courses that will be held by Evolve early next year.
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MOONACHIE, NJ- Just 4 years after its last move, 4Wall New York is moving into a new facility that is almost double the size of the previous building. The new 234,274 sq. ft. facility is now the largest of 4Wall Entertainment’s nine locations. The new 217,274 sq. ft. of shop space is positioned to accommodate customers with greatly expanded prep areas and a new communal space with workstations dedicated for customers to utilize during prep.
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WAREGEM, BELGIUM – (For Immediate Release) – Originally created in the late ‘90s as a side project of Belgian Eurodance masters DJ Pedroh and producer Phil Wilde, The Oh! quickly garnered itself a reputation as one of the most legendary club nights in Belgium, thanks to world class DJ sets and supporting single hits including ‘Won’t you show me the way’ and ‘Got to be free.’
TORONTO, ON,– A.C. Lighting Inc., distributor of world-class lighting, rigging and video technologies is honored to welcome Jean Louis Blanchard as Vice President, Business Development. A.C. Lighting has entered into an era of growth. The hire of Jean Louis unfolds the commencement of the company’s strategic development plan for growth, to provide their clients with world class products, backed by world class service.
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USA – Katy Perry recently kicked off “Witness: The Tour” in support of her eponymous fifth album, her third number-one album on the US Billboard 200. Claypaky Scenius Unicos and Scenius Profiles are prominent in the tour’s lighting rig having been selected by the show’s Producer and Lighting Designer, Baz Halpin of Silent House. The multi award-winning Perry is one of the best-selling music artists of all time chalking up sales of 100 million records globally.
LOS ANGELED – Elation Professional is pleased to introduce the KL Fresnel™ series, a new line of warm-white LED Fresnel lights that provides the attractive warmth of tungsten halogen with all the benefits of LED. Available in 50W, 150W and 350W models, a 3000K fixed color temperature and high color rendering capacity ideally mimic the warm glow output of traditional Tungsten halogen lights while surpassing them in output and efficiency.
CLEVELAND – When the multi-talented Nick Cannon announced that he was taking his hit MTV program “Wild N Out” on the road, some critics wondered how well the fast-clipped, hip-hop improv comedy show would translate into a live tour format. They needn’t have worried. The hugely successful show (one of its episodes was the most watched in MTV2 history) is proving to be equally compelling on the road.
WILLEMSTAD, CURAÇAO– For Jim Lo-A-Njoe, the inspiration for putting together the Furia Latina lighting rig began with the first word in the November 4 concert’s name – “Furia!” Looking to reflect the fury of reggaetón music’s powerful and unsettling emotions in light, he wanted to create looks that would blow through the stage with the ferocity of a sudden storm. Lo-A-Njoe of Massive Productions got the intensity he was seeking, and then some, by building his rig around 78 high-output Rogue moving fixtures from CHAUVET Professional.
LAS VEGAS – Christmas came early this year at LDI 2017, with Cosmic Truss’ seasonally themed booth. Visitors to the show were able to grab a great snapshot with the truss snowman, which was quite the attraction at this year’s show! The snowman was made almost entirely of standard off the shelf truss, showing once again what a design team can achieve without needing to rely on custom parts, a great advantage of the Cosmic Truss product range.
DENVER – The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is staging an inventive and reimagined version of Macbeth that features an all-male cast, EDM style music and modern design elements. Lighting the contemporary version of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is Alex Jainchill, who uses LED lighting from Elation Professional to meet lighting challenges and create magical moments in the show, including special black light UV effects.
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