DETROIT – The Detroit Zoo recently unveiled the Polk Penguin Conservation Center, the largest penguin facility in the world. The new iceberg-shaped building features an immersive 4D Antarctic experience created by SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment. The space also uses Alcorn McBride audio/video and show control equipment.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – For Afrikaans is Groot, a showcase for Afrikaans artists in South Africa backed by record label Coleske Artists, MGG has been serving as the main technical suppliers. LDs Joshua Cutts and Christopher Bolton split the design load for the concerts, staged in Pretoria in the last fall and Cape Town this spring. They designed and programmed the looks on separate grandMA consoles on the same network, using 24 universes to control a rig that included MGG’s Clay Paky A.Leda B-Eyes (K20 and K10), Sharpys, Clay Paky Alpha Profile 1500s and some Clay Paky Mythos units as well.
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BARCELONA, Spain — The 2016 Primavera Sound festival, staged in Barcelona June 1-5, was brightened by Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K 10 fixtures provided by ARA SO.
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GLASTONBURY, U.K. – QER SFX provided confetti, streamers, and pyrotechnics for three major headline acts at the muddiest Glastonbury on record. Battling against pouring rain and mud that threatened to swallow flight cases, the company, which has offices in the U.K. and U.S., serviced its biggest Glastonbury festival to date. With trends in special effects rapidly becoming a staple of festival entertainment, the QER SFX team were called upon to supply custom visuals for Foals, Muse, and Adele on both Friday and Saturday night.
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PLAYFORD, Australia – Northern Sound System, an educational facility that also offers a 400-capacity venue that can be rented for live performances, recently turned to local installation and production company AJS for a lighting control system update. AJS replaced the aging lighting console with a Road Hog 4 setup from High End Systems.
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Ayrton’s MagicPanel line of fixtures expands with the MagicPanel-FX. The fixture’s front face features a 5×5 array of new squared lenses, allowing for a new array of 2D graphical effects. Each of the 25 squared 65mm output lenses have an optical surface equivalent to that of an 80mm round lens, which means MagicPanel-FX also produces a beam capable of creating new 3D volumetric effects. A new optical zoom system with no visible moving parts outside the unit is part of the design. The new system has a 15:1 zoom ratio, with a zoom range of 3.5 to 52 degrees. The unit is capable of projecting everything from tight shafts of light to a wide wash, which makes it ideal for pixelmapping or for use as a powerful special effects projector, or as a wash light. Yvan Péard, Ayrton’s chief design and technology officer, is credited with the unique fixture design.
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LONDON – For British progressive trance trio Above & Beyond’s Acoustic ll tour, which launched May 5 at London’s Royal Albert Hall and finished June 6 at the Sydney Opera House, a single Avolites Ai S8 media server managed the impressive tour visuals designed by Neil Marsh, presenting the audience with a mix of video, graphics and live camera footage from six on-stage robotic cameras.
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LINCOLNSHIRE, U.K. – For the 2016 Lost Village music festival, dbn lighting from Manchester supplied lighting, LED screen and crew to the main stage and four other performances spaces. It was the second year of this unique boutique festival staged by Lost Ventures. dbn’s Nick Buckley worked with site and production management coordinators Andy George, Jay Jameson and Ben Atkins.
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JOHANNESBURG – For the 2016 Ghoema Awards, which honor achievement in South Africa’s Afrikaans music industry, LD Christopher Bolton from Johannesburg based Keystone Productions used 180 Robe fixtures. The awards event was staged at the Jo’burg Theatre in Braamfontein, the city’s lively downtown area. The show was recorded for Afrikaans TV channel KykNET. Bolton worked closely with stage director Barry Pretorius and camera director Eugene Naidoo on the project.
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LAS VEGAS, NV – The Electric Daisy Carnival, (EDC) produced by Insomniac, returned to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway to celebrate its 20th year of providing high energy dance music in a community of love, respect, and togetherness. EDC took over the infield of the speedway June 17-19, 2016, with attendees taking in 300 DJs from sunset to sunrise each day. Producer Pasquale Rotella of Insomniac once again put together another visual spectacle that spanned the vast grounds and was enjoyed by the huge crowds in attendance.
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HARTFORD, CT – Sir Robert Bryson Hall II and Gerald Earl Gillum, also known as G-Eazy and Logic, wrapped the North American “Endless Summer” tour with a show at Hartford’s Xfinity Arena on Aug. 5. The tour featuring YG, Yo Gotti, and special guests. LMG Touring is providing lighting, video switching, camera packages, and technical support for G-Eazy and Logic. I-Mag provided other video gear for the tour.
FREMONT, CA – Blackmagic Design today announced the immediate availability of ATEM Switcher 6.9 update which adds new multi-view output features including VU meters, the ability to swap program and preview windows and more. ATEM Switcher 6.9 update is available for download now from the Blackmagic Design website and is free of charge for all Blackmagic ATEM switcher customers.
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