SAN FRANCISCO – For Fortune‘s most recent Global Forum, held Nov. 2 at the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco, LDs Andy Henry and Matt Webb turned to 4Wall for Clay Paky Mythos fixtures, Martin MAC Viper DX and Aura fixtures, Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 Washes, Chroma-Q Color Force 72, 48 and 12 LED strips and Chroma-Q’s battery operated Color Charge fixtures.
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LITITZ, PA – Atomic announced a new Rental Solutions office in Tokyo, Japan. The design company has been active in Japan since 1992. Now the Rental Solutions team is stoked to establish an office in Tokyo with longtime client and now partner, the Shimizu Group.
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Middle Atlantic Products’ UTB Series Universal TechBox is designed to allow installers to mount AV equipment such as the Crestron 3-Series 4K DigitalMedia Presentation System 150 discreetly underneath a table surface within meeting spaces. The UTB Series Universal TechBox can also be used for other streaming solutions, as well as small devices, switchers, and interface accessories for audio, video, and/or HDMI.
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UTRECHT, Netherlands – Ampco Flashlight Sales has been named as the main EU distributor for SHS Global’s TourPro products, including LightSky spot, beam, LED and wash fixtures.. The products arrive in Europe after having seen sales expand in Australia and the Americas over the past three years.
Read More »MOONACHIE, NJ – 4Wall New York is hosting mini classes on LEDs, moving lights, consoles, color theory and more for students, parents and teachers who are interested in entertainment lighting. The event, originally set from 9 am to 12:30 pm. on Jan. 23, 2016, has been postponed to Jan. 30.
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Leica Geosystems’ DISTO laser distance meters and LINO self-leveling lasers promise to improve live entertainment production productivity and efficiency while delivering pinpoint accurate data to 1/16th of an inch. The products are now available via Mountain Productions’s online Rigging Shop (shopmtn.com). Almost every aspect of entertainment production requires precise measurement data, from site surveys to rigging points.
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MANCHESTER, UK – Lighting designer Oliver Suckling served up the visuals for a NYE lineup at Sankeys Warehouse in Manchester that included Fat Boy Slim and Basement Jaxx (pictured here), among others. Suckling made good use of ADJ fixtures in the rig, including 40 Vizi Beam 5RXs and 38 Inno Color Beam Quad7s.
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LONDON– Behind the scenes at NBC’s The Wiz Live, an LED back wall formed the scenic backdrop; three LED portals opened and closed and an extensive amount of automated scenery tracked in and out. d3 Technologies also played a key role in bringing Dorothy’s journey to Oz to life for a new generation of viewers.
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GLASGOW, Scotland – HSL supplied lighting for more than 30 holiday pantomime productions all across the UK. Many of the shows were produced by Qdos. In addition to lighting gear, HSL supplied rigging and a Kinesys automation system for the largest show, Peter Pan, which was staged at the 3,000 seat Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow.
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ZURICH – Two leading Croatian music acts – rock band Prljavo Kazalište and pop singer Tony Cetinski – double headlined in a special annual concert event in Zurich’s Stadthalle Dietikon. Sven Kučinić, who works regularly with Prljavo Kazalište, designed the lighting for both acts, using Robe fixtures. The event was organized by Croatia-Media Organizacija (Croatia Media Organization).
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NASHVILLE – 2016 has only barely begun and Bandit Lites has already gathered at the Annual General Meeting to celebrate the previous award-winning year, while those in attendance discussed future company goals. In January 2015 Bandit won the prestigious Pollstar Lighting Company of the Year Award, followed by the equally prestigious Parnelli Award for Lighting Company of the Year in October. Bandit honored many people this year starting with longtime Bandit Brent Barrett, who has had a remarkable tenure with Bandit since the founding of the company. Pictured here is Barrett with company founder Michael T. Strickland.
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