WARWICK, UK – Fineline supplied lighting, LED side screens and an IMAG camera package for Warwick Castle’s 1100th Anniversary Summer Proms Spectacular – a music, fireworks and pyro extravaganza to celebrate the founding of the castle.
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ATHENS, Greece – Rainer Becker, long-serving LD for legendary German rock band the Scorpions, is the first adopter of GLP’s new impression X4 XL moving head for the MTV Unplugged series. Six of the fixtures were positioned along the front edge of the subwoofers, with Becker declaring, “I prefer big effects. They have so much power that if you set the zoom to zero they will hurt people’s eyes so you have to fire them over the heads of the audience.”
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BOOM, Belgium – The latest product from ELC Lighting, the Buddy, made its debut at the Tomorrowland electronic music festival. Luc Buytaert at AVL Lighting said “Everything about the Buddy makes it a perfect device for an event like Tomorrowland. Freelancers and technicians all want one in their tool box because you can use it for everything. It’s perfect for testing the rig without having the console, testing the outputs of the console, expanding the outputs of a console or using it as a small controller with the free ChamSys MagicQ software.”
Read More »DUBAI, UAE – Creative Technology’s Middle East operation has recently recruited Ed Jarman in the position of Senior Project Manager at their Dubai Investment Park offices. Jarman will be heading up day-to-day project management and project development. Working alongside Mark Woodhouse, General Manager of CT’s Dubai operation, Jarman will also be supporting existing and building new relationships with clients throughout the Middle East.
CYPRESS, CA – Christie promoted Jennifer Smith to executive vice president of Christie’s new Global Market Solutions group. Succeeding Smith as vice president, Global Engineering for Christie, is Mike Esch, promoted from senior director of engineering. Ihor Stech was promoted to executive vice president, Operations.
Read More »CAMBRIDGE, UK – BlackBox Recorder manufacturer JoeCo recently moved to new offices at its Cambridge headquarters. The new building incorporates office and meeting space, production and workshop facilities, as well as a dedicated development and testing area for the expanding BlackBox product range. The move coincides with the forthcoming release of the company’s latest product – the new BlackBox BBR1MP Recorder with integrated mic preamps – and the expansion of the company’s team.
Read More »German talent show Keep Your Light Shining uses dramatic lighting to emphasize the importance of each singer’s brief chance to impress the viewing audience. With only 15-20 seconds to sing in the spotlight, they have to do their best to have an impact before the light moves onto the next performer. To keep up with the fast-paced action, LD Jerry Appelt chose Clay Paky fixtures including 54 Alpha Spot HPE 1500, 24 Alpha Spot QWO 800, 12 Alpha Profile 800, 36 Alpha Beams, 88 Sharpys and 48 A.leda B-EYE fixtures.
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CHARLESTON, SC – Production Design Associates lit up the Piccolo Spoleto Festival’s kick-off event in Charleston, South Carolina, with Robe’s ROBIN 300 LEDWash fixtures. Jeff Nickles was impressed by the results. “Four units positioned about 80 feet away bathed the whole building in vibrant, rich colors. I had no idea they could be so punchy and with the zoom, I was able to adjust the spill off of the audience.”
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MADRID, Spain – Lighting designer Edu Valverde used Clay Paky Sharpys for a show celebrating Spanish jewellery brand Aristocrazy at this year’s Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Madrid. The designer positioned the Sharpys in straight lines down either side of the catwalk entrance, highlighting the stark geometry of the door and also in further parallel lines down either side of the catwalk.
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LISBON, Portugal – Marco Silva, LD and programmer for A Voz de Portugal, the Portuguese version of The Voice, used 28 Chauvet Nexus 4 x 4 panels to create a front stage façade, which he had pixel mapped by João Canoso of FX – Road Lights. Working with an Mbox Studio media server, Canoso created a design that coordinated with the 6 mm LED upstage video wall. On the live segments of the show, Silva complements the 28 Nexus 4×4 panels with 48 COLORdash Batten-Hex 8 linear wash fixtures and 48 COLORado 1-Quad Tour RGBW LED par-style fixtures.
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LONDON – Projection mapping and video content specialists Bluman Associates projected the Palestine flag onto the Houses of Parliament in the early hours of August 1, 2014 to raise awareness of The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC). Bluman worked with the organization to implement the unauthorized projection, which calls for an end to the bloodshed in Gaza, and for sanctions against Israel.
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Have you ever been so excited about a lighting fixture that you cannot stop playing with it? I’ll be honest here, that is almost always the case when a new light hits my doorstep. It is kind of like Christmas every time. Though, this time, I had to travel across the Atlantic with this particular light. I picked it directly from the factory, hot off the production line.
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