Video of the Week: Elation at PL+S 2014
Mid-America Sound Agrees to $50K Fine Relating to Indiana State Fair Collapse
INDIANAPOLIS — Mid-America Sound, one of the companies supporting the concert at the Indianapolis State Fair on Aug. 13, 2011, the night the staging structure collapsed, agreed to pay a $50,000 fine for safety violations.
Read More »Selador Developers Surprise USITT with $20,000 Gift
FORT WORTH — Two 2001 recipients of a research grant from USITT recently gave back not only the $10,000 they originally received, but another $10,000 to help others going forward. Novella Smith and Robert Gerlach, who used their grant to research the use of LEDs in theatre technology, developed the Selador series of LED light fixtures.
Read More »USITT to Launch “Spark” Innovation Symposium in Sept. 2014
FORT WORTH — The United States Institute for Theatre Technology used its 2014 Annual Conference & Stage Expo in Fort Worth to launch a new annual event to spark innovations in entertainment technology. The first Spark entertainment innovation symposium will be held at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts Sept. 7 to 9, 2014, USITT President Lea Asbell-Swanger announced in her opening remarks Wednesday, March 26.
Read More »LD Shirley Prendergast Receives Distinguished Achievement Award at USITT 2014
Eugene Lee Accepts Distinguished Achievement Award at USITT 2014
FORT WORTH — USITT honored Eugene Lee with its 2014 Distinguished Achievement Award in Scene Design at the 54th Annual Conference & Stage Expo here March 28. USITT Scene Design co-commissioner Michelle Harvey, pictured right, presented the award. Lee was recognized for a career that includes 40 years as production designer for Saturday Night Live and three Tony awards for best scenic design, for Broadway’s Candide (1974), Sweeney Todd (1979) and Wicked (2004).
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Clay Paky’s Pasquale Quadri Receives 2014 MIPA/PIPA Lifetime Achievement Award
FRANKFURT, Germany — Pasquale Quadri, founder and chairman of Bergamo-based Clay Paky SpA, received the lifetime achievement prize at the MIPA/PIPA awards on March 13 during Prolight + Sound.
Read More »“Reflection Field” Artwork Planned for Coachella 2014
INDIO, CA — Phillip K. Smith III, who used mirrors and LEDs to transform the look of an abandoned desert cabin from day into night for two weeks last fall, a project titled Lucid Stead (lucidstead.com), has been commissioned by the organizers of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for a new work, Reflection Field. Also incorporating mirrored surfaces and LED light sources, the artwork is expected to serve as a key artistic focal point for the 2014 festival, which returns to the Empire Polo Club fairgrounds here April 11-13 and April 18-20.
Read More »New Club in Melbourne, Australia Installs Martin Rush Fixtures
MELBOURNE, Australia – The Emerson, an entertainment venue here that offers patrons dining, drinking and dancing options, is also adding visual flash with Martin Rush lighting fixtures sourced via Australian distributor Show Technology. South West Solutions designed and installed a system that includes six MH2 Wash, four MH1 Profile and four MH3 Beam fixtures, with a control solution that includes Martin M-PC V3 controller software accessed via a touch screen along with a M2PC control surface for live control.
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SGM Honors German Rental Company for 1,000th P-5 Wash Light Order
FRANKFURT, Germany – At this year’s Prolight+Sound Show, Hans Günter Dünkel from Motion in Fürth, Germany received a special award to commemorate the purchase of their 1000th SGM P-5 wash light. Pictured here, from left, are Thorsten Sattler (SGM Deutschland), Hans Günter Dünkel (Motion Light) and Michael Herweg (SGM Deutschland).
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Chauvet Professional ÉPIX 2.0 Series LED Displays
Chauvet Professional’s ÉPIX 2.0 series of linkable LED display fixtures let designers add pixel mapped video content to their shows and designs using Art-Net or Kling-Net. Multiple ÉPIX 2.0 series elements can also be linked on top of one another to easily build vertical displays.
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Le Maitre G300 Smoke and Haze Machine Reaches 20 Year Milestone
LAS VEGAS – Le Maitre noted recently that its G300 smoke and haze machine has reached a 20-year milestone. The units have been adopted for use at theme parks, theatres and cruise ships since then – and also for emergency services training applications. Le Maitre credits the decision to include a haze option in the G300 as a key factor to the unit’s longevity.
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