SAO PAULO – LD Leonardo Oliveira used 50 x Robe Robin Pointes and 40 LEDWash 600s for a major show featuring Brazilian sertanejo rhythm singer Lucas Ferreira. The event was staged in industrial warehouse space and recorded for DVD.
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PARK CITY, UT – Artist Doug Aitken marked the U.S. premiere of his installation The Source (evolving) at New Frontier at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah with AV support from WorldStage, which provided design consultation, equipment and programming.
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BenQ’s new MH680 and MH740 projectors feature power-saving SmartEco technology, which extends projector lamp life up to 6,500 hours; 3D PC/Blu-ray readiness; the ability to display content wirelessly; and LAN control for remote monitoring. In addition, BenQ’s QPresenter app allows up to four participants to collaborate and share documents, photos, and Internet content directly from their handheld devices.
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Ayrton’s new NandoBeam S6, set to debut at Prolight + Sound 2014, promises to be twice as powerful as its little brother, the NandoBeam S3. Designed for use on concert stages and in television production, the NandoBeam S6 features quick, dynamic movement along with a saturated color palette and an 8° to 40° beam spread.
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NEC Display Solutions of America, a provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, added four digital projectors to its M Series, the 2,800-lumen M282X, 3,200-lumen M322X, 3,200-lumen M322W and 4,000-lumen M402X models. The M Series promises high contrast images, filter-free maintenance and features like ECO Mode, designed to increase lamp life up to 10,000 hours.
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LONDON – Located near Wembley Stadium, the Hilton London Wembley hotel has partnered with Eclipse Presentations to supply all of the hotel’s lighting, sound and AV needs. Eclipse will be responsible for a Grand Ballroom which can accommodate events up to 600 people as well as 10 executive meeting rooms. The company has been the preferred technical services provider at Wembley Stadium for the last seven years, so having an operation at the hotel brings a real continuity to the operation.
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Chauvet’s newest compact LED wash, the Legend 412Z, features 12 10W Quad-Color RGBW LEDs, 8°-33° zoom, fast pan/tilt movement and flicker-free operation. At 5 meters, its illuminance ranges from 3,880 lux at an 8° beam angle to 330 lux at a 33° angle. It weighs 16.6 pounds/ 7.5 kg and measures 7.2 x 10.3 x 13.3 inches/ 183 x 263 x 340 mm.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Horton Lees Brogden (HLB) Lighting Design announced promotions for Carrie Hawley (pictured here, center), Tina Aghassian (left) and Lee E. Brandt (right). Hawley was promoted to senior principal. Aghassian and Brandt were named principals.
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PARIS – Analog Way named Philippe Vitali director of integration and application software. Vitali will be based at the companies headquarters near Paris. Vitali joined the company a few months ago to form and manage a new R&D team. He has an extensive background in software development and team management.
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