Combining a Clean Stage with Messy Truss
Simon Sidi is a well-respected lighting designer, but he’s made a mess of his latest tour — American Idols Live — on purpose. “I wanted… Read More »Combining a Clean Stage with Messy Truss
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PRG Supports “Throw and Go” Show for Limp Bizkit at the Pearl in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — PRG provided production support for the recent performance by Limp Bizkit at the Pearl Concert Theater in Las Vegas. LD Jeff Rials lit the show. And although if it had been eight years since the band’s last U.S. show, Rials had considerably less time to prepare with the rig, which included two dozen Clay Paky Alpha fixtures.
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LEDs Lighten Up Cherry Blossoms and Tokyo’s Carbon Footprint
TOKYO — Located near the grounds of Japan’s Imperial Palace, Chidorigafuchi Park is a focal point for national celebrations including Japan’s Cherry Blossom festival. New LED floodlights used for the park put an emphasis on a lighter carbon footprint with Lumileds, which are solid-state floodlights.
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Andrea Bocelli Concert in Roman Colosseum Lit with W-DMX
ROME — It may be one of the greatest examples of ancient Roman engineering, but the Colosseum in Rome is nearly 2,000 years old, and the venue never really had much of a hard-wired lighting control system to speak of, even when it was new.
Read More »ESTA Announces that Revised RDM Standard is Available for Review
NEW YORK — BSR E1.20 – 200x, a revision of the existing ANSI E1.20 – 2006, Entertainment Technology — Remote Device Management over USITT DMX512, is available for public review on the ESTA Web site through Oct. 19, 2009.
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DBN Lights Facade of Liverpool Landmark
LIVERPOOL, U.K. —LD Stephen Page of DBN Lighting lit the 50-meter-tall façade of the riverfront Port of Liverpool building for LuminoCity, a 30-minute multimedia show that included video projections, pyrotechnics, live performance and sound.
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PixelRange Adds Visual Twist to Glastonbury Stages
GLASTONBURY, U.K. — This year’s Glastonbury festival showcased an ample assortment of PixelRange products, from Blur’s headlining performance on the main stage to the more eclectic stages across the large festival site.
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E/T/C London Goes Wide Once Again for RAF-Themed Edinburgh Tattoo
EDINBURGH, Scotland — E/T/C London supplied a 90-meter-wide projection for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. It’s the fifth year that the company has been involved in this event, the second year that the projection canvas has been increased from 60 to 90 meters wide, and this year’s show included the most extensive use of projected visuals yet, seen for nearly half the show’s duration.
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Tomcat Edge Pre-Rig Truss
Tomcat USA’s Edge is a 30-inch-by-24-inch pre-rig truss that can be stowed in trucks four trusses wide and features stacking spigots, plus the option for rotating spigots for connection in multiple planes. Edge also eliminates the need for bulky corner blocks, and damaged ladders can be replaced without replacing the entire section of truss.
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Medialon Used for 4D Cinema at DKM Forum in Norway
STOKKE, Norway — DKM Forum, a Norwegian exhibition and marketing center for the Brunstad Christian Church, is using Medialon to control its 4D cinema, which combines 3D Films with effects such as moving seats, air movement and water effects. The 3D film and effects are synchronized by a Medialon Manager Pro license.
Read More »R&M Materials Handling Marks 80 Years
SPRINGFIELD, OH — In 1929 the nation was introduced to the first Ford station wagon, the Academy Awards and R&M Material Handling, Inc. It was then that R&M formed its hoist and crane manufacturing operation in Springfield, Ohio.
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LD for XIII GSSE Ceremonies Uses Zero 88 ORB for Control
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Ben M Rodgers, production designer for the opening and closing ceremonies of the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) chose a Zero 88 ORB console for control.
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