FLORENCE, Italy – Showlight 2017, the 10th quadrennial conference hosted by Claypaky and others, drew 400 attendees from 25 countries to the Palazzo dei Congressi in Florence, Italy May 20-23, 2017. The unique networking event featured a full lineup of speakers and served as an open forum for lighting and video designers, students, manufacturers and other delegates to discuss a wide range of ideas.
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MIAMI – In May, some of Elation Professional’s newest, cutting-edge lighting gear was used by Lighting Designer Daniel Cortes of Everlast Productions on the Haitian Compas Festival in Miami, one of the largest Caribbean festivals in the United States. The Haitian Compas Festival is a yearly celebration of the Haitian community that features popular musical acts along with traditional Haitian food and other facets of Haitian culture. After 18 years as a one-day event, this year’s festival was held over two days from May 20-21 at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami.
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ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands – One of the Netherlands’ biggest dance festivals took place June 3-4 at the during the Pentecost weekend. Freshtival provided two days of music and camping in Enschede’s Het Rutbeek recreational park — and to bring the main stage alive were no fewer than 60 of PR Lighting’s premium PR5000 Beam and Spot moving heads. Fully featured, and one of the most advanced fixtures on the market, they were largely responsible for the spectacular light show that enhanced performances by acts that included headliners Headhunterz, East & Young, Showtek and Nicky Romero. Rolight provided 60 fixtures for premier Dutch dance event
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LONDON, UK,– Victoria House in London’s Holborn was home to the 2017 NEC Solutions Showcase and Green Hippo’s UK team played a key role in delivering one of NEC’s sweetest exhibits to 1,500 trade visitors. A Hippotizer Boreal Media Server created a ‘virtual sweet shop’ set-up, using a total of 11 screens, three Datapath X4 video splitters, and playing back 4K video. The resulting display immediately grabbed the attention, and show visitors immediately grabbed some time with Green Hippo’s on-hand team of technical experts.
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UK -Colour Sound Experiment has invested in 100 new LightSky AquaBeam waterproof beam moving lights in readiness for the 2017 festival season which will see the west London based lighting and video rental specialist supply over 60 different events with equipment, design services and crew. MD Haydn Cruickshank (H) says they have been looking for a couple of years for a product that is water resistant and bright enough.
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LONDON – Lighting designer Nathan Alves has a penchant for invention and thinking out of the box, so he has enjoyed the challenge of developing the lighting scheme for the new John Mayer “Search for Everything” world tour which just finished its UK and European leg. The set / production design created by Sam Pattinson of Treatment Studio has a strong cinematic feel and is heavily video-orientated.
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PHOENIX – Video West continues to invest in large corporate and entertainment events with their newest addition of Tyler Truss Systems. Video West invested in Tyler Truss Systems Green Truss (GT) for large corporate and entertainment events. These revolutionary truss structures allow for lighting fixtures to be pre-rigged in house before arriving on show site. By pre-rigging the lights and eliminating their bulky cases, these help save truck weight and space while also reducing set up time and labor needed on show site.
PHOENIX – Video West continues to invest in large corporate and entertainment events with their newest addition of Tyler Truss Systems. Video West invested in Tyler Truss Systems Green Truss (GT) for large corporate and entertainment events. These new truss structures allow for lighting fixtures to be pre-rigged in house before arriving on show site.
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NASHVILLE – Tour Supply, a company dedicated to the needs of live touring musicians, noted the opening of a new Nashville headquarters for its Playback Control playback rig, in partnership with veteran audio designer, programmer, and drum/keyboard tech Viggy Vignola. Tour Supply says its new Playback Control platform is designed to allow audio, video, pyro, and lighting effects to operate automatically throughout the duration of a live show.
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ZURICH, Switzerland – Blackmagic Design noted that the managers of Samsung Hall, a new live performance venue in Zurich, Switzerland, have opted for an AV solution that includes the use of an optical fiber backbone, live production hardware and digital film cameras including the URSA Mini 4.6K from Blackmagic Design.
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