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SGM Honors The Legend of Patty Pravo

SGM Honors The Legend of Patty Pravo

Photo By: Ludovico Perfetto

ITALY – Italian lighting designer Massimo Tomasino has extended his relationship with SGM's Synthesis 700 and Giotto 400 moving head spots, featuring them in the design for Patty Pravo's current Nella Terra dei Pinguini tour. Having worked with the artist – whose own career spans four decades – since 2005, he has a clear fix on the type of set design that suits her best. "With her elegant pop/rock style I like to work with a lot of rear lighting," he says.

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“Zug Bewegt” Wins First Public Xaver.11 Award

COLOGNE – The Swiss visual communication agency Christen Visuelle Gestaltung was recently awarded the first Public Xaver.11 award for their creative work on "zug bewegt", an interactive film panorama showing the Swiss canton Zug. The Public Xaver award aims to honour the best Swiss live communication project. The interactive installation "zug bewegt" had been used for both the LUGA exhibition in Lucerne and the MUBA in Basel. 

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Upstage Video Invest In Daktronics LED Panels

POTTSTOWN, PA – Upstage Video recently ramped up their already extensive inventory of Daktronics modular LED video gear with the additon of 75 Daktronics PST-­12HD panels from Media Visions, a Birmingham, Tenn., based rental company.

"Our clients are demanding larger and larger displays, so we were in the market to increase our inventory," said Doug Murray, President of Upstage Video. "I am familiar with the Daktronics product and the people that ran it from Media Visions. The gear is in pristine condition, looks brand new and without the financial challenges a new purchase might present… it was the ideal choice for us."

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American DJ’s ADJ University Offers Online Instruction

LOS ANGLES, CA – American DJ's ADJ University offers online video courses that show site visitors how to get the most out of the company's lighting and audio gear. American DJ started ADJ University to provide DJs with real-world insights and advice. The video courses are designed to give an overview and also some tips and tricks on adding lighting and special effects to any type of live event.

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Flogos-Lite Portable Series

Flogos – soap-based, lighter-than-air foam logos that float indoors or outdoors though the air, are usually made from machines weighing 350-400 lbs. and measuring 2 to 3 feet square and transported in road cases that are more than 6 feet high. SnowMasters Special Effects (a.k.a. Global Special Effects, Inc.) now offers a suitcase-sized alternative, Flogos-Lite Portable Series, weighing just 70 lbs. and measuring 13 inches tall in transport configuration.

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Luke George joins Visual Acuity

Brighton, Sussex – Luke George, 26, joins the team this month as a Technical Design Consultant, reporting directly to the Visual Acuity board. Despite his tender years, George is an InfoComm CTS-qualified professional who joins after spells with Creative Technology, Roger Preston & Partners and, most recently, Mark Johnson Consultants.

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Chief Introduces New Interactive Short Throw Projector Mount

Chief, an AV mounting solutions company, announces that its new Interactive Short Throw Mount. This new solution integrates Chief's award-winning Short Throw Projector Mount Line with eBeam Technology from Luidia, Inc. Existing whiteboards and writing surfaces are transformed into interactive platforms, with projection that can be scaled anywhere from 48"-94" diagonally, depending on needs.

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American Lighting Expands Product Line with Environm

American Lighting announced three new high performance additions to its LED Wall Washer product family – the Linear LED RGB Wall Washer, the Linear Warm White LED Wall Washer and the Warm White LED Wall Washer. Used for architectural, façade and event lighting the LED lighting solutions provide warm white and colorful illuminations while cutting energy bills and maintenance costs.

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LED Luminaire Draft Standard in Public Review

NEW YORK – BSR E1.41 – 201x, Recommendations for Measuring and Reporting Photometric Performance Data for Entertainment Luminaires Utilizing Solid State Light Sources, has been posted for public review through June 21, 2011. E1.41 offers recommendations for measuring and reporting the output of LED luminaires used in the live entertainment industry, with emphasis on color and color rendering. Current methods for luminaire output measurement assume the use of broad-band emitters, which LEDs are not.

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