LONDON – Lighting Technology Projects (LTP) has completed the installation of a media wall feature that serves as the visual centerpiece in the foyer of the new 11-story building at 110 Fetter Lane (a site formally known as Rolls & Arnold House).
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LONDON – Ruari Cormack, technical director of the Riverside Studios Trust, recently turned to Martin Professional's diminutive-yet-bright MAC 101 LED moving head luminaire as an alternative to conventional lighting fixtures.
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DURBAN, South Africa – If South Africa's sizable population with Indian ancestry grappled with divided loyalties for a recent cricket match between the best players from both countries at Moses Mabhida Stadium, the quandary facing Gearhouse South Africa's Tim Dunn, who oversaw the stage, set and visual design for a televised concert during the event, was getting the whole project installed and ready in less than a week's time despite project-hampering rainstorms.
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IZEAUX, France – Budillon Rabatel invested more than $20 million to upgrade its quarry here, and when that job was done, the company hired Euro Sono Alex T'Rem to light the gravel pit for a celebration. Euro Sono manager Alexandre Jeannerod used PR Lighting fixtures for the task.
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DALLAS – Prestonwood Baptist's Gift of Christmas was a big holiday bundle with large-scale LED video and over 800 cues. Gemini Stage Lighting provided LD Matt Webb and lighting director James Maddux with 107 Vari*Lite luminaires for the event, including 35 VL3500 Spot, 40 VL3000Q Spot and 32 VL3500 Wash fixtures complementing the church's house rig of 12 VL3000Q Spot, six VL3500Q Spot and six VL3500 Wash fixtures.
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The AT-laser projector series from tarm Showlaser, seen at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, is a modularly designed, multi-color laser system based on optically-pumped semiconductor lasers covering a full range of colors.
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DALLAS – Christie Lites announced a lawsuit against Stageco over the June, 2009 lighting tower collapse at the Fort Worth Stockyards prior to a televised motocross event.
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HUDDERSFIELD, U.K. – Huddersfield's Festival of Light took place in early December in St. George's Square, and related events included the Trail of Light for local landmarks, included a dynamic lighting design for the exterior of the Media Centre building.
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SINGAPORE – Singapore City Hall lit up with more than just 45 candles during the city's most recent birthday celebrations. For the Singapore National Day Parade (NDP), Glorious Pte Ltd provided video projections of Singapore's history, using the building as a canvas. The images were processed with four Hippotizer V3 HD machines and beamed on the building via Christie Roadster HD18K projectors.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – Challenged by a federal OSHA report, Nevada's state OSHA officials reaffirmed their findings related to their investigation of the death of a 20-year-old stagehand at the MGM Grand's Hollywood Theatre on May 20, 2009.
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DOHA, Qatar – Creative Events (CCG) provided more than 1,300 mixed fixtures for the second annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival, which included 88 Clay Paky Alpha units at Four Seasons Hotel screening venue and another 104 Clay Paky Alpha units for the opening night after-party held at the Pearl Qatar. Adam Bassett Design Limited specified the gear.
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The new Wireless Uplighting System from Omnisistem is a self-contained uplight controlled via a wireless DMX transmitter which can transmit up to 400 feet. The 12-unit set is sold with a custom roadcase. (Individual LED pods are not sold separately.)
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