After a three-year hiatus, the results of the hard work from the TDC Crew of project managers, creative technologists, designers, and engineers working behind-the-scenes at Vivid Sydney are now live.Read More »Technology that Powers Vivid Sydney Reveals Soul of the City
For German rock icon Udo Lindenberg’s ‘Udopium Live’ tour, the 180-degree stage design is lit with close to 150 GLP fixtures. LD Günter Jäckle is using 40 GLP GT-1, 32 impression X4, 30 impression X4 L, 36 FUSION Exo Beam 10, and six FUSION MBL 20 to light Udo and his “panic orchestra.”
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Wrapping up another fruitful trade show of the season, The ROE Visual team has returned from Las Vegas following the long-awaited InfoComm show. ROE Visual showcased an array of its latest LED products on the show floor, including solutions for film, live events, broadcast, indoor and outdoor fixed installations, and more.Read More »ROE Visual Concludes Memorable Participation at InfoComm 2022
Lighting designer and founding partner of Woodroffe Bassett Designs, Adam Bassett, specified a wealth of IP65-rated Ayrton fixtures for the entertainment lighting rig for Expo 2020 Dubai’s central venue, the Al Wasl dome. The rig included 182 Ayrton Perseo S profiles, 116 Ayrton Domino S profiles, and 16 Ayrton Huracán LT long throw profiles.Read More »Ayrton IP65-Rated Fixtures Chosen for Expo 2020 Dubai
Available Light (AvLt) announces that its new Phoenix studio continues its western expansion beyond Los Angeles, first announced in April 2022. Available Light is an internationally recognized lighting design firm specializing in museum, architectural, trade show/special event lighting design. The new ventures join existing AvLt studios in Boston, New York, and Raleigh.
Founded in Boston in 1992, Available Light is celebrating 30 years of creative achievement and design innovation by focusing on regional growth. “When we reached our 25th anniversary, we commissioned a monograph to celebrate our achievements,” said Steven Rosen, Founder and President, “At 30, we’ve reinvigorated our practice with a strategic growth plan that lets us meet and support our clients at their doorstep.”Read More »Available Light Phoenix, The Western Expansion Continues
With GDTF and MVR, the promise of a simplified entertainment industry is no longer a dream — it’s a reality. Vectorworks, one of the companies behind General Device Type Format (GDTF), will be holding a seminar on streamlining your design process with GDTF and My Virtual Rig (MVR) on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT.Read More »Vectorworks Seminars | What GDTF and MVR Can Do for You
German dubstep artist Virtual Riot brought his Simulation Album Tour to the Hollywood Palladium April 22 with a visual design centered on beam lights, strobes and LED battens from Elation Professional. Dallas Gasper from Paradox Productions and Design designed the rig with Lighting Director Lorcan Clarke on hand to run the show. 4Wall provided the lighting gear and Owl Vision supplied the lasers and special effects.
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The Verge Aero drone team pulled off the seemingly impossible at this year’s Experiential Marketing Summit (EMS) at the MGM Grand Las Vegas – flying a drone show high above the ballroom right next to Harry Reid International Airport. Here’s a highlight video from Verge Aero of the event:
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Lighting Designer and Director Ethan Weber chose a large complement of Ayrton Domino luminaires for John Mayer’s recent ‘Sob Rock’ tour, in support of the artist’s eighth studio album of the same name. Upstaging is supplying the fixtures, sourced via ACT Entertainment.
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Det Norske Teatret (the Norwegian Theatre) in Oslo houses three stages in its main building in downtown Oslo, plus one more in another venue in the city run by the same team, all of which work on a busy repertory schedule. Together at least 25 original and cutting-edge productions are created annually, in the Norwegian language of Nynorsk, and host some guest works as well. Also known for high production values, the theater recently invested in 15 Robe ESPRITE moving lights for its 250-capacity Scene 2.Read More »Norwegian Theatre Invests in ESPRITES
Luminex, manufacturer of data distribution equipment for professional lighting, audio, and video applications, continuously brings innovation to the live event technology and AV industry. To keep challenging the status quo, Luminex introduced their new 10Gb GigaCore 30i AV Network switch, gaining attention, this spring at the NAB Show, Prolight + Sound, InfoComm, and Cine Gear.Read More »Luminex: GigaCore 30i AV Network Switch
At least 450 million people a day play basketball, according to the FIBA, the sport’s international association, but it’s doubtful that any of them got to do so on a court as unique as the one Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios and other high-profile guests shot hoops on this May, as they drained three-pointers and made layups the middle of Sydney Harbour. Their performance on Australia’s first floating basketball court, which was overseen by rap star FERG, was part of the latest version of “Courts Beyond Limits,” a program from Hennessy, the official spirit of the NBA, in celebration of the league’s 75th season.Read More »Chauvet Professional WELL STYX Sets Stage for NBA Floating Court in Sydney Harbour