ZACATECAS, Mexico – For a color wash on a section of elevated roadway that runs for close to 1000 feet, the Zacatecas State Government turned to Iluminacion Versatil S.A. de C.V., from Xalapa, Veracruz and lighting designer/project supervisor Luis Amaro. Amaro lit the roadway’s underside with fixtures from Chauvet’s ILUMINARC division.
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MILAN, Italy – LD Francesco De Cave turned to Clay Paky fixtures to meet Mediaset TV’s studio lighting needs for the OpenSpace TV talent show. The studio is now using the Clay Paky Alpha Profile 800 STs he had requested, chosen for their compact size and powerful output.
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Christie reports another industry benchmark with the recently launched HS Series laser phosphor projectors. The company says it includes the world’s brightest 1DLP laser phosphor projector. Featuring “BoldColor Technology” for richer, more vivid colors, and a 3X color wheel speed, the Christie D12HD-HS and Christie D12WU-HS respectively deliver HD and WUXGA resolution in a compact chassis that is the quietest 10,000+ lumens laser phosphor projector on the market.
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AUSTIN, TX – High End Systems announced a new global sales team for 2016 that includes Chris Ferrante (GM), Jeff Pelzl (APAC/Oceania Regional Sales Manager), Sean Hoey (Eastern US Regional Sales Manager), Bobby Hale (Director of Fixed Installations) and Sales Administration Manager Betsy Childers. Rounding out the new sales force are Paul Hancock (Central US Regional Sales Manager), Noel Garcia (Latin America Regional Sales Manager), Ruediger Haeming (Western US Regional Sales Manager) and Scott Kinnebrew (Eastern US Technical Sales Manager) and Shayla Johnson (Inside Sales).
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LONDON – Fall Out Boy are on a world tour in support of their ‘American Beauty/American Psycho’ album with a perspective-bending lighting design by Robb Jibson using Clay Paky Mythos and A.leda B-EYE K20 fixtures. A.C.T Lighting supplied the 33 Mythos to Jibson for the tour. The 12x B-EYE K20s were supplied by Neg Earth.
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NOTTINGHAM, U.K. – For a production of ‘Terrorism’ by Oleg and Vladimir Presnyakov, Lucy Greaves, technical course leader at New College Nottingham, UK, met the need for a lighting effect that could focus on an actor’s face by turning to Glyn O’Donoghue at Ambersphere Solutions. O’Donoghue put Thor Andre’ from the Technical Sales team in charge of the project and he liaised directly with Technical Tutor, Andy Atkin. They worked toward a solution that included Ayrton MagicDot-R and Ayrton NandoBeam S3 fixtures.
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LONDON – A new production of Harvey Granville Barker’s play Waste is currently showing at The National’s Lyttelton Theatre with smooth ‘swipe’ curtain movements utilizing Triple E’s Chaintrack, Unitrack and Unibeam systems.
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AMSTERDAM – During its yearly PIE event (Prolyte immersion event), which was held in Amsterdam from Jan. 10-12, Prolyte honored its distributing network by handing out awards for highest turnover levels, non-turnover related achievements and awards for special contribution.
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DUBAI – Unusual Rigging and Engineering LLC, a supplier of rigging and technical solutions to the entertainment, exhibition, architectural, event, TV and film industries in the Middle East, named Denis Bramhall as its new managing partner. Denis, who has been with Unusual Rigging for 15 years, will be taking over from Alan Thomson, who is retiring after nearly eight years in the region. The appointment will become effective early in the second quarter of 2016.
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BEIJING – For a production of Verdi’s Aida at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, LD Vinicio Cheli worked with an Italy-based design team including stage designer Ezio Frigerio, director Francesco Micheli, costume designer Francia Squarciapino and Sergio Metalli, who dealt with the video projections. Cheli also included fixtures from Italy-based Clay Paky in the rig – Alpha Profile 1500s and Alpha Wash 1500s.
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AMSTERDAM – Avolites will be at on stand 8-K330 at ISE to feature its Ai R Series media servers and preview the feature-rich new Titan V10 software. The company’s redesigned, bespoke booth will feature a ‘Media Integration Focus’ area where visitors can get hands on with the latest in integrated lighting and video.
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