VORDINGBORG, Denmark — LD Kasper Lange included Ayrton MagicBlade-R fixtures for the recent Dizzy Mizz Lizzy tour of Denmark, which kicked off with six shows in April and May and continued to take in the majority of this summer’s festivals. Lange specified 65 MagicBlade-R units, sourced via Ayrton’s Danish distributor, Bico Professionel A/S, and supplied by LiteCom A/S.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. – The U.K.’s big Parklife festival was staged June 6-7 at Manchester’s 600-acre Heaton Park by The Warehouse Project. Clay Paky fixtures were well-represented at the event. Event production house Audile supplied 12 Mythos, 16 Stormy CC strobes, 96 Sharpys, 12 Alpha Spot HPE 700 and eight Alpha Beam 700 fixtures. The fixtures were rigged on The Temple outdoor stage and several of the Big Top arenas and used to light artists such as Nas and Brit and FKA Twigs.
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BOSTON – Visionary Light & Media (VLM), led by LD Michael Creason, recently turned to 4Wall New York for the lighting gear needed for LPL Focus at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. 4Wall supplied Martin MAC Auras, Martin MAC Vipers and ETC Source Four Ellipsoidals and Pars.
NORTHRIDGE, CA — Harman announced three new strategic business units (SBUs) and named the people in charge. They are, respectively, the Entertainment SBU (Bryan Bradley), the Enterprise SBU (Kevin Morrison) and the Products SBU (Mark Ureda).
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WALLERN, Austria – Tobias Stumpfl, CEO at AV Stumpfl GmbH, outlined how the company has expanded the breadth of its Austria-made AV systems for an expanding international customer base. The company now offers curved screens for any virtual environment including 360-degree immersive installations, multi-panel screens for training environments and Fullwhite screens (in curved/non-curved configurations) that are designed to take the projected image right to the very edge.
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SINGAPORE – Alfonso Zarate Takano is the new Clay Paky Area Manager for the Asia Pacific region (APAC), comprising all countries in the Far East, South Asia and Oceania. He will report operationally to Sales Manager Alberico D’Amato, and is based at the offices maintained by Clay Paky’s parent company, Osram, in Singapore.
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ORLANDO — After 10 years at the Mall at Millenia, Blue Martini Orlando has moved to International Drive opening its doors to customers this past May. Conveniently located next to the Orlando Convention Center as well as several hotels and other tourist attractions, the nighttime hot spot and local favorite appeals to business professionals, out of town guests and loyal local customers.
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UK – Mojo Barriers supplied over 1,300m of safety barriers at both V Festival sites – Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park, Staffordshire – on Aug. 22-23 2015. This year marked the 14th year where Mojo Barriers were used at both V Festival sites.
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WEST MIDLANDS, U.K. – Central Presentations Ltd (CPL) has made its first purchases in a major new round of investment in Panasonic laser projectors. A fleet of 24 new projectors will comprise 12 each of two models, the PT-RZ670 single chip 6500 lumen and the PT-RZ 12K 3-chip 12000 lumen machines.
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Timecode Systems’ :mini trx+ with B:LINK compatibility is now shipping. The :mini trx+, a smaller alternative to the company’s :wifi master, now also features several new upgrades that improve performance and provide increased mounting options.
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NASHVILLE – Lee Brice hit the road this summer, performing his chart topping hits “Hard to Love” and “I Drive Your Truck” with gear from Bandit Lites. Brice will kick off the fall leg September 11. LD Chris Lisle, production manager Wayne Pauley and lighting director Patrick Sieg collaborated on an efficient, easy-to-rig lighting package featuring GLP’s impression X4 S fixtures amid video screens provided by MooTV.
NEW YORK — A large-format, projection-mapping display measuring 375 by 186 feet (HxW) displayed endangered species on the Empire State Building from 9 p.m. to midnight on Aug. 1. Obscura Digital’s Travis Threlkel worked with photographer Louie Psihoyos, who is also executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society, on the project. The looping reel featured manta rays, birds, reptiles, lions, and even a gorilla that “climbed” to the top of the building. It was powered by 26 Christie Roadster HD20K-J and 12 Christie Roadster S+22K-J projectors provided by Nationwide Video.
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