PERTH, Australia — Mega Vision Sound and Lighting once again provided technical support for the Perth Wildcats basketball team, lighting 14,846 seat Perth Arena (a.k.a. “the jungle”) with 12 Robe Pointes, 8 Robin MMX Spots and 8 Robin 800 LEDWashes driven by a ChamSys MQ 100 Pro control desk.
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NEW DELHI, India — Christie visual technology was chosen in a bid to help bring the candidates (or, actually, a projected likeness of the candidates) closer to potential voters across India in the run-up to elections for a new parliament, which were held in nine phases from April 7 to May 12, 2014. The winners were due to be announced May 16.
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SAN FRANCISCO — XL Video is supplying a 9 by 9.5 meter (WxH) curved Pixled F-15 LED screen for James Blunt’s Moon Landing world tour along with cameras and PPU, projection and crew. The gear was specified by production designer Paul Normandale, who has been working with LD Glen Johnson and XL Video to support the artist’s visuals since 2005. This fourth world tour is by far the largest to date in terms of production.
Read More »COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The 2014 Eurovision Song Contest was staged at B&W Halls here, with semi-finals on May 6 and May 8 and finals on May 10. The event included a cube-shaped central stage, with visual support from 32 Barco projectors and three Encore presentation switchers provided by Mediatec Solutions.
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ISHØJ, Denmark — This city of 20,000+ in eastern Denmark turned to four elements — water, fire, earth and air — for inspiration in its updated urban design themes. SGM fixtures provided by ÅF Lighting are playing a key role in illuminating a building in the city’s town center, which has adopted the theme of energy and fire.
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ACCRA, Ghana — Charterhouse Production, the largest events management and one-stop production house in Ghana, was established more than 11 years ago to produce a wide range of events including concerts and corporate productions across West Africa — notably Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Since last year, the company has been adding PR Lighting fixtures to its inventory.
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LONDON — Kasper Holten, the Royal Opera House’s director of opera, used projection on a rotating stage to bring a recent production of Mozart’s classic Don Giovanni to life. The creative team included Es Devlin (stage design) and Luke Halls (video design). The visual narrative got an assist from d3 Technologies.
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EAST LANSING, MI — The Michigan State University Spartans basketball program is getting an AV boost from Christie MicroTiles and a Christie Spyder X20 image processor. The technology was incorporated into a 30-by-5-foot MicroTiles display in a corridor of the Berkowitz Athletic Complex, home to Spartans basketball. Integrated Design Solutions (IDS) and BlueWater Technologies worked on the project.
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TILBURG, The Netherlands — A roster of DJs including Mark with a K, Dark-E, Transfarmers LIVE, Akyra, Lowriderz, Saltzer, and Lords of Tek LIVE brought the beats and the crowds to the 013 recording/rehearsal/live entertainment complex here April 5, lit by new Wonder Wash LED moving heads from D.T.S. Lighting.
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