SOCHI, Russia — The hand-held torch wasn’t the only source of illumination lighting a path from Moscow to Sochi, Russia over the course of 123 days prior to the Feb. 7, 2014 start for the XXII Olympic Winter Games. RED Lighting’s Quadro 24 fixture, sourced via Art Performance Technology, was also used for torch-related ceremonies.
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BREDA, The Netherlands — Rental house Looijmans Showequipment supplied Clay Paky Sharpys for a dance festival at the 2,500-capacity Chasse Theater here that featured Dutch DJs Funkerman and Gregor Salto. LD Joep van Oosterhout rigged 14 Sharpys to an electronic flybar system surrounding the DJ booth to give the indoor event an outdoor festival vibe.
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LONDON — Ross Ashton and the Projection Studio (TPS) worked as consultants to Jack Morton Worldwide, producers of the Mayor of London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display for the 10th consecutive year. TPS provided the large format video projections system, augmenting the visual component of a multi-sensory celebration that included color-changing LED wristbands, floating bubbles and clouds packing fruit-scented mist and edible banana-flavored confetti particles that dissolve in rain to limit cleanup requirements.
Read More »ERLANGER, KY — tvONE, a manufacturer of video and multimedia processing equipment based here, noted that its CORIOmaster mini will be an integral part of a “Real-Time Video Windmill” to be featured at ISE 2014 in Amsterdam Feb. 4-6. It consists of a rotating array of four 46″ flat panel displays showing video that maintains a stable horizon even as the displays rotate 360° in real-time.
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SKIEN, Norway — When Ibsenhuset Theatre here was about to undergo a complete refurbishment, the technical managers specified more than 100 ETC Selador Desire LED luminaires along with two different — but connected — ETC Unison control systems.
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NEW YORK — Production Designer Alex Skowron’s rig for John Fogerty’s recent eight-week U.S. tour included 21 Martin Atomic Colors, 17 MAC 2000 washes, 14 MAC Viper profiles, 14 Viper washes, 10 MAC 2000 profiles, eight MAC IIIs and eight MAC 401 RGB fixtures, all provided by Upstaging. Two Martin M1 consoles ran lighting and video during the show.
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POTTSTOWN, PA – Upstage Video named industry veteran Geza Divenyi vice president. Divenyi, who has 12 years of experience, previously served as general manager with Delaware-based LED screen company, Video Walltronics. He will be based at Upstage Video’s company headquarters here.
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LOS ANGELES — For ABC’s Lady Gaga & The Muppets Holiday Spectacular with guests Sir Elton John, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ru Paul, LD Tom Beck included Clay Paky Sharpys and Sharpy Wash fixtures in a rig controlled by a grandMA2 console.
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