NAPLES, Italy – Clay Paky illuminated the opening ceremony of the America’s Cup World Series in Naples. LD Emiliano Morgia chose 50 Clay Paky Alpha Profile 1500s, 24 Alpha Beam 1500s and 14 Alpha Beam 700s. The ceremony in Piazza del Plebiscito took the form of a spectacular party and played host to a series of live music and dance acts.
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The Philips Selecon PLCyc1 LED builds on the technology of the PL1 Spot and PL3 Wash luminaires. It uses a mixing chamber designed to homogenize the RGBW colors for color washing cycloramas up to 5 meters high. Using LED source technology combined with an asymmetrical reflector, the PLCyc1 LED delivers consistent light distribution without the compromising performance of vertical or horizontal spreader lenses.
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Elektralite introduces eye Kandy fixture, a combination wash and spot fixture, to its Pro Line of LED fixtures. At the heart of eye Kandy is a 200-watt white LED running at 150 watts. Its spot source can be used as a pencil beam of light. Colors are achieved using the 7 dichroic filters. Sixteen 3-watt LEDs surrounding the front lens are formatted and can be controlled in quadrants.
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AUSTIN, TX — Skrillex rocked the house using 16 CHAUVET Professional Legend 412 moving heads at the AM Only Showcase at South By Southwest (SXSW). LD Justin Jenkins specified 12 Legend 412 moving heads for backlighting while the remaining four fixtures created downlighting and audience pixel-mapping effects for the show at Mohawk.
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LAS VEGAS – Sooner Routhier and Robert Long, co-production designers for Mötley Crue, recently had a run of 12 shows at The Joint at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas. For this special gig they specified a mostly Martin rig supplied by Christie Lites which included Martin MAC Aura and MAC 101 wash lights along with MAC III Profiles, MAC 2000 Wash XBs and Atomic 3000 strobes with Atomic Colors scrollers.
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NEW YORK – Multimedia art cabaret Le Poisson Rouge recently upgraded its technical infrastructure with GLP’s impression Spot One LED and G-LEC Solaris video curtain. With NPR producing live videocasts of select shows and VH1 also recently shooting a performance with the artist K’naan, the lighting director says that GLP has helped them raise the bar and maintain production values at top level.
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LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Board of Advisors has announced that Joe Branam, owner of Branam Enterprises, will receive the Parnelli Visionary Award at the annual gala dinner and award ceremony in Las Vegas. The event is set for Oct. 20, 2012 at the Mirage Resort and Casino.
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LONDON, UK – White Light is supplying a spate of spring/summer theatrical productions, as the West End defies the predictions that it would suffer in the run up to the 2012 Olympics. “This remarkable array of new productions shows that theatreland will be alive and kicking during the Olympics, despite some of the pessimistic predictions we’ve been hearing,” says White Light’s Managing Director Bryan Raven.
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NEW YORK – “Wicked,” the Broadway musical about the untold story of the Witches of Oz, recently switched to a grandMA2 console for lighting and special effects control. Show electrician Brendan Quigley said they needed to replace their previous control system of 20 years, and the grandMA2 was a natural choice as all the other Wicked shows playing worldwide are also using the grandMA.
Read More »SATELLITE BEACH, FL — LED lighting manufacturer Lighting Science Group Corporation (LSGC) has completed the final round in a series of private placements totaling approximately $140 million in equity funding and commitments. The new round of funding will help the company meet the growing demand for products. In addition, LSGC has brought on board Brad Knight as Chief Operating Officer and Keith Scott as Chief Commercial Officer.
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