GLP Gears Up for Key Fall Shows
SUN VALLEY, CA – October will mark one of GLP’s busiest periods ever — on both sides of the Atlantic — as the German company and its U.S. subsidiary sets out for trade shows in London and Las Vegas.
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GLP Gears Up for Key Fall Shows
LD Ed Warren Lighting Mumford & Sons with Custom LED PAR Can Frames from LI
LONDON – Lighting designer Ed Warren is using a large number of newly developed LED PAR can frames from LED design and manufacture house Light Initiative (LI) to add an extra punch to his design for Mumford & Sons’ world tour and headline festival dates.
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In Memoriam: Kevin McCloy, 53
CUSTER, WA — Kevin “Kev McFalcon” McCloy, 53, died June 19, 2015 after a battle with bladder cancer. He served as an ETCP-certified touring rigger for Sarah McLachlan, Lilith Fair, Barenaked Ladies and the Tragically Hip, among others, and served as lead rigger for the opening ceremonies at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
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Bandit Lights Music City Food and Wine Festival in Nashville
NASHVILLE – More than 2,500 people attended Nashville’s third annual Music City Food + Wine Festival. Bandit Lites provided the lighting package for the festival, which took place Sept. 19 and 20. Following a survey of the site, Bandit Vice President Mike Golden and Project Manager Shawn Lear recommended a circle truss as an architectural focal point, using lights to create the appearance of festoons. Clay Paky Sharpys lit the tops of the tents around the grounds, while GRNLite Pars and VL 3500 Washes provided general color wash of the audience.
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LD Jon Trincas Lights Steve Angello at Creamfields with Robe PATT 2013s
UK – For Steve Angello’s show at the Size Matters arena at Creamfields 2015, lighting designer Jon Trincas worked with an upstage wall of light coming from 48 Robe PATT 2013 luminaires.
Read More »PLASA’s European and North American Branches to Split
LONDON — On Sept. 30, PLASA announced that its European and American branches are splitting, and will again function as independent organizations.
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Eric Prydz at Creamfields in U.K. Makes Impact with Avolites Ai S6 Server
UK – For Eric Prydz’s EDM set at his own ‘Pryda’ stage at Creamfields this year, Avolites Ai servers and an Arena console powered more than 100 light fixtures, including Clay Paky Sharpys, Robin LEDWash 600s, and various strobes, wash and blinders all supplied by Colour Sound Experiment.
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Chauvet Fixtures Create Light Art at “Der Liebe Gott” Exhibition
HAMBURG, Germany – The Frappant, an underground art gallery and artists residence in Hamburg’s Altona borough, was the site of a noted avant-garde exhibition “Der liebe Gott” (The Dear God). Among the pieces attracting the most attention during the 10-day event was light artist Boris Frentzel-Beyme’s “Deus luminogaster.” It makes use of carefully placed Freedom Pars from Chauvet DJ to make its powerful impression.
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Elite Multimedia Supports Gary Allan Tour Visuals
NASHVILLE – For Gary Allan’s latest nationwide tour, lighting director and production manager Brandon Quisberg crafted visual looks using gear supplied by Elite Multimedia. Elite provided a full lighting package including Clay Paky Mythos, Sharpy and A.leda Wash K5 luminaires, along with Showline SL NITRO 510 strobes, Martin Atomic 3000 strobes, Chauvet SlimPAR HEX 6 LED PAR fixtures, and a GrandMA console for control.
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Light Initiative Whips up LED Magic on Blur
SANTIAGO, Chile – Light Initiative’s IntelliFlex and NeonFlex LED systems are visually keeping the beat on Blur’s current world tour, in a design by Dave Byars. Byars commissioned Light Initiative to create individually controllable RGB LED light boxes from its in-house-invented IntelliFlex LED system.
Read More »2016 Vectorworks Design Summit to be Held April 25-27, 2016 in Chicago
CHICAGO – Professionals and students across the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC), landscape and entertainment design disciplines are invited to attend the 2016 Vectorworks Design Summit on April 25-27 at the Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park.
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Light Initiative and FIX8Group Support KOI Awards with Artistic Efforts
LONDON – Light Initiative and FIX8Group will reveal their custom creations for the Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI) ceremony this weekend. The eighth KOI Awards is this Sunday, Oct. 4, at London’s Troxy. The awards program is organized by The Association of Lighting Designers (ALD), The Society of Television & Lighting Design (STLD), The Fifth Estate Ltd and Clay Paky. Light Initiative (LI) was asked to create the table center pieces for the occasion. FIX8Group’s Richard Kenyon and Henry Crawfurd created the visuals for the KOI ceremony main screen, pictured here.
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