BRISTOL, UK – Arcadia’s giant fire-breathing spider, a big draw to the annual Glastonbury Festival, landed in the Queen’s Square in Bristol for an inner city festival dubbed Metamorphosis on Sept. 4-5. Some 20,000 attended the DJ event/visual extravaganza, which included three mini-spiders and the Lords of Lightning. CPL provided projection equipment and crew.
SHANGHAI, China — For the first Infinity Summer Festival, which took place Aug. 8 in Shanghai, Laserworld provided support in the form of their Swiss and German laser gear to accompany the festival’s EDM oriented house and trance music.
Read More »
CAESAREA, Israel – Caesarea-based rental company KolOr Eli, owned by Linda and Eli Avitan, recently 14 Robe BMFL Spots to their inventory. Robe’s distributor for Israel, Danor Theatre & Studio Systems, provided the gear, which was used to light a performance by Israeli pop star Ivry Lider, pictured here.
Read More »
LAS VEGAS – PLASA has announced that Steve Terry will receive its highest honor, the Eva Swan Award, which recognizes exceptional long-term commitment to the association. The award will be presented at PLASA’s Annual General Meeting on Thursday, Oct. 22, from 2:30pm-4:30pm at the Westgate Las Vegas Casino and Resort.
Read More »
Novalight’s Nova-Scope, now sold, supported, and serviced in North America by the entertainment equipment distribution company DNJ Pro, is a weatherproof aerial effect light.
Read More »
WALLERN, Austria, – AV Stumpfl’s SC Master acts as a central control system inside 4D theaters delivered to clients worldwide by Simworx.
Read More »
VASTERAS, Sweden – In order to work more closely with customers in one of their key markets, and to better understand their needs, GLP (German Light Products) has announced a new GLP Nordic office, based in Sweden. Running the operation (as Sales Manager, Sweden) is Daniel Rüdén.
Read More »
SYRACUSE, NY – Mark Shanda, professor of theatre design and technology and former Dean of Arts and Humanities at The Ohio State University, has begun a three-year term as president of USITT, the United States Institute for Theatre Technology.
Read More »
REDWOOD CITY, CA – Business in downtown Redwood City, CA, has taken an upward turn on Tuesday nights thanks to the Redwood City Improvement Association, Christie, Tekamaki and BartKresa Design. Previously the quietest night of the week, more than 1,000 people now flock downtown to see the San Mateo County History Museum lit up in a dramatic visual display.
Read More »
WESTON-super-MARE, UK – Colour Sound Experiment has provided lighting gear to LD Alan King for his illumination of the castle at the antithetical theme park wonderland of Dismaland, a temporary-pop up art intervention that turns the safety of simulacrum on its head … at the site of Tropicana, a derelict seafront lido in Weston Super Mare, UK. The experience is curated by graffiti artist and provocateur, Banksy.
Read More »
Lumileds’ Luxeon C Color Line of LEDs promises to serve as a new solution to the persistent challenge of color-matching LEDs.
