LONDON – For musician, music producer and DJ Bonobo’s North Borders world tour, which wrapped up with a show that included an 18 piece orchestra at London’s Alexandra Palace, LD Will Thomas provided visual accompaniment for the mix of classical and electro beats with a lighting rig that included more than 100 Robe fixtures from GLS.
Read More »
SINGAPORE — Harman noted recently that its Martin MAC Viper family is now widely available throughout Southeast Asia. Singapore-based CSP Production, Trio AV and Highlight Systems all offer the fixtures, and Malaysia-based Orange Events recently added more than 170 MAC Viper fixtures to their rental offerings.
Read More »
PHOENIX – Creative BackStage recently added Absen A6t 6.25mm LED video screen to its inventory of gear. The screens were first deployed at the annual Alice Cooper Christmas Pudding concert in December 2014, pictured here. Since then, the new 6mm LED screen product has been used at Circle K New Year’s Eve Block Party in Tempe, AZ, pictured below. They were also deployed at Birds Nest at the Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, AZ and at a few private fund raiser events.
Read More »
HERDECKE, Germany – publitec, an AV distributor and events technology company, is also a Christie partner and recently added 40 new Christie Boxer 4K30 projectors to its rental range. Pictured here are Klaus Hilles, Christie Regional Director, with Andreas Flemming, CEO of publitec.
Read More »Steinigke Showtechnic is planning to debut three Eurolite fixtures this year that combine LEDs and laser effects. They include the Eurolite KLS, where two derby effects, four strobes and two slim spots share an LED bar with a laser; the FE-1500 Hybrid Laser Flower, with 8 strobe LEDs and a laser; and the LED Laser Bar, with a red/green laser effect included in the center of the bar along with 190 color-changing LEDs. All three effects can be controlled by DMX.
Read More »
AMSTERDAM – The Projection Studio, led by Ross Ashton, provided a visual assist for Panasonic’s Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) booth with a 3D projection mapping onto a Tesla car. Hartmut Kulessa, marketing manager of Projection Products for Panasonic Europe, arranged for Ashton and The Projection Studio to support the booth visuals.
Read More »
NASHVILLE, TN – The Winter Jam Tour Spectacular hit the road for their 2015 leg with Christian music from Skillet, Jeremy Camp, Francesca Battistelli, Building 429, Family Force, Newsong, For King & Country, Blanca, About a Mile, Veridia and speaker Tony Nolan. Bandit Lites provided gear including Clay Paky B Eye K 20 wash lights, Martin Vipers, Vari-Lite VL 3500 washes, Clay Paky Sharpys, Martin Atomic 3000 Strobes, 4 lite inline moles, Color Force 72 wash lights. The visuals setup included 60 foot black A type circle truss divided into 3 sections all lined with 12 mil LED product.
Read More »
SANTA MONICA, CA – The Women’s World Cup Kickoff Celebration, featured on Fox Sports 1 and Timer Warner Cable, included performances by Flo Rida and DJ Blaze. LD James Schipper of Kinetic Lighting created a dynamic stage backdrop for the performances with 40 Nexus 4×4 panels from Chauvet Professional. The event, held at Hangar 8 at Santa Monica Airport in early Dec. 2014, also featured a 22 projector video mapping projection from Sweetwater Video and Bart Kresa Design to bring attention to FIFA soccer matches in 2015.
Read More »
SYRACUSE, NY – Eleven promising young theatre artists will receive 2015 USITT Awards for Young Designers & Technicians in the Performing Arts – the YD&T awards — at USITT 2015 in Cincinnati. The show runs from March 18-21 at Cincinnati’s Duke Energy Convention Center. The awards will be presented March 19. USITT’s 2014 YD&T winners had their work displayed in the front window of New York City’s Drama Book Shop recently. Patrick Rizzotti, winner of the 2014 USITT Scene Design Award sponsored by Rose Brand, installed the display.
Read More »LONDON – Avolites, which is launching its new V8 software, announced staff changes. Pratheepan Vigneswaran, pictured here, left, moves to Ai Sales. Simon Graham, pictured center, has left the company after two years of service, and is now working as a video and media server technician at Media Powerhouse. Annalisa Terranova, pictured right, has been named Ai support engineer and trainer.
Read More »
LONDON – XL Video supplied LED and video screens for an hour-long special celebrated Bruce Forsyth’s long career in show business called Bruce’s Hall of Fame. Produced by Hat Trick Productions, the show was recorded Nov. 1, 2014 at the London Palladium and aired on BBC1 on Dec. 27, 2014.
Read More »
LONDON – The lighting design for the final arena tour of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds – The New Generation was created by Tim Routledge. The visual update for the latest stage adaptation of H.G. Wells’ 1898 classic sci-fi masterpiece included the use of Robe’s new BMFL Spot fixtures.
Read More »