As we pull the plug on 2014 and flip the switch for 2015, Designer Watch checked in with designers, directors and programmers to inquire about their state of mind. We asked: What are you grateful for? What are your goals or resolutions? What are your hopes and wishes for the New Year?
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This month’s LD-at-Large is Stosh Rickenbach, longtime house LD at the original Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. He’s glad to help, but you have to give him a fighting chance. He has some guidelines that each club band should follow to ensure a well lit show. Good luck with that, Stosh. —ed.
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AUSTIN, TX — The fifth annual SoundCheck Austin Toy Drive and Holiday Party, held Dec. 12, drew more than 400 people in the entertainment industry and raised more than $10,000 in toys and donations for Austin Children’s Shelter and SafePlace, non-profit organizations that support victims of domestic violence and provide for the needs of homeless children.
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ATLANTA, GA – For its opening act in an Australian retail mall, NanoLumens (www.nanolumens.com) couldn’t have chosen a better — or bigger — stage than this. The world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of indoor LED visual display solutions today announced that it has installed its largest double-sided NanoSlim LED portrait sized display in the atrium of Melbourne Central, which is owned and operated by The GPT Group (www.gpt.com.au), one of Australia’s largest diversified listed property groups.
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BRUSSELS, Belgiam – Lighting designer and long-term ArKaos advocate, Francesco Calvi, turned to ArKaos MediaMaster Pro yet again to deliver the creative visuals for the 11th season of Big Brother Australia 2014, the popular reality television series.
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CHICHESTER, U.K. – Robert Juliat lighting fixtures have been spotted covering all angles of the stage from front to back at Chichester Festival Theatre in recent months.
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LIVERPOOL, U.K. – Lighting, sound and AV specialist Adlib opened a new office in Glasgow, Scotland. The new facility, which will support the company’s expansion in the area, is headed by Graham Cochrane, pictured here..
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BELFAST – LD Steven Douglas included a full complement of Clay Paky fixtures supplied by NegEarth for The Killer’s festival tour dates in the U.K. and Ireland last August. NegEarth provided Clay Paky Sharpys, A.leda B-EYEs and SuperSharpys to unleash a bevy of eye-catching lighting effects described by newspaper reviewers as “a fittingly over-the-top display of lights, fireworks and explosions.”
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UK/Italy – Avolites has announced that its industry-leading range of lighting and Ai video and multimedia control technologies will be distributed in Italy by Music & Lights.
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The AirPower3 (AP3) is a new battery powered wireless MIDI/USB radio/transceiver system promising up to 600 feet of 2-way wireless long distance MIDI communication. AP3 comes equipped with a fully integrated rechargeable 3600 mAh Li-ion power cell that is designed to offer up to 36 hours of uninterrupted BUS power and long distance communications for MIDI controllers.
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NUREMBERG, Germany – When Gunther Hecker’s name is on the design credits for a show, you know it’s going to be visually interesting, idiosyncratic and a bit ‘out-of-the-box’ with a few flourishes of the unexpected … and so Gunther has created another epic stage, set, lighting and video design for maverick German hip-hop band Die Fantastischen Vier’s latest – and current – “Record” tour.
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UK – Tony Award winning tenor Alfie Boe completed a very successful UK arena tour just before Christmas with video designed by Stuart Merser of Vis-A-Vis Video and the camera / projection package supplied by XL Video.
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