PR Lighting XLED 3019
PR Lighting’s XLED 3019 (PR-8127), which begins shipping this month, is a hybrid Beam projector that can also be used to create a saturated wash.
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Rome’s Cinecitta World Features “Enigma,” Show is Lit with Robe Fixtures
ROME — Italy’s rich heritage of film-making is marked by films from lauded directors including Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Franco Zeffirelli and many more. Rome’s new Cinecitta World visitor attraction is a theme park dedicated to Italian cinema Lighting for the 25 minute Enigma show — produced by FilmMaster and staged in a 1,200 capacity venue right in the center of the complex — has been designed by LD Giovanni Pinna, who specified a Robe moving light rig.
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Vectorworks 2015 in Spanish
Nemetschek Vectorworks released the Spanish-language version of the company’s Vectorworks 2015 family of products. The release followed a wave of earlier releases that included other European-language version earlier in November; versions in Japanese and Chinese will follow. The Vectorworks line of software products includes: Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Fundamentals and Renderworks.
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Australian Dance-Theatre Production in London Lit with Philips Selecon Fixtures
LONDON – An Australian dance-theatre production, Intimacy, by Michelle Ryan and Torque Show, recently traversed the globe to take up residence at the Southbank Centre in London. Part of the ‘Unlimited’ disability arts festival, the piece was lit with eight Philips Selecon LED PLprofile1 luminaires, chosen for their crucial colorizing flexibility by lighting designer John Ford. Ford, of lighting design consultancy Relume, specified the Selecon luminaires when it came to lighting the piece during its previous run at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne.
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MTV EMA Awards Rig in Scotland Includes Ayrton MagicBlade-R Fixtures
GLASGOW, U.K. – For the 2014 MTV EMA Awards, held at the 13,000-capacty SSE Hydro Arena Nov. 9, lighting designer Stuart Pring worked with Panalux gaffer Mark Gardiner on a series of uniquely crafted looks using a rig including Ayrton MagicBlade-R fixtures.
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Theatre Projects Leads Renovation of Richmond, VA-Based Altria Theater
RICHMOND, VA — Following an extensive top-to-bottom renovation, the Altria Theater reopened recently. Theatre Projects played a key role in the renovation, working with Wilson Butler Architects on the 180,000 square foot building’s auditorium, theatre equipment and support spaces.
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Video Production at Dove Awards Centers on PixelFlex FLEXCurve LED Tiles
NASHVILLE, TN – The 45th Annual Dove Awards, recently held in Allen Arena on the campus of Lipscomb University, utilized the PixelFLEX FLEXCurve LED tile as the backbone to all video production. With 46 categories, the award ceremony was hosted by Bart Millard of MercyMe and Lecrae. There were a number of performers from the vast family of christian and gospel music genre including the Newsboys, Natalie Grant, Hezekiah Walker, King and Country, Erica Campbell, Pat Boone, Mercy Me and Mandisa among many others.
Read More »Rose Brand Adds Corey Lynn Womack to Inside Sales Team at West Coast Office
SECAUCUS, NJ — Rose Brand added Corey Lynn Womack to the company’s inside sales department at its West Coast office in Sun Valley, CA. Womack, originally from California’s San Joaquin county, relocated to the greater Los Angeles area working in the field of television as a story editor for Viva La Bam for MTV with Dakota Pictures and more recently as Set Supervisor for Brand X with Russell Brand.
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XL Video Supplies Camera Package for Fat Freddy’s Drop at Alexandra Palace in London
LONDON — When one of New Zealand’s finest bands, Fat Freddy’s Drop, confirmed their headlining show at London’s Alexandra Palace, they contacted XL Video to supply live video production for the sold-out one-off gig. The show, in support of the band’s third album Blackbird,’ rounds-off a successful year of UK shows, with a one-off at Village Underground in June, and a UK tour in October.
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Advanced Systems Group Adds Ed Chen to Sales Staff
EMERYVILLE, CA — Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a leading data, video, audio and film integration firm, noted that Ed Chen has joined the company’s sales staff, effective Oct. 27. He is focused on storage, archive, asset management, and networking solutions.
Read More »Interactive Lighting Displays Accompanied G20 Summit
BRISBANE, Australia – The 2014 G20 Summit brought the world’s top finance ministers and bankers to Brisbane Nov. 15-16. it also included the G20 Cultural Celebrations, a three-week program of free events sponsored by Queensland (Brisbane is the Australian state’s capital). 32 Hundred Lighting came up with an app that let citizens all over the world color the buildings of Brisbane.
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Imogen Heap Performs with Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 Fixtures
LONDON — For Camden Roundhouse’s Reverb festival, singer-songwriter Imogen Heap curated four days of events, which culminated in a headline show from Heap herself. Befitting the experimental theme of the festival, 12 Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 fixtures were pixel-mapped for one of the first times in the U.K., as part of lighting and control designer Tupac Martir’s show design.
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