LONDON – LD Jonny Gaskell included Robe moving lights for the latest UK leg of Rudimental’s ongoing tour. The rig for the tour, which visited both theatre- and arena-sized venues, included 28 Robe Robin MMX Spots and 34 Robin LEDWash 600s. The fixtures worked with a key visual element for the shows – a backdrop inspired by the Hackney Peace Memorial mural, created for the stage by Hangman. Colour Sound Experiment provided the gear.
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WILTSHIRE, U.K. – An installation at Stonehenge’s visitor center got an AV assist from Electrosonic to help newcomers experience the ancient stone formation. One of the main highlights is the ‘Standing in the Stones’ exhibit, a 360-degree virtual experience. Installed by Electrosonic, the exhibit lets visitors stand in a virtual Stonehenge as it is today and in the past. The three-minute film, based on state-of-the-art laser scan images of the stone circle, transports viewers back in time, experiencing the summer and winter solstices of long ago.
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FRANKFURT – German Light Products celebrated 20 years at the recent Prolight+Sound Show here earlier this month. Udo Künzler, who founded the company in 1994, hosted a get-together attended by the company’s distributors and members of the press. The event, also attended by Kasper Gissel and Mark Ravenhill, featured some of the company’s products hits (and misses) along with observations by industry-leading LDs who have relied upon the gear.
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TAMPA, FL – LD Scott Warner is using four of Robe’s new Robin Cyclones for Icona Pop, the Swedish duo opening for Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz world tour. Developed by Robe in response to an initial design idea by Warner, the Cyclone is “a high-powered LED wash light with a built-in DMX-controlled fan,” said Warner. Theatrical Media Services of Omaha, NE is providing the fixtures for their touring debut; they were launched at PLASA 2013.
LONDON – For Wayne McGregor’s Tetractys: The Art of Fugue, a ballet for 12 dancers set to Bach that was performed at London’s Royal Opera House in February, set and costume designer Tauba Auerbach worked with programmer Florian Baeumler and the venue’s newly-acquired Hippotizer Rackoon for an assist with the visual design, which paired live performers with geometric graphics.
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LONDON – For a recent Avicii tour, tour director Curly Jobson and production manager Robin Scott relied once again on HSL Group for HSL lighting equipment and crew. The show was designed by Simon Barrington and Ian Tomlinson and directed live by video artist/VJ Harry Bird. It included lighting, video visuals, pyro, special FX and lasers, complementing Avicii’s performance in real-time.
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LAS VEGAS – Design firm Fine Design Associates used equipment provided by 4Wall Las Vegas to light the trade show booths and events of eight prominent manufacturers at the 2014 CES show here earlier this year. Canon USA, Motorola, Ricoh, Panasonic, Samsung, Hisense, Monster Products, and Funai all featured lighting experiences at their booths or events created by the Fine Design Team.
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CLEVELAND – NPI Audio Visual Solutions, a systems integrator based here, recently invested in its first Vista Systems Spyder X20 for use in live events and for its demo room where the company showcases equipment for permanent installations. NPI serves customers nationwide with a primary focus in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and West Virginia.
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ATLANTA – For the Passion 2014 Atlanta Conference, which drew more than 20,000 university students to Philips Arena here in mid-January for a weekend of worship and teaching, LD Ed White used an octagon of 16 moving video screens as both a scenic and narrative show element. Bandit Lites provided the gear for the event, which was followed by a second event at Toyota Center in Houston in mid-February.
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