The Naked and Famous Tour with GLP X4 Fixtures
LOS ANGELES — LD Liam Griffiths lit a recent tour featuring New Zealand-based alt-rockers The Naked and Famous with six legs of curved truss clad with 18 GLP X4 fixtures supplied by PRG.
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The Naked and Famous Tour with GLP X4 Fixtures
Neutrik powerCON TRUE1 Connectors
Neutrik USA is calling its recently introducted powerCON TRUE1 Connector a true mains connector with breaking capacity, making the unit particularly well suited to the video, audio and data needs of the pro touring and special event markets.
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Blizzard Lighting RokBox EXA
Blizzard Lighting, which originally introduced the RoxBox RGBW LED fixture in 2012, followed that unit with the RokBox 5 (RGBAW and RGBW+UV) and now also offers the RokBox EXA, packing even more features and functions in the box-shaped fixture design.
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Blizzard Lighting HotBox EXA LED PAR Fixture
The HotBox EXA from Blizzard Lighting is a 5-inch square, cast aluminum wash fixture that comes with seven 15W (6 x 2.5W) RGBAW + Ultraviolet 6-in-1 LED modules. At full intensity, it emits 11,000+ Lux output at a one-meter distance. The unit also promises a full range of color, including natural looking whites, along with an intense 395-400nM ultraviolet light. The same LEDs are also found in Blizzard’s other recently-launched fixture, the RokBox EXA, which has 18 6-in-1 LED modules.
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Milan EDM Festival Included Robe Pointes, LEDWash 600s
MILAN, Italy — LDs Stefano Limone and Gianfranco Saponaro included 12 Robe Robin Pointes and eight LEDWash 600s in their design at the Teatro Franco Parenti, one of the larger venues at the new Elita Ouverture Festival, a multi-site EDM and electronic arts festival held here in Sept. 2013.
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The Embassy of Latgale in Latvia Lit with Clay Paky Gear
REZEKNE, Latvia — SGS Sistemas Ltd. specified Clay Paky fixtures for the GORS cultural center that is part of the Embassy of Latgale, which is dedicated to keeping the cultural traditions of this part of Latvia alive in today’s changing world. The recommendation included Alpha Spot HPE 1500s and Alpha Wash 1500s to cover long throw distances along with six of Clay Paky’s more compact Alpha Spot QWO 800 ST moving lights.
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Siyan Supports U.K. Tour with New Elidy-S Panels, Robe LEDBeam 100s
HIGH WYCOMBE, U.K. — Siyan supported a recent tour for the band Texas with its just-purchased Elidy-S LED panels from Chromlech. LD Paddy Farr specified 24 of the panels for the tour. The rig also included Siyan’s custom-fabricated flown pods, each mounted with nine Robe LEDBeam 100s.
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Futurelight DMH-100 from Steinigke Showtechnic
The Futurelight DMH-100 from Steinigke Showtechnic GmbH is a moving head that makes use of a 100W quad-color LED with a color effect prism, like the company’s smaller DMH-32 unit. The fixture lets users work with the focus and gobos layered on top of each other to create unique color effects.
Read More »Dozens Hurt in NYE Platform Collapse in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Dozens of New Years revelers were reported injured when an outdoor platform’s structural elements failed. Hundreds of people reportedly fell a few feet to the ground, and at least 30 were treated at local hospitals for fractures, cuts from broken glass and burns.
Read More »MoMA Exhibition Relies on Christie Digital Projectors
NEW YORK — For the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)’s moving image exhibition, Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves, Michael Andrews Audio Visual Services (MAAVS) provided eight Christie WU14K-M WUXGA DLP projectors and one Christie HD14K-M 1080 HD DLP projector. The installation is in MoMA’s Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium.
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Petzl Strix VL Headlamp from Rose Brand Inc.
The new Petzl Strix VL headlamp features multiple carrying options and both white and color lighting. It can be worn on your helmet, head, vest, strap or around your neck. The lamp’s double rotation system allows great freedom for orienting the beam: 180 degrees horizontally and 120 degrees vertically.
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Martin MAC Quantum
The MAC Quantum Wash from Harman’s Martin offers tight beams, wash fields, a wide palette of color and uniform mixing. The fixture offers 750W of RGBW LED intensity with optics that promise to optimize the 1:6 zoom (11 to 59 degrees). Measuring 17.8 by 17.8 by 22.8 inches and weighing 46.3 lbs., the fixture offers beam twister, light and color morphing and color spin effects. A “color wheel” effect offers 36 LEE-referenced colors plus white, and color ring effects include 36 split ring colors with variable speed color wheel rotation effects. There are four electronic dimming curve options along with onboard and DMX control over pan (540 degrees) and tilt (270 degrees).
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