NEW ORLEANS – The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) 2012 annual meeting, held in New Orleans last month, drew nearly 8,000 visitors to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. In the lighting rig were 60 Elation Professional Platinum Beam 5R units. The fixture was chosen because its high output and strong beam definition could cut through thick video wash lights, said Scott Renick of Dodd Technologies.
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LONDON – Ambersphere Solutions recently worked with Entec Sound & Light to supply a number of Clay Paky GlowUp fixtures used for a premium jewelry product showcase. Says Entec’s Ryan Brown, “Running one of the GlowUps from the desk, and then being able to control all the others through the intuitive technology contained within the lights is so incredibly useful and time saving.”
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BERLIN – Chinese concert pianist Lang Lang’s 30th birthday show at O2 World in Berlin featured Robe moving lights. Broadcast live and web streamed, the concert included ROBIN MMX Spots, ROBIN 1200 LEDWashes, ColorSpot and ColorWash 1200E ATs, all positioned on 400 meters of trussing flown in the venue’s roof. Herbie Hancock was among the special guests.
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LONDON – Float4 Interactive produced two digital installations in collaboration with Christie Digital for the 2012 Olympic Games. The installations are displayed July 27-Aug. 15 at the Canada House in London, to create branding for Canada and to stimulate foreign investment options.
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LONDON – coolux will release its Widget Designer software version 4.0 at this year’s PLASA exhibition in London. The new software builds upon past versions, with features including an integrated web server, script auto-completion, improved interface with task bar and icons to increase usability and more. It will coincide with the release of Pandoras Box software version 5.3.
Read More »LONDON – The shortlist of lighting designers nominated for the Knight of Illumination Awards has been released. The awards will be presented in a ceremony on Sept.9 at Battersea Evolution, Battersea Park, London.
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NORTH BERGEN, NJ – Drape Kings draped Met Life Stadium with almost two and a half miles of their custom green mesh drape for the 12th reading of the Talmud. During this celebratory event, women are not allowed to be seen at specific times, so the draping was hung in the women’s seating area of the stadium, allowing them to participate.
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JERUSALEM – TV LD Ofer Jacobi specified ROBIN MMX Spots with LEDWash 1200 and 600s for the latest series of “Dancing With The Stars,” Israel’s version of the BBC’s “Strictly Come Dancing.” Now in its seventh season, Jacobi wanted to completely reinvent the set lighting this time around. Having the new MMX Spots enabled him to produce complex animations on the dance floor.
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AMHERST, NY – Stampede Presentation Products Inc. recently helped Lumina Motion create two 3D mapping events for the official launches of the Audi A6 and Audi Zentrum in Santiago, Chile. Both events required more than three weeks of development and design to create both the physical display surfaces and promotional videos to maximize the visual impact of the 3D mapping technology.
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KIEV, Ukraine – A longtime Vista user, LD Rob Sinclair chose to use the new flagship Jands Vista L5 console for the first time to control lighting and media for Queen. The first show was performed in front of crowds estimated at up to 500,000 people in Independence Square, Kiev, Ukraine. “American Idol” star Adam Lambert is lead singer for their recent string of shows.
Read More »BARCELONA, Spain — Grupo Adagio’s Adagio.pro division, which distributes pro audio and other entertainment industry gear to Spain and Portugal, is now handling products made by Italy-based RED Lighting, the new lighting company owned by R&D International, which also owns B&C Speakers.
Read More »NEW YORK – Karl Ruling, technical standards manager at PLASA, announced plans for a Connectivity Pavilion at LDI, set for Oct. 19-21 in Las Vegas. Ruling is looking for manufacturers interested in having their products in a booth that is set up to show the interoperability of the products made possible by control protocols standards including, but not limited to, ANSI E1.11 (DMX512-A), ANSI E1.17 (ACN), ANSI E1.20 (RDM), ANSI E1.31 (sACN), and others.
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