JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Protea Court, which houses 70 new international and luxury retail outlets, was inspired by the shape of South Africa’s national flower, the Protea. A lighting install of Anolis LED fixtures accentuate the curvy roof and girders of the structure, allowing the architecture to “breathe” with color and movement.
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LOS ANGELES – Elation Professional introduces a new lighting controller targeted for permanent installations. The new Art SSC is a 1024-channel DMX command-line controller with a complete array of features and capabilities to program, operate, record, playback and schedule light shows, in one low-maintenance solid-state unit, without requiring a computer.
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TORONTO, Ontario – CAST Software’s Wysiwyg was the “steering” force of a celebration marking the 125th anniversary of the first car. The event, named “Autosymphonic,” was held Sept. 10 in Mannheim, Germany, the birthplace of the car.
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Software provider Stardraw.com has launched Stardraw Design 7, a new system design/documentation tool for systems integrators. The software is available for download on Stardraw.com’s website.
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ETC is now shipping the Tessera, or Unison Mosaic Tessera Controller (MTPC). A new addition to ETC’s Unison line of architectural control, Tessera combines a 4.3” touchscreen with a 512-channel DMX-Over-Ethernet Mosaic controller. Tessera controls complex lighting shows with moving lights as well as color-mixing LEDs, conventionals and dimmers. It also handles impromptu show control, accessories, automation, waterworks, and other non-lighting effects.
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MASCOT, Australia – Oceania Audio & Lighting has devoted equipment and crew the past few months to the Rugby World Cup and its associated events. Now that the final is over, corporate gigs and touring events which deferred until the World Cup was over are now underway. Oceania’s General Manager Lighting Simon Garrett prepared in advance by purchasing new Jands HPC12 series dimmers as well as additional Jands power distribution units and HPX dimmers.
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LOS ANGELES – KTLA TV coverage got some light relief on the red carpet recently at the Prime Time Television Awards at the Nokia Theater. With a low afternoon sun shining opposite the camera position, additional light from Litepanels new Hilio High Output LED daylight lighting fixtures saved the camera coverage.
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LED screen brand Pixled has expanded its range of portable, lightweight screen surfaces applicable from entire stage sets to specialist presentation and exhibition areas and retail displays.
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REGGIO EMILIA, Italy – SGM’s new X-5 LED white strobe is debuting not the conventional way – on a concert tour – but rather with a stand-up comedian from Germany, Bulent Ceylan. Wanting to add visual punch to the punchlines, German LD ‘Tobi’ Deuring specified 12 of the X-5s. They add a dramatic “flame” to the arena tour visuals.
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand – The Sept. 9 opening celebration of IRB Rugby World Cup drew an estimated 200,000 people to the waterfront precinct to take in the visual spectacle, “All Lit Up.” LD David Eversfield relied on a grandMA2 system for control. While the show’s lighting design in the stadium was created by Paul Collison, who worked with a grandMA2 system as well, Eversfield and the Opticshock team used a grandMA2 light, a grandMA2 on PC and three grandMA 3Ds for the lights spread across the city.
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