MIDDLETON, WI – ETC issued a press release addressing questions and concerns about the company’s Source 4WRD product, which is designed to serve as a white-light LED retrofit for Source Four fixtures. The press release follows.
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL — Morris provided a range of services, including lighting design, audio and lighting gear, across the Southeast over Memorial Day weekend. Events included the Bayou Country Superfest in Baton Rouge, LA; the Kenny Chesney ‘Spread the Love’ tour stop in Louisville, KY and the Country 500 at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida (pictured here).
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Blizzard Lighting’s DMXPC cables, built with thicker wire gauges, better jackets, shields and connectors, come in two styles: PowerCon compatible (male-blue) to (male-white) 14 AWG power + 3-pin XLR (M) – XLR (F) 120 ohm DMX combo cable, and PowerCon compatible (male-blue) to (male-white) 14 AWG power + 5-pin XLR (M) – XLR (F) 120 ohm DMX combo cable. Each cable is available in 3 feet, 6 feet and 10 feet.
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AUSTIN, TX — Justin Jenkins, owner of Creative Production & Design, used Elation Professional’s Antari UV Spot 670 for the State of Color/Neon Riot Tour, pictured here, which visited the Austin area earlier this year. Like the Elation/Antari UV Wash 2000, the Antari UV Spot 670 uses LEDs that emit UV light in the 365nm range. With virtually no visible light emitted from the UV Spot 670 and UV Wash 2000, only the UV reactive material glows and nothing else. That proved a good fit with the Neon Riot Tour, where UV glow-in-the-dark paint plays a big role.
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BIRMINGHAM, U.K. – Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), who blended the sounds, rhythms and riffs of contemporary rock and pop with classical arrangements to produce a unique sound that was massively popular in the 1970s and 80s, recently hit the road again for the first time in 27 years. Led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Lynne, one of the original founding members, the tour rig supplied by Neg Earth included 82 Robe BMFL Spots and 10 BMFL Blades. LD Tim Routledge designed the show.
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LOS ANGELES – After a hiatus of several years, TMB has officially been reappointed exclusive US distributor of W-DMX products. TMB will represent Wireless Solution for the architectural, entertainment production, staging, and Film/TV markets. TMB is no stranger to the brand, or to the wireless industry, and brings a storehouse of knowledge to the partnership.
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Leyard CarbonLight LED display solutions, are flexible, lightweight displays designed to meet a broad range of indoor and outdoor needs..
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LONDON – Kave Theatre supported the University of West London’s Student Union’s “Love Your Union” campaign with gobo projections using fixtures from Chauvet Professional. The project, which included a giant heart projected on the side of a five story building for 12 hours a day over a three week span, included eight Rogue RH1 Hybrids, eight COLORdash Par-Quad 18 style fixtures, eight COLORado Batten 72 Tour linear washes and eight COLORado Batten 144 Tours.
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MARYSVILLE, WA – Providing luxury accommodations for their guests is what Tulalip Resort Casino is all about. So adding a 4K atmosphere system to their Cascade Suite was the next logical step to enhance the discriminating guest experience. Designed to be a “living art” piece, the atmosphere system allows the guest the option of traveling around the world from the comfort of their resort accommodations when not gazing out on local Mount Pilchuck.
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LONDON – The Knight of Illumination Awards 2016 (KOI), which honors LDs and digital content designers working in the UK, announces it has added new members to the judging panels of two of the awards categories. Coral Cooper is now chairperson of its Concert Touring and Events category, with three new judges joining the panel – Miguel Ribeiro, Claire Beeson and Jonny Milmer.
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NEW YORK – To mark 125 years, Carnegie Hall welcomed a long roster of talented artists to perform, including Renee Fleming, Isabel Leonard, Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Lang Lang, Emanuel Ax, Michael Feinstein and James Taylor, with Richard Gere serving as MC. WorldStage provided the projection and lighting packages for the evening. The event featured visuals designed by Wendall Harrington (projection) and Alan Adelman (lighting).
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SYDNEY – Technical Direction Company (TDC) worked with creative communications agency Spark44 Sydney and multimedia designers/animators Spinifex Group on a projection mapping and LED installation starring Jaguar’s new F-PACE SUV at Sydney’s Martin Place. The project reflected Jaguar’s support for Vivid Sydney 2016. After pushing a large “Start” button, the multimedia experience begins, presenting the vehicle on an angled podium against a diamond-shaped LED video wall. The vehicle itself comes alive with a video projection that deconstructs, rotates, recontextualises and generally manipulates the Jaguar SUV’s geometry.
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