CANNES, France – Christie and Microsoft brought mixed-reality technologies to the beachfront in Cannes, France for the Microsoft Beach Club during the 2015 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Visitors to the Microsoft Beach Club experienced the latest in projection mapping collaborations via two customized projects using Microsoft Kinect technology and Christie projectors and software.
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Showtech notes that Resolution X, the first company to purchase the new Martin RUSH MH 6 Wash, has credited the manufacturer for combining features and value. The fixture is based on Martin’s RUSH PAR 2 RGBW Zoom, utilizing the same LED engine and zoom system. They are pictured here at a gig for the Melbourne International Arts Festival held at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl
LAS VEGAS – The entrance to Drai’s Beachclub/Nightclub atop the Cromwell hotel on the Las Vegas Strip features a distinctive lighting design by Steve Lieberman of SJ Lighting that includes the use of Colorist Pod 18QA fixtures from Iluminarc, the company devoted to architectural fixtures that is an affiliate to Chauvet Professional.
LEXINGTON, KY – It was a capacity crowd at Rupp Arena Oct. 16 as the University of Kentucky’s Wildcats took the court for their annual Big Blue Madness. The exhibition basketball game marks the first ‘official’ practice, and consists of grand spectacles, lasers, fireworks and stunning lighting provided by Bandit Lites.
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NASHVILLE – PixelFLEX is bringing its latest LED video screens to Nashville for WFX 2015, set for Nov. 18-19, 2015. Featured products in booth 507 will include the Parnelli Award-winning FLEXCurtain HD and the curve-able FLEXLite Plus along with the company’s FLEXCurtain and FLEXLite LED video solutions (pictured here).
While planning for Shania Twain’s 2015 “Rock This Country” tour, it would have been easier to simply borrow from the production design elements that worked… Read More »Shaking it Up for Shania
Read More »BUCHAREST, Romania and NANNING, China — A pyro-sparked fire and limited egress turned a 400-capacity nightclub into a deathtrap in Bucharest, Romania. Goodbye to Gravity band members were among the 60 killed and 154 injured. Separately, a structural collapse killed a crew member and injured 13 others during setup for a show at the Guangxi Sports Center in Nanning, China that was to feature pop vocalist Jolin Tsai.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. – HSL is supplying lighting equipment for the Bill Kenwright production of ‘The Glenn Miller Story’, currently touring the U.K. with veteran entertainer Tommy Steel in the lead role. The show features another impressive lighting design by theatre LD Nick Richings.
RANDBURG, South Africa – Penmac, a live event, staging and multimedia company in South Africa, is making use of the Calibre LEDView530 scaler/switcher.
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