ATLANTA — Even through the new Atlanta Falcons football stadium isn’t scheduled to open until 2017, NanoLumens and ICG have teamed up to create an immersive “sensory surround” curved LED display installation for the stadium’s Preview Center. The installation features a 303” long elliptical LED NanoCurve display that features a 5MM pixel pitch and measures 219” wide and 42-5/8” tall.
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LOS ANGELES – Hedwig and the Angry Inch’s use of grandMA2 lighting consoles keeps the production on track at the Belasco Theatre. The lighting and video for Hedwig were programmed on two grandMA2 full-size consoles. During rehearsals Kevin Adams, video designer Ben Pearcy, associate lighting designer Paul Toben and second assistant lighting designer Jimmy Lawlor used grandMA onPC stations to monitor the production. Now, both lighting and video run nightly on a single grandMA2 light with an onPC command wing and an NPU as back up in the compact booth.
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Getting the right mix of lighting for both TV and live elements was crucial for the final of Germany’s 2014 Next Top Model so LD Manuel Da Costa turned to Robe’s ROBIN CycFX 8 fixtures. He used 44 x CycFX 8s in total, mostly rigged to the side stage wings and used to wash parts of the catwalk as general illumination and also to create some bold and distinctive effects.
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For One Direction’s latest stadium tour, Brilliant Stages delivered a series of staging elements designed around a central theme of a skatepark. The 3-dimensional diamond-shaped ‘skate park’ features multiple performer levels that spread across the 54m wide x 21m deep main stage. The set incorporates pairs of ego- and band-risers, perimeter ramps and screamers arranged either side of a steep central slope, which rakes upstage at a 19° angle to a height of 4.5m, and is fronted by a 34m long skate thrust to the B-stage.
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PERTH, Australia – LD Flynn Talbot utilised the intense colour of three Philips Selecon PLprofile1 LED luminaires to add another dimension to his latest stunning light installation ‘Primary’. “It was integral for this project that the triangles to appear to glow,” says Talbot. “This meant I needed a luminaire with the ability to shape the beam to precisely the edge of each triangle as any spill light would detract from the effect. The PLprofile1 luminaires delivered a perfectly defined beam, even at their widest beam angle of 44º, which was ideal for lighting the large structure from a relatively short throw distance.”
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NASHVILLE — LD Tom Kenny used a variety of Robe fixtures to light the 2014 CMT Music Awards, broadcast live from Bridgestone Arena here June 4. This year’s rig featured 55 x Robe ROBIN Pointes plus Robe LEDWash 600s and MMX Spots — supplied by VER, together with the rest of the lighting equipment and video elements.
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BRADFORD, Yorkshire, UK — Mediatec Solutions UK, the UK division of the Mediatec Group, used their Calibre UK LEDView530 scalers (a unit is pictured here) to process graphics and live images from the audio races across three LED screens at the FIA World Endurance Championships at Silverstone Racetrack, UK.
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DUBAI, UAE – LD Debbi Fowler used an arsenal of Clay Paky lighting fixtures to illuminate Lionel Richie’s performance at the open-air Media City Amphitheatre here. Dubai based Eclipse provided the Clay Paky fixtures, which included Alpha Spot HPE 1500, Alpha Profile 1500, Sharpy and Sharpy Wash 330 fixtures.
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A new safety device has been introduced to our business from Scotland recently, and has been making waves on this side of the Atlantic as… Read More »An Uplifting Idea for Rigging Productivity (and Safety)
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