KENT, OH — Kent State University’s newly dedicated May 4 Visitors Center marks the tragic day in 1970 when a confrontation between students and the National Guard over a Vietnam War protest left four students dead and nine wounded. The university selected Alcorn McBride’s A/V Binloop to playback the audio and video in the exhibit.
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FÜRTH, Germany — Motion Light, based here, is one of several lighting rental companies adding Robe Robin 800 LEDWash fixtures to their inventories. Pictured here are, from left, Christian Kohl (Motion Light, Fürth owner); Sven Heindl (Robe distributor LMP); Marcus Armbrust (Motion Light, Fürth Service department ); Jan Kerschbaum (Motion Light, Fürth Stock department)
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BLACKBURN, U.K. — Working with Chase & Status LD Neil Carson and lighting director Cate Carter, HSL provided more than 160 Robe, Clay Paky and Martin/Atomic and Novalight lighting fixtures along with a grandMA2 console in support of Chase & Status’ 2013 summer festival tour, which drew to a close at the 2013 Reading and Leeds Festivals.
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DuraTruss Goliath-Studio crank stands are designed to lift heavy loads while keeping their own bulk and heft to a minimum. The secret, according to U.S. distributor Global Truss America, is in their unique winch-free design.
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ALBANY, NY — Creative Stage Lighting (CSL) provided lighting crew and gear for the Camp Bisco music festival, staged at the Indian Lookout Country Club July 11-13. Along with the event’s founders, the Disco Biscuits, the festival featured Bassnectar, Passion Pit, STS9, Animal Collective, Umphreys McGee and Destroid Live, among others.
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NASHVILLE — Bandit Lites Inc. has invested in scores of Robe’s newest moving lights as specified by creative director and production designer Seth Jackson and lighting designer Nathan W Scheuer for the current Selena Gomez Stars Dance world tour, which kicked off recently in Canada.
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This low-profile LED par features 12 5W Quad-Color LEDs (RGBW) for smooth, shadow-free color-mixing, a white LED for true cool whites and flicker-free performance for broadcast applications as well as color washing. Other features include a “sit flat” design, with its power and DMX Ins/Outs mounted on the side of the unit rather than the bottom, so it can be set directly on the ground for uplighting or easily mounted inside truss.
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