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CSL Supports Camp Bisco 2013 with Gear, Crew

Camp Bisco photo by Dave Vann provided by Creative Stage Lighting

CSL Supports Camp Bisco 2013 with Gear, Crew

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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ADJ Flat Par QWH12X

ADJ Flat Par QWH12X

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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Viss Lighting Kingkong 20mm LED panel

Viss Lighting Kingkong 10/20 LED Screens

Kingkong 10 (10mm pixel pitch) and Kingkong 20 (20mm pixel pitch, pictured here) LED display screens, from Shenzhen, China-based Viss Lighting, are offered with ingress protection (IP) ratings range from 54 to an optional 65 for outdoor use. The screens offer brightness ranges of 3000-5000 nits (10mm) and 4200 nits (20mm) and viewing angles of 120/120 (10mm) and 140/140 degrees (20mm). Transparency is indexed at 21 percent (10mm) and 40 percent (20mm). Product features include die-cast aluminum alloy construction, an auto-locking design for quick installation, and the ability to fit eight units in a single flight case. The 640 by 640 by 100mm panels weigh 9kg (10mm) and 8kg (20mm).

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Event Safety Alliance

Event Safety Alliance Granted 501(c)(6) Nonprofit Status

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — The Event Safety Alliance announced that it has been officially granted 501(c)(6) status by the Internal Revenue Service.  This designation establishes the ESA as tax-exempt entity, and marks a milestone in establishing the Event Safety Alliance as the preeminent event safety organization in the U.S.

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Chauvet To Open West Coast Branch and Showroom

SUN VALLEY, CA — Chauvet is now staffing up for its West Coast branch office and showroom, which is due to open in September here at 7555 N. San Fernando Road, Sun Valley, CA. The facility will serve customers in the western part of the U.S. with technical support, training and demo programs, and it will also be used for warehousing and distribution. All brands under the Chauvet umbrella will be represented, including Chauvet Professional, Chauvet DJ, Iluminarc and Trusst.

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Video Feature at Swedish Museum Relies on Dataton Watchout

LINKÖPING, Sweden — Sweden’s National Museum of Science and Technology (Tekniska museet) has drawn more than 300,000 visitors with its 100 Innovations exhibition since it premiered in Feb. 2012. One of the exhibition highlights, an hourly screening called “The Brain,” relies on Dataton Watchout multi-image and presentation software along with six projectors that map individual sections of video across a 6-by-12-meter curved video wall display.

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Nepathya at Wembley

DMX Productions Provides Robe Gear for Nepathya Concert at Wembley Arena

LONDON — DMX Productions provided a lighting rig for a concert featuring folk/rock band Nepathya at Wembley Arena here that included Robe Pointe moving lights along with LEDWash 600s and MMX Spot fixtures. Tom Grant, working on behalf of rental company Siyan Ltd., oversaw the lighting and video design. SJ Grevett of DMX Productions managed the show’s production.

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U.K. Rigging Conference to Include Structures

LONDON — The fourth annual PLASA Rigging Conference, set for Oct. 7-8 at ExCeL London, will expand this year to focus on structures as well as rigging issues. Robin Elias of Unusual Rigging will deliver the event’s keynote speech, and Gavin Bull from the HSE’s construction division is among the session leaders planned for the event.

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