EUROPE – British electronica trio Years and Years are touring summer festivals and venues with a custom LED strip screen mapped by an Avolites Ai Infinity EX8 server.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dramatic kabuki drape and sniffer created by Sew What? Inc., as well as Dave Grohl’s Epic Throne, showcased during Foo Fighters 20th Anniversary Blowout tour.
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LOS ANGELES – The versatility of the Clay Paky lighting family was demonstrated when lighting designer Stefan DeWilde, of DeWilde Design Group LLC in Burbank, selected an array of Clay Paky fixtures for two projects that couldn’t have been more different: the glittering 40th birthday party for Michelle Damon, wife of two-time World Series champ Johnny Damon and a philanthropist and businesswoman in her own right, and the exterior effects lighting for a popular theme park attraction. He also deployed grandMA2 consoles to control lighting and video at the Damon party.
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MILAN, Italy – More than 60 Clay Paky Mythos fixtures are currently lighting the famous Tree of Life sculpture for the Milan Expo 2015, in a light show conceived by lighting designer Koert Vermeulen of ACT Lighting Design.
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NEW YORK – USITT announced that the 2016 Rising Star Award sponsored by LDI/Live Design is now accepting nominations.
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DETROIT, MI – Bluewater announces that Peter Kyte will join as Director of Live Event Design & Development. Kyte’s expertise in Event Design, Lighting, LED and Live Event services furthers Bluewater’s strategic push into full service event production capabilities. Kyte will be based at Bluewater’s headquarters in Southfield, MI and will report to Bluewater CEO Jeff Day.
Read More »DONALD, OR — The stage roof erected for the Donald Hazelnut Festival collapsed as the first of three scheduled bands was performing mid-day on July 11, 2015. The performer, Rob Rainwater, and a sound technician were hospitalized after being pinned by the structure. Others onstage did not require hospitalization.
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LONDON – When the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden recently staged “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny,” software and media servers from d3 Technologies played a key role in the complex video mapping required for the new English-language production by John Fulljames.
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SPAIN – LD Luis Pastor calls on Elation Cuepix panels for Fito & Fitipaldis’ tour.
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CHESHIRE, U.K. – GDS was commissioned to supply a house lighting system featuring ArcSystem for The Brindley theatre in Runcorn.
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