CHILLICOTHE, IL – Lighting designer Preston Hoffman created a dynamic and flexible production lighting design for the 2015 Summer Camp Festival staged at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois, U.S.A. His stage, the Moonshine Stage, was based primarily around 16 x Robe BMFL Spots and 10 x Robe Pointe moving lights.
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NOTTINGHAM, U.K. – Ice rinks are often the site of competitions, so it’s only fitting that when events supplier OneBigStar was awarded the contract to revitalize the lighting rig at Nottingham’s National Ice Centre, the company arranged a shootout of different lighting fixtures. Following a demonstration of a variety of fixtures at the venue, the company specified 10 CHAUVET Professional Rogue R2 Spot LED fixtures and 20 COLORdash Par-Hex 12 LED wash fixtures to replace the incandescent system at the popular ice skating venue.
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LOS ANGELES – Kinetic Lighting supplied and designed the lighting array for the musical accompaniment to a big Independence Day party at Los Angeles’ Grand Park. The setup for one of the event’s two stages included 25 of Chauvet Professional’s Next NXT-1 pixel-mappable RGBW LED panel fixtures.
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At IBC2015, Riedel will feature the RSP-2318 Smartpanel. Smartpanel offers features capabilities that will enrich the user experience and change the way broadcasters and A/V professionals communicate.
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TOUR: “Carrie & Lowell” U.S. tour (April-June 2015); U.K./Europe (Aug.-Oct. 2015)
DESIGN: “I am operating the show that Marc Janowitz designed. The show has a simple and sexy look. Most songs are just one or two cues. I find it harder to do the simple looks — it can be difficult to make sure the lighting is stimulating and engaging enough for the audience while trying to not duplicate looks. However, during the last song of the show, ‘Blue Bucket of Gold,’ things get a little crazy.
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AUSTRALIA – Vivid Sydney festival of light featured Clay Paky Sharpys and Mythos Fixtures installed as part of an interactive experience for festivalgoers.
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PRAGUE, Czech Republic – Backstage Academy and The Society of British Theatre Designers win a special jury prize for projection mapping project for the Prague Quadrennial.
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NEW YORK, NY – 4Wall New York recently provided equipment to the Mannes School of Music for the New York premiere of Flight, an operatic drama based on the true-life story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri, an Iranian refugee who lived inside the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris for several years.
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MIRAMAR, FL – The Barbizon Lighting Company welcomes Nicholas Cohen as the new General Manager responsible for the daily management and leadership for the company’s Florida operations.
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NEW YORK – Visitors to www.usitt.org will find a new, improved USITT website, redesigned for easier access to USITT’s resources, programs, and growing backstage community.
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U.K. – Ambersphere Solutions continue to enjoy the strongest possible sales story for the Clay Paky Mythos. Since its UK debut at PLASA 2014, the Mythos has established itself as yet another ‘must have’ Clay Paky fixture in every genre of the lighting industry. From television studios to corporate trade launches, theatrical performances and live touring productions, the Mythos is up there at the top of the list for the fixture of choice.
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MILAN, Italy — As part of the ongoing Expo Milan 2015, Immersive, a London-based design firm, worked with sculptor Daniel Libeskind to provide LED screens that are embedded within his curved architectural steel sculptures. The result? Animated narrative art.
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