GUANGZHOU, China – The fourth annual Guangzhou International Light Festival ranked among the world’s largest visual and lighting spectaculars, seen by as many as 8 million. French multimedia design firm Danny Rose added to the visual spectacle with Play Me!, an interactive and immersive 3D architectural projection mapping experience. The event ran every evening from Nov. 15-30, 2014.
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McALLEN, TX – Doug Hood, president of Custom Sound Designs (CSD; Fort Wayne, IN), designed and installed a new lighting system for the Baptist Temple of McAllen that included a plethora of Chauvet Professional fixtures, including six Rogue R1 Spot moving heads.
Read More »NORTH CREEK, NY — High End Systems distributor Creative Stage Lighting has been conducting an ongoing series of two day hands-on training events for High End Systems’ Hog 4 consoles. Sales engineer Phil Heid is leading the classes. Students taking the course will learn basic and intermediate HOG 4 programming techniques, including console layout, launching and managing shows, patching and editing fixtures, groups, palettes, directories and more.
Read More »SAN FERNANDO, CA – Artistic Licence named TMB as its exclusive distributor in the U.S. for nanoScope, the pocket-sized tester for DMX512 and RDM. Following its launch last year, nanoScope has quickly become a much-coveted gadget for professional lighting technicians.
ATLANTA – Active Production and Design has recently added several dozen Elation Professional Platinum Series moving heads to its inventory. The addition of Platinum Profile 35 Pro and Platinum Spot 15R Pro moving heads complements Active’s expansive lighting inventory. Pictured here is Matt Clouser, Active Production and Design’s owner, with the new fixtures.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia – PT. Prima Global Indomedia’s D’Six Studio upgraded recently with more than 40 SGM P-5 TW (tunable white wash lights) and 40 Q-7 W (white flood, blind and strobe) fixtures fitted with eight-way barn doors and accessory holders.
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MOONACHIE, NJ- If you’re a DJ or event professional in the New York area, you’ll want to attend next month’s event geared towards helping you create the right setting for wild parties, upscale weddings, black-tie socials, and more.
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ArKaos Pro, CORE Lighting, JB Lighting, Sennheiser & Wireless Solution gear on stand EG37 at the Event Production Show in London.
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SYRACUSE, NY – Entertainment artists who like designing on the fly – or watching a Chopped-style real-life challenge – will get their chance at USITT 2015 in Cincinnati. Among the 275 sessions, events, and activities at the Duke Energy Convention Center March 18-21 are several “game show” competitions asking designers to create on deadline.
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TAMPA, FL – Usher kicked off his current “The UR Experience” tour in November with Elation Professional’s award-winning Sniper multi-effect light used extensively throughout the show as a key accent element including laser simulation. The Sniper, Elation’s new beam, scanner and laser simulator in one, has been used on a growing number of shows and special events since its launch last October, both in the U.S. and abroad.
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WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications named Cameron O’Neill as the company’s director for the Asia-Pacific region. O’Neill will be based in Tokyo, working to build the Riedel presence there into a robust East Asian hub for Riedel design, sales, support, and service.
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