LONDON — Lighting director Franck Evin has used 40 ETC Selador Desire D22 luminaires in an art gallery here to make the colors in the artwork “pop.” He called his use of ETC Selador LEDs as a “radical way to fix the lights,” calling the result “fantastic.”
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FOR-A noted that it had changed the name for three products within its HANABI Series of video switchers. The company’s formally named HVS-XT100, HVS-XT110, and HVS-XT2000 switchers will now be called the HVS-100, HVS-110 and HVS-2000 (pictured here).
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Patrick Stansfield, 70, tour manager for Neil Diamond, the Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, the Grateful Dead, Santana, Tina Turner and scores of others, died in the early morning hours on Oct. 28, 2014 from kidney failure. Along with his prominence in concert touring, Stansfield was the production mastermind behind the transformation of Dodgers and Yankee Stadiums for papal visits in 1987 and 2008 and was co-founder of the Parnelli Awards, named in memory of his good friend Rick “Parnelli” O’Brien. He was surrounded by family and friends at the Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center here in the days before his death.
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LAS VEGAS — When the 2014 Parnelli Awards take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas Nov. 22, it will be the 14th time the event has been staged, and the first time Patrick Stansfield will not be able to attend. Stansfield died Oct. 28 in Burbank, CA at age 70. While his physical absence will be conspicuous, the 2014 event — and those to come — will remain infused with Stansfield’s passion for excellence, a lasting legacy that will be plainly evident everywhere you turn.
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LEEK, The Netherlands – Prolyte Group, based here, named Ralph Stockley commercial director. Stockley, who has previously served as interim manager for Prolyte Products GmbH and managing director for Prolyte Sales BV, will now be responsible for all commercial activities within the group.
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NEWPORT, RI – For a recent corporate event, JDI Productions accented the architecture of historically significant Fort Adams here. Mark Kuepker, JDI Productions’ project manager for the event, noted how Chauvet Professional’s WELL 2.0 fixtures met the strategic needs of the project. Even though the historic fort had ample power supplies, Kuepker noted that the battery-powered fixtures were easy to set up and eliminated the possibility that guests might trip on power cords.
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BIRMINGHAM, AL – The Church of the Highlands now has 10 locations and more than 30,000 active members. When it came time to upgrade the lighting on its 10 campuses, the megachurch turned to Martin Professional Lighting. The main campus deploys Martin’s MAC Viper moving head luminaires and MAC 250 wash lights. Martin’s MAC 101s are also used at each of the church’s locations.
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LONDON – Robe’s new Big Multi-Functional Luminaire Spot moving light fixture was used to light the fabulous Pink Ribbon Ball, held in London in support of the Breast Cancer Campaign.
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LAS VEGAS — The world’s tallest observation wheel, The High Roller, now rises above the cityscape of Las Vegas, illuminated by fixtures from Harman’s Martin Professional’s Tripix range of products. The installation includes 1,120 Tripix 300 fixtures, 1,008 Tripix Wash fixtures, 560 Tripix Power IP66 power supplies and four MAC Viper fixtures.
