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Ayrton Provides the Magic for PepsiCo in Barcelona

Ayrton Provides the Magic for PepsiCo in Barcelona

We all need a bit of magic in our lives, and Lighting Designer and Technical Director of PepsiCo Worldwide Events, Steve Nield, brought plenty of magic to the Ballroom of The Hotel Sofia in Barcelona for the PepsiCo International Franchise Forum. He chose 112 Ayrton MagicPanel R fixtures to introduce an exciting, colorful and versatile element to the backdrop for the evening’s presentations that took place in front of an audience of 400 people. The MagicPanel Rs were rigged in a side orientation, in clusters of 14 units – 2 wide and 7 high – filling the space between large LED screens which formed the backdrop for this 40m x 21m ballroom.Read More »Ayrton Provides the Magic for PepsiCo in Barcelona

Vari-Lite VL2600 Fixtures Unleash Intense Colors for ‘Sweeney Todd’

Austin Opera’s world-class Long Center presented a production of the classic Sweeney Todd this spring, with a series of lighting states created by LD James Sale using Vari-Lite VL2600 Wash luminaires from Signify. “I wanted to put Sweeney Todd in the audience’s faces which to me meant he needed to be bright,” says Sale, who has designed the lighting for shows at the innovative Long Center for more than a decade. “The VL2600s were very bright, which was a big plus. The color rendition and continuity from fixture to fixture was terrific and they moved very smoothly.”Read More »Vari-Lite VL2600 Fixtures Unleash Intense Colors for ‘Sweeney Todd’

Claypaky Xtylos Light Up Silicon Valley for a Futuristic, Cyber-Style Invitational Rave

Claypaky demonstrated the engineering of its Xtylos laser-source lighting fixtures at a dynamic invitational event held by another engineering innovator in Silicon Valley. Bicoastal Studio RRD used a large complement of Claypaky Xtylos provided by Christie Lites to transform an empty office building into a spectacular futuristic, cyber-style rave to mark the announcement that Tesla Motors will base its global engineering and AI headquarters at the former Hewlett Packard Enterprise campus in Palo Alto, CA. Cutting-edge lighting fixtures, such as Xtylos, Minuit Une lasers, and other units, crafted a remarkable, out-of-this-world rave atmosphere for invited guests celebrating the headline-making news.Read More »Claypaky Xtylos Light Up Silicon Valley for a Futuristic, Cyber-Style Invitational Rave

Astera Enjoys Busy & Successful Prolight + Sound Expo

Wireless LED lighting specialist Astera enjoyed a busy and successful 2023 Prolight + Sound expo over four days at the Frankfurt Messe, complete with a brand-new booth design and lighting concept that highlighted their current range of handy and ingenious ‘must-have’ lighting solutions for live events and broadcast applications. Astera’s Sales & Marketing Director Sebastian Bückle and the team were energized to be back at the show and prominent in Hall 12.1 at this major European entertainment industry hub… where they enjoyed the buzz of an international audience visiting from all over Europe and much further afield.Read More »Astera Enjoys Busy & Successful Prolight + Sound Expo

Depeche Mode: ‘Memento Mori’ World Tour

For the first time in five years, Depeche Mode is back out on tour, in support of their March 2023 album release, “Memento Mori.” Always on the cutting-edge of music and pushing the boundaries of the synth pop genre, Depeche Mode’s 19th tour again delivers acoustically and visually. Lighting Designer Jason Baeri spoke with PLSN about the dynamic design and how it supports Depeche Mode’s music and audience experience.

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MUSE: ‘Will of the People’ World Tour

Muse’s “Will of the People” World tour recently concluded its U.S. arena leg with a visual design aesthetic that is a stark look at a looming post-apocalyptic world. The powerful production design, from co-production designers Jesse Lee Stout and Sooner Routhier, has garnered a lot of positive attention from audiences and industry colleagues for reflecting the band’s vision.

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Using Lighting to Create Movement for ‘The Coast Starlight’

PLSN spoke with Lighting Designer and Educator Lap Chi Chu about working on two shows at Lincoln Center simultaneously; “Camelot” and “The Coast Starlight.” Both shows rely heavily on the lighting to help audiences understand the context of the scenes. Here the designer talks about his approach using Astera tubes within a lightbox onstage for “The Coast Starlight.”

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