CHARLESTON, WV — Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences of West Virginia has been equipped with a 9.5-foot-by-6.5-foot Panasonic LED video display. It’s visible from the road and is being used to promote current and future events.
Read More »WARSAW, IN —Da Lite is marking its 100th year in business with the publication of a book on its founder, Adele De Berri. Titled First Lady of the Silver Screen, it chronicles De Berri’s invention of the “silver screen” and the company she founded in 1909, the De Berri Screen and Scenic Company, later renamed Da Lite Screen Company.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. —Lighting Designer Paul Normandale has added to the number of lighting fixtures used for a series of European stadium shows for Coldplay’s ongoing Viva La Vida tour, including a conversion of eight MAC 250 Washes into new MAC 250 Beams.
Read More »NEW YORK — Lighting & Electronics is using a new program offered by the LDI show as a way to give back to the industry, and the company is issuing a challenge to all LDI exhibitors to follow suit.
Read More »LONDON — TMB is returning to PLASA ’09 with its TMB “Village” concept, with an emphasis on a combination of hospitality and hands-on demos with booth neighbor Bandit Lites.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Located between Golden Gate Park and The Presidio, St. Ignatius Church has been a city landmark for close to a century. Lindsley Architectural Lighting enhanced the visual features of the cathedral with ETC’s Selador Series LED lighting fixtures.
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CHICAGO — After completing the first leg of U2’s 360° tour in Europe, the claw-shaped structure featuring the first transformable LED video screen has been erected for U2’s Sept. 12 show at Soldier Field. U2 quickly sold out all 65,000 tickets for Sept. 12, and an extra show was set for Sept. 13.
Read More »LONDON — White Light and United Visual Artists are sponsoring a debate at PLASA ’09 on the future of the visual media, and whether or not still-separate visual disciplines, lighting and video, ought to be thought of as a single entity titled, simply, “visuals.”
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EDINBURGH, Scotland — HSL once again supplied lighting and power distribution to C venues' performance spaces at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. C venues is the home to the largest theatre and new writing program at the event, featuring a schedule of physical theatre, drama, comedy, dance, music, musicals, mime, opera, children's shows, visual arts and more.
Read More »NEW YORK—ESTA has announced the finalists in their second annual Rock Our World Awards. Winners will be named at the ESTA Annual Dinner & Awards Ceremony at LDI 2009.
Read More »This month I’m celebrating a 10 year anniversary. Ten years ago I was fired for the second time in 18 months. Oddly enough, I didn’t receive a single greeting card. Some people might think that getting fired twice in 18 months is no cause for celebration. Those people are wrong.
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“Scream if u luv nick/joe/kevin!” reads the I-Mag, displaying monitored text messages from fans in the arena. Not everyone at a Jonas Brothers concert responds, but anyone arriving without earplugs will leave with a ringing reminder of how excited the girls in the audience can get when even a text-message proxy for the Jonas Brothers comes into view. The lighting and stage design for the boys’ current tour revolves around a Tait Towers-designed main stage with two smaller B stages. The design and gags heighten the excitement of the concert experience for the younger crowd by bridging the distance between the teen fans and their idols.
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