LONDON — LD Al Gurdon used 24 i-Pix BB4 LED 4-lite units on the 2009 BRIT Awards show at Earls Court. Special brackets allowed for two BB4s to be rigged together, and six of these “8-lite” units were positioned on the front truss, pointing into the audience.
Read More »LONDON — A 15-way Kinesys automation system was put into motion recently on the U.K. arena tour version of the TV hit, Strictly Come Dancing.
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DUBAI, UAE — A multimedia show for Zayed University, which was accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, included more than 60 Clay Paky fixtures in the show designed by Gulf Arena.
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LONDON — Architainment supplied over 1,300 Philips SSL iColor Cove MX Powercore LED fixtures for an installation in the refurbished atrium of Tower 42, London’ s tallest building. Paul Croft Studios, in conjunction with Architects Design Partnership (ADP), refreshed the look of the main entrance and reception area with a new lighting scheme created by Light Bureau.
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JOHANNESBURG — Disney Theatrical’s musical, Beauty and the Beast, recently opened at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town from the Montecasino Teatro Theatre in Fourways, Johannesburg, where it was seen by more than 160,000. The lighting rig there included 42 Robe ColorWash and ColorSpot 700E AT moving lights.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Silk Road, a bar and restaurant built within a heritage-listed building, is operated and designed by Nick Zampelis and co-designed by architects Woods Bagot to inspire the ambience of a bygone era, but the lighting is strictly 21st century, with 77 LED fixtures from Anolis.
Read More »AARHUS, Denmark — Martin Professional A/S has named Bruno Garros VP – Distributor Sales. Garros was previously managing director Martin Professional France S.A, and had guided that subsidiary for over 10 years.
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Over the past few weeks I have been doing a lot of experimenting with my computers. Back home my friends dad is a retired Computer Science professor at a local university. He also happens to be a Macintosh guru that has organized a party for the past 25 years since the release of the company’s first computers. This year was the first time I attended and it was great. You basically show up with your Mac, plug in, connect to the network, grab a beer, and share away with all the other users there in attendance. Which leads me into the whole VMware Fusion vs. Boot Camp problem I’ve been having.
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First off, be good at what you’re doing. Learn whatever console makes you comfortable enough to do your job. To me it’s like a guitar… Read More »Advice for Up-and-Coming Programmers
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City Theatrical’s 7400 series Outdoor Use Enclosures are for permanently mounting lighting, sound, distribution, and other control devices outdoors, in venues such as theme parks, hotels, architectural lighting installations, outdoor theatres, and other outdoor entertainment locations.
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NEW YORK — The Heisman Trophy Trust, which annually presents the Heisman Memorial Trophy Award, named Sam Bradford of the University of Oklahoma as the 74th winner of the Heisman Memorial Trophy, and lighting designer Bruce Ferri lit the event, which was televised live on ESPN from the Nokia Theatre in New York’s Times Square.
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NEW YORK – The Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY), with the support of the New York section of the IES, has set March 11 as the date for its third annual program on LED technology. This year's event is expected to feature over 70 manufacturers, have expanded hours and serve as a unique informational program designed for the lighting community.
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