PARIS – In July, Paris hosted the Japan Expo, a full-scale video game show dedicated to the Japanese culture. Square Enix, a Japanese video game company best known for developing role-playing video games such as Final Fantasy was one of the major exhibitors. For the audiovisual design of the booth, Square Enix contracted NEXXT France, a young French company that provides audiovisual services through innovative solutions.
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TORONTO – Chroma-Q launched their Color Force II range of professional LED luminaires at PLASA 2016. The product received a special commendation at the show’s Awards for Innovation – with judges praising the fixtures’ evolution from the original Color Force range.
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SHEBOYGAN, WI — As part of a massive, multi-year corporate headquarters expansion here, Acuity Insurance is building a 2,000-capacity in-the-round theater. Along with a steep rake to the seating plan, the venue features multi-panel LED curved displays that make use of NanoLumens video screens.
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UK —After years of forging a successful distribution partnership in North America, Hitachi Europe has appointed Stampede Europe to serve as a distributor of its full range of ProAV display products in the UK. Effective immediately, the new agreement includes Hitachi Europe’s line of interactive large format display panels and its range of 2,500 through to 13,000 ANSI Lumens projectors.
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OMAHA – The Dave Matthews Band performed its 25th anniversary tour in the U.S. and Canada this summer. The annual DMB summer tours have acquired legendary status and are known for improvised renditions of their regular songs as much as for their impressive visual shows which have been designed by Fenton Williams since the early 1990s. Fenton and his Charlottesville-based design company, Filament Productions, are still responsible for the production design, and this year he and co-lighting designer Aaron Stinebrink specified Robe BMFL Spots and PATT 2013 fixtures.
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WARWICKSHIRE, UK – For Camper Calling, a new three-day family orientated festival staged by Jazz Events that was held in Ragley Hall Park and Gardens in Warwickshire Aug. 25-27, Lee Gruszeckyj and the Central Presentations Limited (CPL) crew supplied LED screens and live video support.
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LONDON – You Say You Want a Revolution? Records and Rebels 1966 – 1970 is a brand-new exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum that explores the era-defining significance and impact of the late 1960s. The era is relived though photography, posters, music, film, fashion and artefacts in this immersive exhibition which draws connections on the way we live today. Having a long-lasting relationship with the V & A Museum, White Light was called upon to provide the creative and production support for the exhibition’s launch.
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The Laserworld EL-230RGB is a new RGB white light laser system with sound-to-light, stand alone and DMX operation mode. It’s targeted for entry level users, including entertainers, mobile DJs and small nightclubs. The EL-230RGB comes standard with many pre-programmed patterns, that can individually be triggered through DMX (or automatically run in stand-alone or music mode)
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AURORA, CO –Founded in December of 1999 as a small non-denominational church, Calvary Aurora is one of the many affiliates of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa, CA, which today is home to some 30,000 believers. Calvary Aurora is home to a wide range of ministries geared towards children, youth, and adults from all walks of life. To further ensure that its message is relevant and engaging, the church recently upgraded its video projection capabilities—drawing from the product catalog of Rancho Santa Margarita, CA-based Eiki International, Inc.
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LAS VEGAS — The votes are in! No, not for Jill Stein, Gary Johnson and, um… Who were the other two people running for President? No, we’re talking about the Parnelli Awards, of course. Voting wrapped up Sept. 30 as readers of PLSN and FRONT of HOUSE magazines chose the people, companies and products that will share the limelight on Oct. 22 along with Richard Fernandez, Danny O’Bryen and Greg Mackie, this year’s Parnelli Lifetime Achievement, Visionary and Audio Innovator award winners, respectively.
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NASHVILLE – O.A.R. recently wrapped their summer tour with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. The tour coincided with the band’s 20th anniversary, complete with a double compilation album entitled XX released August 5. Tour manager and lighting designer Chris Wrightsman evoked the double ‘X’ symbol within the look of the show, creating a truss design of two interlocked X’s.
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