LONDON – Organizers for this year’s Knight of Illumination Awards have announced the “shortlist” for the “TV” lighting category, which follows the “Theatre” and “Concert Touring and Events” shortlists disclosed earlier. The 2016 TV judging panel is made up of Stuart Gain (Chairperson) and STLD committee members John O’Brien, Andrew Dixon and Alan Luxford.
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JOHANNESBURG – “Welcome to Tomorrow” was the catch phrase used to introduce some of Gearhouse Group’s latest technology to 600 of the organization’s top clients and suppliers. The launch was housed in the inaugural build of the Maxi Dome Lite Venue, a custom temporary structure designed and built in South Africa by Gearhouse In2Structures, the Group’s specialist design and manufacturing company.
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BLACKBURN, U.K. – ‘Empress of Soul’, legendary singer / songwriter Gladys Knight recently toured the UK and Blackburn based HSL was delighted to be supplying lighting equipment and crew to the production which was co-ordinated on the road for HSL by Lester Cobrin and designed by UK and Nashville based LD, Neil Scrivener.
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JERUSALEM – Israeli lighting designer Martin Adin of Pyromania presented his “Photographia – Painting with Light” installation at the 2016 ‘Light in Jerusalem’ festival of light, which involved projecting onto and lighting a large section of the city’s famous ‘Old City of Jerusalem’ close to Jaffa Gate, one of the main entrances to the old city.
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NASHVILLE – Bandit Lites is once again supplying the lighting for The Band Perry as they tour the nation. The country music super group recently released “The Comeback Kid,” the next single off their upcoming album Heart + Beat. Lighting designer Jay Waddell based the design around an LED neon outlined heart shape, which had originally been a piece of artwork the band had used for branding.
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DENVER — Bassnectar headlined the top spot at the Bass Center festival, which brought the low beats to Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, home of the Colorado Rapids pro soccer team July 29-30. Michael Smalley and Gabe Fraboni of Twin Designs began designing the lighting rig many months in advance, including MAC Axiom Hybrid fixtures in the rig.
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PHOENIX – AVmedia opened their Western headquarters and showroom on Sept. 1. The new facility is located at 21410 North 15th Lane in Phoenix, AZ. With just over 12,000 square feet of office and warehouse space, the Phoenix location will accommodate the company’s regional sales, marketing, services, and executive teams along with the latest in presentation technology and equipment. The Arizona office and showroom will also be home to AVmedia’s creative services and content team and includes a full video editing suite, sound recording room, videoconferencing and graphic production capabilities.
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WINCHESTER, UK – For its sixth year supplying the immersive metropolis, BoomTown Fair, Utopium provided lighting and rigging equipment to 12 stages and venues. The event, held Aug. 11-14, drew the biggest crowds to date – more than 60,000. Headliners this year included Madness, Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley and Fat Freddy’s Drop.
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WILKES-BARRE, PA — Mountain Productions has opened up registration for their Columbus McKinnon Hoist School. The event is set from March 20 until March 24, 2017. Pictured here is David Carmack, lead trainer for Columbus McKinnon, directing CM Hoist School students through hands-on hoist maintenance training at a previously held event.
Read More »LONDON and SYDNEY — d3 Technologies is partnering with Technical Direction Company (TDC) Australia. TDC was established 35 years ago and is recognized as the leading Australian supplier of video technology solutions for major events and live productions. Based in Sydney and Melbourne, their portfolio includes The Voice and X Factor TV shows, concert tours for Kanye West and Kylie Minogue, the VIVID Sydney light festival and White Night Melbourne cultural celebration, and corporate launches for leading global organizations.
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LONDON – White Light named Tom Wilkes business development manager. Wilkes, who joins White Light from Vision SL, a technical production company that he founded in 2009, will focus on White Light’s various rental operations.
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SYDNEY – The Ensemble Theatre in Kirribilli, Sydney, upgraded recently with 24 ETC Source Four LED Series 1 fixtures with EDLT lenses and 12 ETC Source Four fixtures with standard lenses. The upgrade included 22 sections of Jands JLX-Lite modular lighting bars to allow for a slightly flatter angle to the stage. Production manager Tom Blunt credited the move for trimming consumables expenses and storage requirements.
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