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LD Rick Kay Uses GLP X4 Bars for Alternative Fashion Week in Berlin

The show is noted for adventurous couture and lighting schemes.

LD Rick Kay Uses GLP X4 Bars for Alternative Fashion Week in Berlin

BERLIN, Germany – LD Rick Kay of the CORE Berlin collective joined forces with local rental company Lautwerfer at the end of 2014 to help deliver the inaugural Alternative Fashion Week. The event has since outgrown its origins at local techno club E-Werk and, for the March 2016 event, expanded into Berlin’s Postbahnhof, a former railway station. Kay used  48 of GLP’s new X4 Bar 10 battens — 24 down each side of the stage — for that event.

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PixelFLEX FLEXCurtain screens at Analog Way Amercas' new Atlanta-area facility.

Analog Way Americas Grand Opening Makes Use of PixelFLEX FLEXCurtain LED Video Screen

ATLANTA – HWPco supported the grand opening of Analog Way Americas’ Atlanta-area headquarters recently, using FLEXCurtain LED video technology from Nashville-based PixelFLEX. The LED screens helped transform Analog Way’s 6,000 square foot warehouse space into an engaging environment for invited guests. The setup included FLEXCurtain screens divided into three sections measuring a total of 30 by 10 feet (WxH). The screen panels were hung from a truss structure rigged to the warehouse roof.

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Chauvet Professional Maverick MK2 Wash Now Shipping

Chauvet Professional Maverick MK2 Wash Now Shipping

SUNRISE, FL – Chauvet Professional reports that their Maverick MK2 Wash is now available. The fixture promises to open new ways for designers to incorporate LED washes into tours, theatrical productions and other applications. Part of the Chauvet Professional Maverick series, the fixture is powered by 12 Osram 40-watt RGBW LEDs and features a custom designed optical system, along with full spectrum color mixing and impressive brightness and speed.

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Blizzard Lighting Colorise Zoom RGBAW in white housing

Blizzard Lighting Colorise Zoom RGBAW

Blizzard Lighting adds to its Colorise family of fixtures the Colorise™ Zoom RGBAW. The fixtures come fitted with 36 3W RGBAW LEDs, an impressive 10° to 40° zoom-able beam angle and a diffused optical lens. The fixture is fully equipped with a built-in AnyFi™ wireless DMX receiver, and it is designed to support standard 2.4Ghz and W-DMX signal types.

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Afrikaans is Groot

Showcase for Afrikaans Artists in South Africa Lit with MGG-Supplied Clay Paky Fixtures

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – For Afrikaans is Groot, a showcase for Afrikaans artists in South Africa backed by record label Coleske Artists, MGG has been serving as the main technical suppliers. LDs Joshua Cutts and Christopher Bolton split the design load for the concerts, staged in Pretoria in the last fall and Cape Town this spring. They designed and programmed the looks on separate grandMA consoles on the same network, using 24 universes to control a rig that included MGG’s Clay Paky A.Leda B-Eyes (K20 and K10), Sharpys, Clay Paky Alpha Profile 1500s and some Clay Paky Mythos units as well.

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The QER SFX team were called upon to supply custom visuals for Foals, Muse, and Adele on both Friday and Saturday night. Pictured here, the company's confetti effect.

Glastonbury Pyramid Stage Fights Dampened Spirits with Assist from QER SFX

GLASTONBURY, U.K. – QER SFX provided confetti, streamers, and pyrotechnics for three major headline acts at the muddiest Glastonbury on record. Battling against pouring rain and mud that threatened to swallow flight cases, the company, which has offices in the U.K. and U.S., serviced its biggest Glastonbury festival to date. With trends in special effects rapidly becoming a staple of festival entertainment, the QER SFX team were called upon to supply custom visuals for Foals, Muse, and Adele on both Friday and Saturday night.

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