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Blackout Supports Pink Floyd’s ‘Their Mortal Remains’ Exhibition in London

The show opened to the public in May and will run until October 2017.

Blackout Supports Pink Floyd’s ‘Their Mortal Remains’ Exhibition in London

LONDON – Pink Floyd constantly pushed boundaries and they have again this summer, with Blackout helping organizers of the stunning Their Mortal Remains exhibition take rock ‘n roll into the V & A and the high art exhibition world. Blackout’s project director Kevin Monks began planning the ambitious project in January with Larmac Live  and show designers Stufish to deliver the exhibition, presented by the V & A, Pink Floyd and Iconic Entertainment Studios. The show opened to the public in May and will run until October 2017.

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Vivid Sydney 2016

TDC Uses d3 Technologies for Projects Across Australia

SYDNEY – The past year has been busy for leading visual solution experts, Technical Direction Company (TDC). The company has completed work for the ‘King Roger’ opera, ‘White Night Melbourne’ 2017 and received a Live Design Excellence nomination for their work on Vivid Sydney 2016. TDC has offices in Sydney and Melbourne, and has long been a d3 rental partner. Last year they also officially became a d3 Studio, building their creative space with a 180º curved projection-mapped wall and a d3 4x4pro living in the space. Here is a few highlights from what they have been working on in the last year.

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Mikki Kunttu, pictured here, was one of the speakers at the 2017 event.

Tenth Quadrennial Showlight Draws Attendees, and Ideas, in Florence, Italy

FLORENCE, Italy – Showlight 2017, the 10th quadrennial conference hosted by Claypaky and others, drew 400 attendees from 25 countries to the Palazzo dei Congressi in Florence, Italy May 20-23, 2017. The unique networking event featured a full lineup of speakers and served as an open forum for lighting and video designers, students, manufacturers and other delegates to discuss a wide range of ideas.

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The event took place May 20-21 at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami.

Miami’s Haitian Compas Festival Shines with New Elation Fixtures

MIAMI – In May, some of Elation Professional’s newest, cutting-edge lighting gear was used by Lighting Designer Daniel Cortes of Everlast Productions on the Haitian Compas Festival in Miami, one of the largest Caribbean festivals in the United States. The Haitian Compas Festival is a yearly celebration of the Haitian community that features popular musical acts along with traditional Haitian food and other facets of Haitian culture. After 18 years as a one-day event, this year’s festival was held over two days from May 20-21 at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami.

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Freshtival took place June 3-4, 2017

PR 5000s Light Up Freshtival in The Netherlands

ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands – One of the Netherlands’ biggest dance festivals took place June 3-4 at the  during the Pentecost weekend. Freshtival provided two days of music and camping in Enschede’s Het Rutbeek recreational park — and to bring the main stage alive were no fewer than 60 of PR Lighting’s premium PR5000 Beam and Spot moving heads. Fully featured, and one of the most advanced fixtures on the market, they were largely responsible for the spectacular light show that enhanced performances by acts that included headliners Headhunterz, East & Young, Showtek and Nicky Romero. Rolight provided 60 fixtures for premier Dutch dance event

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Green Hippo Presents Demo at NEC Solutions Showcase

Green Hippo Presents Demo at NEC Solutions Showcase

LONDON, UK,– Victoria House in London’s Holborn was home to the 2017 NEC Solutions Showcase and Green Hippo’s UK team played a key role in delivering one of NEC’s sweetest exhibits to 1,500 trade visitors. A Hippotizer Boreal Media Server created a ‘virtual sweet shop’ set-up, using a total of 11 screens, three Datapath X4 video splitters, and playing back 4K video. The resulting display immediately grabbed the attention, and show visitors immediately grabbed some time with Green Hippo’s on-hand team of technical experts.

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Colour Sound Invests in AquaBeams

Colour Sound Invests in AquaBeams

UK -Colour Sound Experiment has invested in 100 new LightSky AquaBeam waterproof beam moving lights in readiness for the 2017 festival season which will see the west London based lighting and video rental specialist supply over 60 different events with equipment, design services and crew. MD Haydn Cruickshank (H) says they have been looking for a couple of years for a product that is water resistant and bright enough.

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John Mayer Tours Europe, U.K. with 40 Robe BMFL Spots

[caption id="attachment_277436" align="alignnone" width="800"]John Mayer finished his European Leg with Robe[/caption]

LONDON – Lighting designer Nathan Alves has a penchant for invention and thinking out of the box, so he has enjoyed the challenge of developing the lighting scheme for the new John Mayer “Search for Everything” world tour which just finished its UK and European leg. The set / production design created by Sam Pattinson of Treatment Studio has a strong cinematic feel and is heavily video-orientated.

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Video West Adds Tyler Truss Systems GT Truss

[caption id="attachment_277433" align="alignnone" width="720"]Tyler GT Truss arrives at Video West[/caption]

PHOENIX – Video West continues to invest in large corporate and entertainment events with their newest addition of Tyler Truss Systems. Video West invested in Tyler Truss Systems Green Truss (GT) for large corporate and entertainment events. These revolutionary truss structures allow for lighting fixtures to be pre-rigged in house before arriving on show site. By pre-rigging the lights and eliminating their bulky cases, these help save truck weight and space while also reducing set up time and labor needed on show site.

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The new truss products promise to help save truck weight and space while also reducing set up time and labor needed on show site.

Video West Adds Tyler Truss Systems Green Truss (GT) to Inventory

PHOENIX – Video West continues to invest in large corporate and entertainment events with their newest addition of Tyler Truss Systems. Video West invested in Tyler Truss Systems Green Truss (GT) for large corporate and entertainment events. These new truss structures allow for lighting fixtures to be pre-rigged in house before arriving on show site.

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