SYDNEY – Indoor ‘hardstyle’ festival Knockout Circuz returned to iconic Sydney venue The Hordern Pavilion at the end of last year, with lighting designer Arian Yeganeh creating an eight-hour light show using Clay Paky Mythos, Stormy and Sharpy fixtures.
Read More »SYDNEY – Elation Professional named Lexair Entertainment its exclusive distributor for Australia and New Zealand. Lexair will be showing Elation at the Entech Roadshow across Australia this February and will be debuting the latest in Elation’s line of versatile, energy-efficient LED and Platinum Series lighting solutions. Alex Mair and Tony Lukeman will be on hand, with Chuck Green joining the team in Perth.
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Christie is expanding its Velvet Apex Series of LED tiles featuring 1.2 and 1.6 millimeter pixel pitches. The new tiles will be featured at ISE in Amsterdam.
Read More »ARGYLE, TX – GoVision L.P. announced the addition of Justin Barrow to its Golf Operations team and also named Christian Perez account executive for the GoVision sales team.
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BROOKLYN, NY – Jeremy Roth, who designed the production and is out running the lighting for Wilco’s 2016 shows, is surrounding the band with a large number of individually controlled pixels arrayed on IFR 1/2 grid mesh from Rose Brand.
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AUSTIN, TX – High End Systems and LightParts updated their service and repair agreement for vintage HES gear. The new agreement has been expanded, covering a broader range of HES legacy products. Pictured here, from left, are HES and LightParts partners Chris Ferrante, Don Pugh, Robert Mokry and Jeff Pelzl.
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ST. LOUIS – Technical Productions, Inc. noted that LD/production designer Seth Jackson has joined the firm as a full time member of its executive creative team. Jackson will work on behalf of TPI as Production Designer. Pictured here, from left, is the new TPI Executive Team: Gene Brian (Director Engineering/Operations), Seth Jackson (Production Designer), Elizabeth O’Keefe (Director Creative Services) and Michael O’Keefe (CEO).
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LONDON – For a recent U.K. tour stop for Kevin Hart’s ‘What Now’ world comedy tour, LD Ken Delvo specified 24 Rogue R2 Washes and eight Rogue R1 Washes. SXS Event provided the gear.
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AMSTERDAM – tvONE will be featuring its MultiView Dual DVI transmitter Morph-it card at ISE in Amsterdam (stand 1-M60). It will allow users to distribute digital video more than 300 meters, accordin to the company.
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LOS ANGELES – When a magnet high school for the performing arts in the San Francisco Bay area needed to upgrade its theater it called on DSC Design of Novato, CA to design an upgraded lighting system. DSC Design specified an all-LED lighting design and a new dot2 XL-F lighting console from MA Lighting. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting products in North America.
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BERLIN, Germany – The recent acoustic tour of German rock band Karat featured an old school rock ‘n’ roll floor package. LD Michael Kiefert used the latest addition to the Philips Strand Lighting line of consoles, the 500ML, for control.
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NEW YORK — The North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATEAC) announced the panel lineup for its upcoming conference. The event is set for the Roosevelt Hotel in New York on July 17 and 18, 2016. Session topics range from LED Power Requirements to Gender Issues In Public Assembly Place Bathrooms, Immersive Environments and the 21st Century Audience and Greening Initiatives in Theatres.
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