GOTHENBURG, Sweden – Hyrljudet, a sound company that has branched into lighting since it was founded in 2005 by Kristoffer Jansson, added 24 of Robe’s Pointes to its inventory earlier this year. A dozen were deployed at the 1,500-capacity Port du Soleil in central Gothenburg. Ten more went in to Backstage, another summer venue with a capacity for 800 electro-dance revelers.
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NEW DELHI, India – For the opening ceremony at the 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit, held Oct. 26-29 at the Indira Gandhi Stadium Complex in New Delhi, Modern Stage Service used 30 Christie Roadster HD20K-J 3DLP projectors. An additional six projectors were on hand for backup.
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LAS VEGAS – High End Systems drew crowds to its LDI booth with gear ranging from the new SolaWash Pro 2000, SolaSpot Pro 2000 and Uno to featured products including the SolaSpot Pro 1500, ShapeShifter and Hog 4 Hoglet and Miniwing. Also featured: the new GUI interface for Axon. The company also staged the finale for its Hog Factor competition and awarded a new Hog 4 console and $20,000 scholarship to the winning school, Carnegie Mellon University (pictured here).
RoscoLED Tape from Stamford, CT-based Rosco Laboratories was developed specifically for set designers and filmmakers. RoscoLED Tape promises a multitude of solutions for adding accent lighting into set pieces for broadcast studios and television and feature films. The company’s VairColor RoscoLED Tape is pictured here.
MONTREAL – The technical services integration specialists of Solotech were tasked with implementing the technical upgrade of Cirque Éloize headquarters creative studios in the old Gare Dalhousie facilities. In less than a year, despite breakneck deadlines, the firm installed a one-of-a-kind interconnect system to free the Cirque Éloize from obsolescence.
Read More »NANNING, China — One worker was killed and 13 injured in a concert staging accident at Guangxi Sports Center in Nanning, a city near China’s southern border with Vietnam. The accident, during setup for an Oct. 30 concert featuring Taiwan-based popular singer Jolin Tsai, happened at about 5 p.m. local time on Oct. 29.
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NEW YORK – For pop punk band The Wonder Years, LD Victor Zeiser of Squeek Lights and lighting director David Summers collaborated on a series of visual looks that leverage Rogue R2 Washes, Nexus 4×1 bars, COLORdash Batten-Quad 6 fixtures and Vesuvio foggers, all from Chauvet Professional.
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tvONE announced the first shipments of their new 4K output modules for the CORIOmaster (pictured here, top) and CORIOmaster mini (pictured here, bottom). The company also released CORIOgrapher 2.0, the latest version release of their control software for the CORIOmaster systems.
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DUBAI, UAE – For White Club Dubai’s visuals, Procom Middle East provided Avolites gear. The 350+ fixture lighting rig and 150 square meters of LED video screen are driven and fed by Avolites S4 servers, Expert Pro console with Wing and TitanNet Processors.
NASHVILLE – Visitors to the WFX Conference and Expo will have an opportunity to share insights with technical leaders from two leading houses of worship, The Crossing in St. Louis and Gateway Church in Dallas. Chauvet Professional is sponsoring a seminar by Bill Swaringim and Clark Wilbanks from The Crossing on Nov. 18 (10:15-11:15 a.m.) and a session by David Leuschner of Gateway Church Nov. 19 (8-9 a.m.) Both sessions will be held in room 213 at the Music City Center in Nashville.
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