WARSAW, Poland – For the Verva Street Racing event held at National Stadium in Warsaw Sept. 20, LD Jacek Chojczak specified 32 Clay Paky SuperSharpys from lighting rental company Transcolor and rigged them on the crown of the stadium, making them a “huge part of the show.” The gear was sourced via Prolight Sp. z o.o., the distributor for Clay Paky products in Poland.
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LONDON – Entertainment production supplier White Light has recently been named a Super Dealer for the RUSH brand of lighting effect products made by Martin Professional. The company will also keep stock of selected RUSH products, to be shipped directly from its London facility. Launched earlier this year, the comprehensive RUSH product line brings to the market the latest effect technology at an affordable price, backed by the Martin Professional reputation for quality products. The RUSH MH 5 Profile is pictured here.
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LONDON – Dubstep/garage star Katy B’s recent UK tour brought a moody nightclub atmosphere to venues around the U.K. with an assist from Tom Campbell’s silhouette rich, strobe heavy lighting design, which relied in part on the effects from new Stormy CC and A.leda B-EYE K20 and K10 fixtures from Clay Paky.
Read More »JERSEY CITY, NJ – An exhibition, Beyond Rubik’s Cube, opened at Liberty Science Center with audio-visual design, integration and installation by Electrosonic. Electrosonic was hired by exhibit fabricator Maltbie, a kubik Company, to take on the project designed by the Science Center’s Experience Services. The 7,000 square-foot exhibit, with 24 areas featuring AV support by Electrosonic, is intended to travel; after 11 months at Liberty Science Center, it will start a seven-year international road trip.
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SPICELAND, IN – Draper, Inc. has announced its TecVision XH900X Grey projection viewing surface has been certified by the Imaging Science Foundation (ISF) for excellent color reproduction and fidelity. XH900X Grey performs very well in moderate ambient light, is well suited for high resolution content, and is 4K ready. This latest announcement means the entire TecVision Engineered Surface Technology line is now ISF certified.
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JOHANNESBURG, DURBAN and CAPE TOWN South Africa – Clay Paky’s Massimo Bolandrina and Giovanni Zucchinali spent two weeks in South Africa providing daily demos to introduce the company’s latest offerings to the region, including the SuperSharpy, Mythos and Stormy fixtures. A photo taken during this roadshow of a SuperSharpy beam projecting onto a cloud reached the second most “Likes” ever recorded on the Clay Paky Facebook page.
Read More »GIG HARBOR, WA – Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church recently converted the visual platform in their main worship space from a traditional projector and screen system to Elation EZ Series LED video screens. Church leaders initially looked at two 15,000 lumen projectors as replacements for a pair of aging 10K lumen projectors but opted for the Elation video screens instead. Agility AVL installed the gear.
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MANNHEIM, Germany — 1980s German rock/punk band Böhse Onkelz (Bad Uncles) reunited at Germany’s Hockenheimring race track earlier this year for their first show in nine years. LD Jerry Appelt included 80 Clay Paky Sharpys and 36 A.leda B-EYE K20s in the rig. PRG provided the gear to light the band on the main stage as well as a B-stage that brought the performers closer to more of their fans.
Read More »LONDON – British singer Lily Allen has been touring both the festival and venue circuit in front of a backdrop of baby bottles laced with LED strips and controlled by Avolites Ai. Allen first unveiled her baby bottles set – a concept conceived by acclaimed stage designer Es Devlin – at Glastonbury 2014 and went on to perform with the bottles throughout the U.S., U.K. and Europe in the autumn as part of her Sheezus tour. In January and February 2015, the tour continues to Asia.
Read More »BRUSSELS, Belgium – ArKaos PRO named Music & Lights as its exclusive distributor for Italy. Music & Lights will handle the full portfolio of ArKaos products, which includes ArKaos Stage, Studio and Stadium media servers, MediaMaster PRO and MediaMaster Express software and Kling-Net, ArKaos’ control protocol.
Read More »The upcoming 2015 USITT Conference and Stage Show has attracted notable sponsors such as L-Acoustics, Elation Professional and Disney Creative Entertainment. USITT 2015 in Cincinnati March 18-21 offers added entertainment value and support opportunities – and some heavy-hitters have already signed on to sponsor key portions of the event.
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CAST Software’s new wysiwyg R34 lighting design software offers such features as laser light visualization, support for multiple languages, and an expanded set of new textures.
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