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Clay Paky Hosts A Workshop and Lighting Contest for Young Designers

Clay Paky Hosts A Workshop and Lighting Contest for Young Designers

SERIATE, Italy – Clay Paky, based here, hosted a workshop attended by 35 budding lighting designers July 7-8. Along with console operation and moving light control, the event included a tour of Clay Paky’s manufacturing and R&D facilities. Clay Paky also hosted a contest for the participants, and six of the aspiring LDs were chosen to lend their skills to the Tones on the Stones theatre/music festival set for July 17-20.

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UEP’s Chilfest 2014 Rig Includes New SGM Fixtures. Photo by Louise Stickland

UEP’s Chilfest 2014 Rig Includes New SGM Fixtures

TRING, U.K. – Returning for a second year to the picturesque Hertfordshire, UK countryside, Chilfest 2014 took place here July 4-6. Staged by by production company Universal Event Productions, UEP took the opportunity to showcase a number of new fixtures from its inventory including SGM’s SP-6 SixPack pixel blinders, XC-5 RGB color strobes, P-5 wash lights and G-Spot profiles. The six SGM SP-6 SixPack pixel blinders were installed downstage and used for audience illumination and 10 new SGM XC-5 RGB LED strobes were rigged above and used for classic strobe effects as well as floods.

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Summer Night Concert at Palace in Vienna Lit with Robe Fixtures

Vienna Philharmonic’s Summer Night Concert Lit with Robe Fixtures

VIENNA, Austria – For the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2014 Summer Night Concert, staged on the grounds of Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace on May 29, LD Helmut Krammer used Robe fixtures to light four key areas – the main stage; the flower beds left and right of the main stage; the Neptunbrunnen Fountains at the back of the stage and the Gloriette structure, located at the top of the hill directly behind the stage location.

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Riedel Supports EU Parliament Election Proceedings with MediorNet Network, Artist Intercom System

Riedel Supports EU Parliament Election Proceedings with MediorNet Network, Artist Intercom System

BRUSSELS – Riedel Communications supplied the European Parliament with a large-scale MediorNet real-time media network and Artist digital matrix intercom system for the 2014 European Parliament elections held here May 22-25, 2014. The installation provided a redundant network for HD video, audio, and broadcast-quality intercom signal management, routing, and processing for the once-every-five-years EU elections.

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Upstage Video provided LED screens for 20 separate World Cup viewing parties in the U.S. Pictured here, the gathering at SteelStacks in Bethlehem, PA.

Upstage Video Provides LED Screens for FIFA World Cup Viewing Parties

BETHLEHEM, PA – Upstage Video provided LED screens for World Cup viewing parties in major cities across the country. The viewing party in Bethlehem, PA (pictured here) was one of a select few outdoor viewing events officially approved by FIFA. More than 50,000 fans gathered at the SteelStacks arts and cultural campus on 12 separate game days to view the event on Upstage Video’s 17’x27’ Daktronics PST-12HD Mobile LED Screen. That screen is even larger than FIFA’s official soccer goal dimensions (8 by 24 feet).

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Ben Miles, of Mixed Emotions, London, used four Ai S8 Media servers to map the RAH mushrooms for the Coldplay show.

Ai Media Servers Used for Coldplay’s RAH “Mushroom” Projections

LONDON —Coldplay’s shows at Royal Albert Hall here July 1-2 wrapped a brief, six-date tour in support of Ghost Stories, their May 2014 album release. Video director Ben Miles lit up the hall’s 86 “mushrooms” — ceiling mounted acoustic diffusion disks — with video-mapped projections, with an assist from four Ai Media S8 Infinity servers from Avolites Media.

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Nanolumens Names David DaCosta VP EMEA, Opens U.K. Sales Office

LONDON – NanoLumens named David DaCosta vice president of EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa). DaCosta, pictured here, is the co-founder and former chairman of the Limited Space Media Group. He is now responsible for the development and implementation of all administrative, operational, sales, marketing, and technical support programs for the EMEA region. He reports to NanoLumens vice president of sales Rick Bortles.

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WorldStage Supports Milken Institute Global Conference

LOS ANGELES – WorldStage marked its tenth year providing A/V support for the Milken Institute Global Conference. More than 130 WorldStage technicians were on site to ensure the success of the event, and a total of 33 HD cameras were supplied. Along with video support, WorldStage also furnished extensive audio and lighting facilities that included a large complement of audio speakers, wired and wireless mics, digital audio consoles and intercom systems, as well as a package of conventional and LED lighting for 11 rooms.

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For German rockers In Extremo, LD Stephan

In Extremo Tour LD Stephan “Faren” Matern Turns to Clay Paky Gear

BERLIN, Germany – For German rockers In Extremo, LD Stephan “Faren” Matern turned to a range of fixtures far newer than the musical instruments the band members typically play on tour. On the band’s recent Kunstraub tour, Alpha Spot QWO 800 STs and Clay Paky Sharpy Beams lit performers using the 12th century shawm (a woodwind instrument), the Renaissance-era cittern, the hammered dulcimer and other vintage instruments.

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From left, Renzo Hagel, Jeroen van der Velden and Bas van der Poel.

Light Image Design Team Using Robe Gear for Various Shows

UTRECHT, The Netherlands – Light Image, a lighting design firm based here, has been working increasingly with Robe products. The company includes three core people (pictured here L-R): Renzo Hagel (LD / operator) Jeroen Van Der Velden (media servers / technical drawing specialist) and Bas van der Poel (LD). They have been using Robe products on many of their recent shows.

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