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Chroma-Q Gets Wired for Broadway Green Alliance

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Chroma-Q Gets Wired for Broadway Green Alliance

NEW YORK – LD James Bedell recently specified 100 Chroma-Q Color Force Compact fixtures to illuminate the interior of a temporary pop-up store in New York’s Times Square for Wired magazine. Bedell then used the “green LED” experience to use in a presentation for Broadway Green Alliance. At the BGA event, Bedell stressed all the advantages of using LEDs in this context: energy saving, low maintenance, minimal running costs and an excellent quality of light output.

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Orbitarium © Thomas Hofer, Technorama, Switzerland

Projectiondesign Places Planet Earth in Context at Technorama

WINTERTHUR, Switzerland – The Orbitarium at Switzerland’s Technorama science center is a pioneering theatre space which gives visitors an ‘astronaut’s eye’ of Planet Earth and the natural events that take place around it such as hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes and so on. To enhance its show, “Planet Earth – Cosmic Oasis,” projectiondesign was brought in to create a 3-D effect.

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Winner: Artem Tzuranov

Martin Honors Russian Lighting Designer Contest Participants

MOSCOW – Martin Professional’s representative office in Russia and the CIS, in cooperation with Messe Frankfurt RUS, held a lighting designer contest as part of the Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia exhibition in Moscow. A special area was constructed in a lighting pavilion at the exhibition and outfitted with MAC Auras, MAC 101s, MAC 700 Profiles and MAC 2000 Washes. Contest participants prepared and demonstrated a four-minute light show with music in real time using a Martin M1 lighting console.

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Elation Open House

Elation Draws 300 to LA Open House

LOS ANGELES – Elation Professional’s recent open house in the company’s new 4,000-square-foot showroom here drew a crowd of about 300 industry professionals to see some of the company’s latest products perform in simulated real-world lighting environments. The showroom features replicas of a stage, broadcast studio and other venues where professional lighting is widely used.

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All Time Low

Clearwing Productions Put MAC Auras on Tour

MILWAUKEE – Clearwing Productions has had a busy summer with its new 48 Martin MAC Aura LED fixtures. They debuted their new inventory on an All Time Low concert, then rented them out for other events including Chris de Burgh’s U.S. tour, the Macy’s Glamorama multi-city summer tour, and Tiesto’s Summerfest concert at the Marcus Amphitheater in Milwaukee.

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TruColor

PRG TruColor HS

LOS ANGELES —Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG) is now shipping the new TruColor HS lighting system for film and television production. The company says the volume of light produced is nearly twice as much output as a 2K soft source with no significant heat, no flicker and no noise. At the heart of TruColor HS fixtures are custom-formulated ChromaLit remote phosphor panels, offering color rendering with a wide range of color temperatures. The TruColor HS can output up to 100 fc at 10 feet, providing 25,000 lumens while consuming less than 450 watts.

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Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert

Robert Juliats Provide Shining Night for Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

LONDON – LD Durham Marenghi specified five Robert Juliat Lancelot 4000W HTI followspots as the main stage key lights for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert June 4 outside the gates of Buckingham Palace. The Lancelots cut through the quantity of light on stage and behind the performers to ensure the audience, both in the arena and watching on television, didn’t miss a moment of the action. Neg Earth supplied the gear.

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The Fantasticks

Elektralite Fixtures Find New Home at TSU Theatre

NASHVILLE – Tennessee State University Theatre recently installed new moving lights to replace their conventional lighting rig. Technical Manager Mark Collino oversaw the new lighting install comprised of eight Elektralite my575s and 10 Pancake RGBW LED units. Their first production, “The Fantastics,” proved to be a hit with the variety of effects the new rig provided.

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