PARIS, France – Belgian LD Francis Mannaert is currently using Philips Vari-Lite VL3000 Spot and Wash Luminaires to set the scene for the National Opera of Ukraine’s touring ballet, set to the music of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. The production is playing across France.
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AUSTIN, TX – Fashion designer for Lady Gaga displayed his products during NYC’s Fashion Week in a temporary store resembling a “mirrored cave.” Focus Lighting chose the High End Systems intellaspots, which reflected brightly inside the space, and controlled them with a Road Hog Full Boar.
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MANNHEIM, Germany – Coolux Pandoras Box products were called in to help the city celebrate the 125th anniversary of Karl Benz’s modern automobile. (He received the first patent in 1886 for a gas-fueled car.) The “Autosymphonic” event combined live music, an orchestra, 80 cars used as instruments on stage, water fountains and architectural projections onto a local landmark.
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MALMO, Sweden – LD Mikki Kunttu chose Martin Professional’s MAC III Performance luminaires on Malmo Opera’s current production of “Les Miserables.” “It’s perfect for the high contrast looks needed in this production,” he said. The show runs to February 2012.
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MASCOT, Australia -Australia’s second series of the reality competition TV show, X Factor, uses a similar set to the first series, but with the addition of 28 Vari*Lite VLXWash lights. It is the first time LD Ian Anderson has used LED sources as a main workhorse in the rig.
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CLARKSON, MI – Artist and director Dries Verhoeven devised the idea of a 360-degree projection – an art installation – which would depict the power and powerlessness of the human eye. High Resolution Systems LLC’s Universal Device Controller (UDC) helped by controlling a series of AJA KiPro Mini field recorders in Munich, Germany’s Kammerspiele Theatre.
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DALLAS – Gemini LSV (Light Sound Video) held an open house Nov. 16-17 to demonstrate the Parasol KLR-10 (Kinetic Light Ring) system. Gemini became the first company to purchase this system, which enables a designer to move the source point of a number of automated lighting fixtures along a pre-defined path. The system setup at LDI 2011 is pictured here, with Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures.
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