In Memoriam: Brutus Schwirtz, 55
Brutus Schwirtz, an ETCP-certified rigger, passed away in his sleep on Nov. 28, 2009. Schwirtz, 55, was in Detroit preparing for the Detroit Auto show with his son Shane.
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Brilliant Stages Supports Muse’s “Resistance” Tour
LONDON — British alt rock band, Muse, are now on a world tour in support of their fifth album, Resistance. Brilliant Stages constructed the set, working with a design by Es Devlin, under the auspices of production manager Chris Vaughan.
Read More »Riku Kauppinen Named Regional Sales Manager of MA Lighting
PADERBORN, Germany — MA Lighting named Riku Mikael Kauppinen regional sales manager for the Russian, Eastern European and Scandinavian market. MA managing director Michael Althaus welcomed Kauppinen on board.
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Summit Steel Supports Sainsbury’s Conference
BIRMINGHAM, U.K. — Summit Steel supplied a Kinesys automation system with K2 control and all associated trussing and rigging to fly and track five projection screens in the main presentation area of the 2009 Sainsbury’s Our conference, staged at the NEC.
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Robe Gear Lights “Play Me” in Finland
HELSINKI, Finland —Finnish lighting designer Mikki Kunttu has designed lights, screens and sets for the musical Play Me, a new production staged at the Swedish Theatre, based on a virtual reality game intertwined with a talent contest at the Q-Club.
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PixelRange and JTE Name Paul Young General Manager
WORCESTER, U.K. — PixelRange and JTE named Paul Young as general manager. Young will head both the PixelRange and JTE brands and lead the commercial direction of all future business development.
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2009 Elation Education Experience Award (E3) Goes to Thomas Pendergrass
LOS ANGELES — Elation Professional presented its annual Elation Education Experience Award (E3) to Thomas Pendergrass of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. at the LDI Expo in Orlando, Fla. Elation Professional created E3 in 2006 to encourage young lighting designers to pursue careers in the House of Worship (HOW) market.
Read More »ARRI Lighting Names Fletcher Technical Marketing Engineer
BURBANK, CA — ARRI named Ryan Fletcher Technical Marketing Engineer, a new position. Fletcher’s main responsibilities include customer liaison and technical support for ARRI’s LED systems and products for industrial lighting applications.
Read More »Get Acquainted with the E1.31 Protocol
Ladies and gentlemen, step right up and learn about the latest and greatest protocol to take the lighting industry by storm. It’s not DMX, it’s… Read More »Get Acquainted with the E1.31 Protocol
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XL Video Supports Cliff and The Shadows Tour
LONDON — XL video UK supplied a PixLED screen, cameras, PPU and crew to the 2009 Cliff Richard & The Shadows UK and European tour. LD Derek Jones designed video and lighting for the tour.
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Clay Paky Gear Used for Claudio Baglioni Tour
SYRACUSE, Italy — LD Mariano de Tassis credited Clay Paky fixtures for helping him fulfill Claudio Baglioni’s ideas for lighting his 2009 tour, which included stops in historic venues. “The original idea for the lighting design came directly from the artist and was then developed jointly by myself and Fabrizio “Bicio” Marchi, production and designer manager,” said de Tassis.
Read More »XS Lighting Uses RevEAL Fixture from Prism Projection
KANSAS CITY, MO — So many colors — but none of them simply white. That was the dilemma facing XS Lighting, which had sought out LED alternatives to power-guzzling conventional gear since the mid-1990s.
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