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Illustration by Andy Au

Lighting Inside the Lines

Creating art while working inside client-imposed limitations can be more difficult than coloring inside the lines of an M.C. Escher painting. Constraints would seem like the last thing you’d want or need while embarking on a creative project, but they’re actually beneficial when it comes to doing beautiful work. We all know what it’s like to be paralyzed by a mountain of insurmountable options and opportunities. Restrictions take away some of the choices available to us, and with them, the fear of making the wrong choice. Working within the confines of artist restrictions can be taxing, but with these few ideas, I hope to make it minimally more palatable.

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Nook Schoenfeld, Editor, PLSN

See You in Las Vegas!

I like coming to Vegas in November. I prefer it over October simply because by the time you read this it will be freezing outside where I live and Vegas is always warm if you’re outside. I wouldn’t mind if they went back to having LDI rotating cities though. I always catch up with a different set of friends on the right coast than I do out here. But hey, it’s that time of year and it’s gonna be great regardless.

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OneRepublic wowed the crowds on the 2017 Honda Civic Tour with live video manipulation using VideoDust and Blackmagic Design technologies.

A Summer Season Recap

Top Tours, Festivals Enhance Visuals with Latest Technologies

Many of this year’s biggest music festivals and concert tours impressed the crowds with converging broadcast and AV technologies. Among the companies on the leading edge: Blackmagic Design. The company recently provided a look at how its AV solutions, from cameras to switching, routing and monitoring, have helped rental and staging companies bring the art of live video production to new levels.

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Band members and friends celebrate life in honor of Chester Bennington at the Hollywood Bowl on Oct. 27. Photos by Steve Jennings

Linkin Park at the Hollywood Bowl

For one special night on Oct. 27 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Linkin Park band members, guest artists and 18,000 fans paid tribute to vocalist Chester Bennington after his untimely death July 20 with a concert that raised awareness and honored his life and talent.

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Hometown Hero Finalists

Diverse Group Voted Best in Their Region by PLSN Readers

Thousands of readers across the continent weighed in on which lighting company deserved the certificate, the bragging rights and the chance to take home the “Parnelli Hometown Hero Award of the Year” at the Parnelli Gala in January.

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Chad Peters and Butch Allen used a colorful palette. All photos by Steve Jennings

Paramore 2017 ‘After Laughter’ Tour

Paramore released their fifth album, After Laughter, in May and launched their 2017 tour the same month, with a performance at the KROQ Weenie Roast and Fiesta followed by a jaunt through Europe and the U.K. in June and July. North American dates followed, running from late July through late October.

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The scenic element called 'the Oracle' was moved using a Kinesys system supplied by Atlanta Rigging Systems.

Bringing Gorillaz Back to Life

With the release of their first album in seven years, Humanz, Blur frontman Damon Albarn and illustrator Jamie Hewlett took their virtual band Gorillaz on the road this year, performing with live musicians and a long roster of guest artists on both sides of the Atlantic along with a few dates in Asia and the Middle East.

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Robe MegaPointe

Robe MegaPointe

“The Pointe was like taking the first beam fixtures manufactured and putting them on steroids.”

This was how the original Pointe was described to me before I used it. Now Robe has taken this fixture to the next level.

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