British singer-songwriter and poet Arlo Parks has been touring in support of her 2021 debut album, Collapsed in Sunbeams, with a lighting design from MIRRAD’s Tom Campbell that makes use of Robe ESPRITE moving lights.
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Flexibility is woven into the very fabric of Action, a new 15-story office complex owned by Action Mediagroup, that combines advanced technology and ultra-modernistic architectural concepts with sustainable, ecological design features that bring its occupants closer to nature in the very heart of the city. This is clear for all to see every summer when much of the building’s stunning latticed exterior is covered with climbing plants.Read More »A&T Trade Adds Versatility and Theatric Flair to Moscow Event Space with Chauvet Professional
The nominees for the 94th Annual Academy Awards were announced this morning, February 8, 2022. The 94th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby® Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® in Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. We send our congratulations to all of the nominees.
Here are the nominees in the design and technical categories:Read More »Nominations Announced for the 94th Annual Academy Awards
ADJ Lighting is pleased to introduce the new Focus Profile, a feature-packed automated profile luminaire powered by a 400W LED light engine. Taking its place as the new flagship model in ADJ’s Focus Series of LED-powered moving heads, this new fixture is the brightest and most feature-rich fixture in the range to date. Offering the excellent build quality and value for money for which the series has become known and a versatile array of creative features, it is designed for theatrical, concert touring, and event production applications. Here’s a features video from ADJ on the Focus Profile:
Describing it as the “sweat of the sun,” the Incas revered gold as far more than a symbol of wealth and power. To them, the glittering metal was a gift bestowed directly from the gods that radiated mystical, restorative powers from its shimmering surface.
An ancient myth? Perhaps. Still, it’s one that visitors to Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru will readily understand. Named after a 15th-century Incan citadel in the Peruvian Andes, the exhibit, which opened at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, showcases a dazzling collection of 192 gold artifacts crafted by this vanished civilization.Read More »Lightswitch Evokes Magic of Machu Picchu with Chauvet Professional
Due to the ongoing pandemic restrictions in The Netherlands and across mainland Europe, Nicky Romero once again celebrated the New Year with his fans virtually through a special livestreamed performance. Following the success of his 2021 New Year broadcast, the world-famous DJ and producer brought together the same technical team to produce his 2022 show, which was filmed outdoors and featured a large lighting rig comprised almost exclusively of ADJ fixtures.Read More »Nicky Romero Rings in the New Year Illuminated by ADJ Lighting for a Second Time
The Rave Rebels XXL event staged at Palais 12 in Brussels included a set and lighting design from Thomas Boets that centered on 200 Robe Pointes, immersing some 30,000 techno fans over two nights. Boets collaborated on the looks with Rene van Dijk, Kristof Blancquart and Rik Uytersprot.
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Dodd Technologies, a full-service live events production company in Pendleton, IN, near Indianapolis, had a busy start to the year thanks to the College Football Playoff national championship game, which took place at Indianapolis’s Lucas Oil Stadium on January 10th. Dodd worked on several projects associated with the game including a remarkable high-rise ballet lit using Elation’s 50,000-lumen Proteus Maximus™.Read More »Dodd Technologies and Elation Proteus Meet Lofty Challenge at College Football Playoff in Indianapolis
Six years after working at Leicester’s Curve Theatre, in the UK, for the premiere of the new musical The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, lighting designer Howard Hudson has returned to the venue to light the new production of A Chorus Line. Both shows have made heavy use of GLP’s award-winning LED moving heads.Read More »GLP FR10s Light Up New Production of A Chorus Line
A new Anolis LED lighting scheme is illuminating the famous exterior façade of the Rosary Basilica at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes (Sanctuaire de Notre-Dame de Lourdes), an ultimate destination calling pilgrims and worshipers from worldwide to the south of France.Read More »New Anolis Lighting Installation Uplifts Rosary Basilica Façade in Lourdes, France
Atlanta got its moniker of “Hollywood of the South” for good reason. Since 1973 when then-governor Jimmy Carter noticed the state’s potential and created the Georgia Film, Music, and Digital Entertainment office, the area’s role in film and TV has grown exponentially. Even during the height of the pandemic, Georgia was home to 242 film productions adding an estimated $2.2 billion to the state’s economy. All Access has provided world-class stage systems and equipment to film and TV clients in Atlanta for years. Now, they’re expanding with an office in the heart of this entertainment center. From here, they can better serve their clients and keep up with the growing demand for film and TV that streaming services have accelerated.Read More »All Access Expands to Atlanta
A special edition of BBC’s The One Show in Glasgow for the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference was broadcast live from the foyer of the BBC Scotland building on the banks of the River Clyde, featuring an eye-catching set designed by Ali Mills and constructed from recycled materials, which was lit using Astera’s new AX9 PowerPARs. Lighting Designer and Director Richard Jarrett chose the fixtures—the first time he had used the AX9 product—supplied by Quay Light, also Glasgow based, which has the largest stock of Astera luminaires in Scotland, all supplied via UK distributor Ambersphere Solutions.Read More »BBC’s The One Show during COP26 Lit with Astera AX9 PowerPAR Fixtures