In the winter of 1995, I got a call from a friend in San Francisco. It’s Nils Thorjussen, one of the three original guys that started up the Whole Hog empire. He’s telling me he has a computer program that could simulate moving lights on a monitor, claiming that, on some day in the not-too-distant future, “you won’t need to hang your lighting rig in order to program the light cues.”
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RALEIGH, NC – Daniel Thibault of Life Is Art Studios lit Big Something’s two end-of-year shows with a rig that included 18 Rogue R2 Wash and eight Rogue R2 Spot fixtures from Chauvet Professional. The shows were streamed Dec. 30 and 31 from the virtually empty Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh, NC.
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City Theatrical’s Multiverse Vero Transceiver 900MHz/2.4GHz brings the advanced features of the Multiverse wireless DMX/RDM system to outdoor installations for architecture and entertainment. The Multiverse Vero Transceiver 900MHz/2.4GHz contains two radios, 2.4GHz (for worldwide use) and 900MHz (for use in the Americas only), which allows the user to select which radio band to use via the Multiverse SHoW ID.
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NY – Behind the Scenes announces a generous year-end donation from MA Lighting International which has been a supporter of the charity for many years,… Read More »MA Lighting International Supports Behind the Scenes
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PARIS – 2021 got off to an impressive start for show designer/director Romain Pissenem. With an assist from 116 Robe iPointe moving lights, he crafted looks for top DJ/music producer David Guetta’s livestream show from the Louvre in Paris, France.
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LONDON – With SpotTrack, the specialist entertainment software tool for making, modifying and maintaining followspot cue sheets, sold on a per-show basis, it provided… Read More »SpotTrack And Those Few Shows Of 2020
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GRANITE BAY, CA – Felix Lighting supplied Elation Proteus Maximus, Fuze Par Z120 IP and SixBar 1000 IP fixtures to brighten Bayside Church’s Christmas Village this holiday season. Open from Nov. 25-Jan. 3, the walk-through attraction for the church’s congregation and others in the Sacramento area was capped by a 10-minute light show synchronized with music.
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DUSSELDORF, Germany – A Christmas day TV special featuring German singer Helene Fischer was lit with close to 500 Astera AX3 LightDrop wireless battery-powered LED fixtures. The show, with a production design by Tim Routledge, was taped from cavernous Halle 6 of Dusseldorf Messe. Kaiser Showtechnik GmbH, Astera’s distributor in Germany, supplied the fixtures.
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MOUNT VERNON, IL – Worshippers responding to a church service by honking their horns? Not long ago, it would have been unimaginable, but in… Read More »Kyle Upchurch Gets Creative With CHAUVET Professional For Central Christian Church
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ST LOUIS – DE-ŹYN Studios is relying on Analog Way’s Picturall Pro media server to drive the impressive visual experience that welcomes visitors to the new St. Louis Aquarium. The aquarium and other attractions are housed in the National Historic Landmark train shed at St. Louis’ Union Station Hotel.
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THE NETHERLANDS – Prolights’ new distributor in the Netherlands, Full AVL, is supporting the growing adoption of Prolights’ EclPanel range for a variety of streamed events. Dutch companies including Stagelight (SL), First Impression, Purple Haze and Freek Gerris Stagesupport have all added the products to their rental inventories.
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LONDON – London welcomed in 2021 with the Mayor of London’s innovative firework, lighting and drone show – a spectacular city-wide display, sending a message… Read More »The UK’s Largest And London’s First Ever Large-Scale Drone Light Show As The Capital Welcomes The New Year
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