Since 2024, visitors to the Cité Immersive Viking in Rouen, France, have been able to delve into the fascinating world of the Vikings. The multimedia exhibition retraces the Viking invasion of Normandy in the ninth and tenth centuries and brings the culture and history of the region to life in a multimedia and immersive way.
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Goldensea announced its Sept. 1, 2024 agreement to acquire SGM Light AS, noting that SGM would continue operating with the SGM name under Goldensea ownership.
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A duo of bespoke 32′ (9.75m) projection screens, created to order by AV Stumpfl, and supplied by production partner, PRG, provided the backdrop to the innovative, award-nominated set design for The 1975’s recently concluded ‘At Their Very Best’ and ‘Still… At Their Very Best’ world tours.
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Celebrated South African production designer Wilhelm Disbergen has completed an array of video-focused shows across his home country, utilizing Hippotizer Media Servers to transform the look and feel of each piece. Disbergen focused on two of Johannesburg’s National School of the Arts (NSA) productions recently, using Hippotizer Media Servers on both to raise the bar on visual design.
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DJ David Guetta delighted audiences with his show “The Monolith” at the Ciutat de València Stadium. Global Live Entertainment SL produced the event, and Fluge Audiovisuales supplied the technical equipment. One of the most talked about aspects of the event was the lighting, with 24 Ayrton Cobra laser-sourced fixtures serving as a highlight of the show.
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Adele’s highly anticipated residency in Munich, Germany, has not only pushed the boundaries of live entertainment but has also officially broken records. Solotech is proud to have been the official video supplier for the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® achievement of the Largest Continuous Outdoor LED Screen (temporary), a groundbreaking feat in live event production.
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This year marked the third consecutive time that Laserimage has collaborated with Eurovision, further solidifying themselves as a leader in live TV laser show technology. Laserimage deployed a fleet of their 15 RGB projectors with Pangolin FB4 control hardware and Pangolin DiscoScan Lenses.
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Princess Cruises’ brand new Sun Princess ship set sail on its maiden voyage in mid-2024 with a totally re-imagined AV system. Multiple LED walls are installed throughout the vessel, all of which are driven by Hippotizer Media Servers.
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Award-winning lighting designer Sooner Routhier has been working with Coldplay since 2019 and, keeping with the effort of Coldplay’s in ushering in a new era of sustainable touring, she chose to light the band’s “Music of the Spheres” world tour using greener, more eco-friendly fixtures. The lighting vendor for the tour is a long-time partner, Upstaging.
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For more than 20 years, the Airbeat One Festival has entertained fans with the harder side of electronic music with an event that features cutting-edge stage design, epic light shows and leading international DJs. Airbeat One 2024 was recently held where Lighting Designer Christopher Rostalski, CEO of CR Lichtdesign, used 130 Claypaky Tambora Linear 100 LED pixel-mapping bars for versatile lighting effects and artistic set decoration.
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Open Beatz is the largest open-air festival for electronic music in southern Germany. 2024 performers included Afrojack, Nicky Romero, Felix Jaehn, Lilly Palmer, and many more. Eventures GmbH was responsible for the lighting, sound, and video equipment on the three largest stages. Lighting Designer Tobias Reinartz (visualprime) worked with the new Cameo ORON® H2 Hybrid Phosphor Laser Moving Heads for the first time.
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Recently, the Musée de l’air et de l’Espace, located next to the Paris-Le Bourget airport, sparkled during Cercle Festival 2024. At the center of the festival was a stage set up under the fuselage of Air France’s prototype Concorde, supersonic jet airliner, with the dancefloor located in in the museum space around the aircraft. Enhancing this immersive setting on a multitude of levels was an inspired lighting design by Steph Viallon that featured 55 CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE M motorized strobe-washes provided by Magnum.
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