International News

KILLARNEY, Ireland — Ireland’s largest events venue outside of Dublin, the INEC Killarney, has recently purchased an Avolites Arena console as part of a major upgrade to the venue’s house lighting rig and control system. The sale of the British manufacturer’s largest and latest lighting console was made by Avolites’ accredited UK reseller A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET). AC-ET worked with the INEC Killarney to supply the new house rig and control network.

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[caption id="attachment_278499" align="alignnone" width="800"]Comics Station in Antwerp[/caption]

ANTWERP, BE – Belgian creative visual design practice Painting with Light was commissioned to design and install lighting and video at the new 6000 square meter Comics Station Antwerp indoor theme park, located in the city’s famous central station complex. The Painting with Light team collaborated closely with Panasonic Belgium on the AV elements and fully specified the lighting elements of the project, which involved nearly 1300 fixtures being used to illuminate over 60 attractions. These are spread across four stories and six zoned entertainment areas.

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[caption id="attachment_278468" align="alignnone" width="800"]Bush Doof Festival gets aid from Chauvet DJ[/caption]

HAMILTON, New Zealand – The Bush Doof festivals have a long tradition of cultivating and engaging a collective social conscience through music. The Road Trip to Bush Doof is one of the most popular contemporary incarnations of this tradition. Serving up a sizzling variety of electronic and bass music parties, the event has built up a large and loyal following. For this year’s event, which featured international heavyweight drum and bass DJs such as KOVEN and Kadington Live, organizers decided to up the production with an upgraded visual spectacle. To this end, local production specialists Tron Audio specified CHAUVET DJ Intimidator Hybrid 140SR moving heads for the festival.

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[caption id="attachment_278456" align="alignnone" width="800"] DJ Armin van Buuren played two solo shows at the Amsterdam ArenA [/caption]

AMSTERDAM – Superstar DJ Armin van Buuren played two solo shows at the Amsterdam ArenA and Dutch lighting creative Art of Light relied on a Hippotizer Karst Media Server to control a series of LED setups during the show. Closing his latest ‘Armin Only’ performance concept at the Amsterdam ArenA, with the biggest show that he has ever done, Armin van Buuren became the first DJ to stage a solo show at the famous venue. The ‘Armin Only’ show debuted in 2005 and the latest edition is bigger than ever, letting the Dutch DJ play longer sets while also exploring his artistic side.

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[caption id="attachment_278453" align="alignnone" width="800"]Kensington gets aid from Avo[/caption]

NETHERLANDS – An Avolites Arena console was recently used as part of an extensive Avolites lighting control network for Dutch rock giants Kensington, at Pinkpop, the world’s longest-running pop festival, in Landgraaf, Netherlands. The Arena console was supplied by Belgium-based rental company, Phlippo, to the band’s lighting designer Jop Kuipers. Fairlight supplied two Titan Network Processors (TNP) and an Optical Titan Network Switch (TNS), whilst Kuipers brought in his personal Titan Mobile console as backup.

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[caption id="attachment_278450" align="alignnone" width="800"]FINA World Championships [/caption]

BUDAPEST – A spectacular Opening Ceremony in downtown Budapest marked the start of the 17th FINA World Aquatic Championships, with 14 days of world class aquatic sports following the elegant, eye-catching event directed by Olivier Feracci from French event production specialist ECA2 and Hungarian film director Csaba Kael, CEO of cultural hub Mupa Budapest. WIcreations was contacted by Guillaume Duflot from EC2A, responsible for delivering full technical production for the event, and asked to provide rigging and structures involving a number of bespoke black-steel elements, together with their extensive expertise and knowledge of working in large scale outdoor environments. 

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[caption id="attachment_278447" align="alignnone" width="800"]FINA World Championships[/caption]

BUDAPEST – The 17th FINA World Aquatic Championships took place in Budapest, Hungary with 14 days of aquatic sports following a vibrant, colorful, elegant and epic Opening Ceremony directed by Olivier Feracci from French event production specialist ECA2 and Hungarian film director Csaba Kael, CEO of cultural hub Mupa Budapest. Lighting designer Frédéric “Aldo” Fayard from Concept K in Paris specified over 400 moving lights for the event, 80 per cent of which were Robes.

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LONDON – The 2017 Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards has announced this year’s shortlist of lighting and video designers recognised for their creative work in Television. The winners will be announced at the 10th anniversary KOI Awards ceremony, to be held at London’s Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, on Sept. 17, 2017.

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[caption id="attachment_278427" align="alignnone" width="800"]Scuttlers plays at RADA in London[/caption]

LONDON – The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) staged the London premiere of Scuttlers in its city center GBS Theatre, an intense drama about the struggles and power politics of 19th century Manchester street gangs set against a steaming, grinding industrial revolution backdrop bringing massive social change and great uncertainty. The work was written by Rona Munro in response to the UK’s unsettling spate of urban riots in 2011. Directed by Hannah Eidinow, the production was lit by Declan Randall, a South African theatre lighting specialist living in the UK, who made use of a number of different Robe fixtures available at RADA.

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[caption id="attachment_278420" align="alignnone" width="600"]ENO’S The Dream Of Gerontius at the RFH in London[/caption]

LONDON – An ambitious production of Sir Edward Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius — a collaboration between the English National Opera, Royal Festival Hall and BBC Singers, was described by lighting designer Lucy Carter as “dramatic, soulful, beautiful, calm and overwhelming.” Her aim “to map the emotions of the music in order to give the audience a visceral sensation, with all lighting textures complementary to the music” was achieved with 160 of GLP’s award-winning X4 Bars, which were used almost exclusively in the set.

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[caption id="attachment_278408" align="alignnone" width="800"]Secret Garden Party[/caption]

HUNTINGDON, UK – Secret Garden Party (SGP) has been one of the coolest, funkiest, most respected and well-loved independent arts and music festivals on the UK scene. Staged at Abbot’s Ripton near Huntingdon, UK since 2004 by Fred Felloes it was hand-crafted as a boutique alternative to the established mainstream music festivals … as is known for its incredible location and amazing vibes. 2017 marked the last SGP event, finishing on a high note of success and major impact in the world of alt.culture.

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[caption id="attachment_278400" align="alignnone" width="800"]Denise Gough & Nathan Stewart-Jarrett in Angels in America[/caption]

SAN FERNANDO, CA – The National Theatre in London has invested heavily for the second time in GLP’s award-winning impression X4 Bar 20’s. Lighting Resources Manager, Paul Hornsby, has added to the initial tranche of 18, which he purchased as soon as they first became available, with a further 20 in order to meet the increasing demand. Both batches were supplied by GLP dealer, White Light. Explaining the rationale, he stated, “We have an extremely substantial rig at the National, and so every year, with my onsite team, we evaluate and discuss what needs replacing and upgrading, depending on both lighting designers’ requests and advances in technology.

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