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White Light Supports Live Reading of Orwell’s ‘1984’

LONDON – For the first time, George Orwell’s classic 1984 was read in its entirety at Senate House, University of London on June 6. Having worked on numerous bespoke performances, WL was called upon to provide the lighting, sound and video equipment, supporting a lighting design by Robbie Butler that made use of Martin Aura XB, CORE Colour Point IP65 Battery Uplighter, ETC Source 4 Series 2 Lustr+ LED Profiles and Philips SL PAR150 Zoom RGBW Washes.

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The show opened to the public in May and will run until October 2017.

Blackout Supports Pink Floyd’s ‘Their Mortal Remains’ Exhibition in London

LONDON – Pink Floyd constantly pushed boundaries and they have again this summer, with Blackout helping organizers of the stunning Their Mortal Remains exhibition take rock ‘n roll into the V & A and the high art exhibition world. Blackout’s project director Kevin Monks began planning the ambitious project in January with Larmac Live  and show designers Stufish to deliver the exhibition, presented by the V & A, Pink Floyd and Iconic Entertainment Studios. The show opened to the public in May and will run until October 2017.

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Mikki Kunttu, pictured here, was one of the speakers at the 2017 event.

Tenth Quadrennial Showlight Draws Attendees, and Ideas, in Florence, Italy

FLORENCE, Italy – Showlight 2017, the 10th quadrennial conference hosted by Claypaky and others, drew 400 attendees from 25 countries to the Palazzo dei Congressi in Florence, Italy May 20-23, 2017. The unique networking event featured a full lineup of speakers and served as an open forum for lighting and video designers, students, manufacturers and other delegates to discuss a wide range of ideas.

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Freshtival took place June 3-4, 2017

PR 5000s Light Up Freshtival in The Netherlands

ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands – One of the Netherlands’ biggest dance festivals took place June 3-4 at the  during the Pentecost weekend. Freshtival provided two days of music and camping in Enschede’s Het Rutbeek recreational park — and to bring the main stage alive were no fewer than 60 of PR Lighting’s premium PR5000 Beam and Spot moving heads. Fully featured, and one of the most advanced fixtures on the market, they were largely responsible for the spectacular light show that enhanced performances by acts that included headliners Headhunterz, East & Young, Showtek and Nicky Romero. Rolight provided 60 fixtures for premier Dutch dance event

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Colour Sound Invests in AquaBeams

Colour Sound Invests in AquaBeams

UK -Colour Sound Experiment has invested in 100 new LightSky AquaBeam waterproof beam moving lights in readiness for the 2017 festival season which will see the west London based lighting and video rental specialist supply over 60 different events with equipment, design services and crew. MD Haydn Cruickshank (H) says they have been looking for a couple of years for a product that is water resistant and bright enough.

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John Mayer Tours Europe, U.K. with 40 Robe BMFL Spots

[caption id="attachment_277436" align="alignnone" width="800"]John Mayer finished his European Leg with Robe[/caption]

LONDON – Lighting designer Nathan Alves has a penchant for invention and thinking out of the box, so he has enjoyed the challenge of developing the lighting scheme for the new John Mayer “Search for Everything” world tour which just finished its UK and European leg. The set / production design created by Sam Pattinson of Treatment Studio has a strong cinematic feel and is heavily video-orientated.

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2017 Porin Music Awards

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CROATIA – The Spaladium Arena in the stunning Croatian coastal town of Split was the venue for the 2017 Porin Music Awards (AKA ‘the Porins’), a glamourous, high profile evening which honors the achievements and talent of Croatian artists across a diverse mix of genres and 30 categories and is broadcast live on the national HRT network. Lighting designer for this year was HRT’s Marko Foretić who chose to work with a moving light rig of over 160 Robe fixtures, supplied by one of the leading Croatian rental companies, Promologistika. He worked closely with Promologistika’s Miro Hrg who designed the set and video elements.

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Photo courtesy Wonder London

Google Cloud Event at London’s ExCeL Lit with White Light Support

LONDON – Google Cloud NEXT took place May 3-4 at the ExCeL Centre in East London. The event’s production team from Wonder London turned to White Light for a lighting assist. White Light provided more than 150 moving lights (VL3500 Spots, Martin MAC Auras and Robe Robin 1200s) and more than 300 ETC Source Fours and Fresnels, along with 130 LED fixtures (including Chroma-Q Color Forces). Alongside this were more than 200 hoists and over 1100m of Prolyte truss.

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Painting with Light's designers opted for a contemporary, slightly urban stage presentation for the 2017 Schlagerfestival. Photo by Elke Briers

Slick Urban Look for 2017 Schlagerfestival

HASSELT, Belgium – The 2017 Schlagerfestival, produced by PSE Belgium and Medialaanwhich, included five sold-out shows at 21,000-capacity Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium from March 24-April 1. Painting with Light’s served as production designer, Paco Mispelters was lighting director and Michael Al Far handled the playback video elements along with content designer Sina Sohn. All combined their ideas to present show director Luc Koenen with some big, bright and epic looking settings to deliver a three hour performance featuring 42 different schlager artists.

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