Skip to content

International News

Estonian National Museum Equipped with Robe Fixtures

[caption id="attachment_275495" align="alignnone" width="800"]Estonia Museum makes use of Robe fixtures[/caption]

TARTU, Estonia – The brand new Eesti Rahva Muuseum (Estonian National Museum) in Tartu has recently opened in a fabulous new single story state-of-the-art 350 metre long architectural masterpiece resembling a portion of a runway lifting upwards …  built on the former Raadi Air Base just outside the cultural hub and second city of Tartu, and near to the site of the original Muuseum at Raadi Manor. Around 100 x Robe LED fixtures – a mix of DL4S Profiles, DL4X Spots, LEDBeam 1000s and CycFX 8s have been specified and supplied for the Muuseum’s three main performance, event and conference spaces.

Read More »

Theater Akzent Chooses Robe DL Series

[caption id="attachment_275481" align="alignnone" width="800"]Robe Fixtures udes in Theater Akzent Vienna akz151028179[/caption]

VIENNA – Gerhard Scherer is a happy man since 24 x Robe DL7S Profiles and DL4S Profiles – 12 of each fixture – have been installed at the Theater Akzent Theatre in Vienna … a busy producing and receiving house located in the Wieden district of Austria’s capital city, famous for its culture and charm. Head of lighting Gerhard has been working at Akzent since it was founded in 1989 in the grounds of the former Palais Nathaniel Rothschild. Its postmodern architecture was designed by Rudolf Jarosch and it offers a 455 seat main house, a studio that can accommodate 80 people and a 380 capacity event space.

Read More »
The cast, crew and crowd were able to scramble to safety.

Elaborate King Kong Set at Vietnam Movie Premiere Goes Up in Flames, No One Injured

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — An elaborate set with video screens, cryo effects and a large cast of fire-twirling dancers accompanied the March 9 premiere for Kong: Skull Island in Ho Chi Minh City (a.k.a. Saigon), Vietnam, but the spectacle took an even more dramatic twist after an apparently misplaced torch set the entire set ablaze, with crowd, cast and crew scrambling for safety. No injuries were reported.

Read More »
Pacific Lighting provided Altman Pegasus, Spectra Cyc 50 and ME4 fixtures.

Hong Kong Science Museum Opens New Exhibits Equipped with Altman LED Fixtures

HONG KONG – Since its opening, the Hong Kong Science Museum has captivated the public’s curiosity through interactive and enlightening exhibitions. The Museum recently opened a series of new exhibits designed to encourage a greater understanding of the world all around us. Wanting to implement an energy-efficient LED lighting system to accentuate the exhibits, the Museum called upon longtime partner Pacific Lighting Ltd who provided them with complete system of Altman Lighting Pegasus, Spectra Cyc 50 and ME4 luminaires.

Read More »
TLC Global sales manager Dave Taylor, at left, with Soren Storm, GLP sales director, APAC.

TLC Global Expands Presence of GLP in Australia

MOLENDINAR, Queensland, Australia —In the three months since taking over Australian distribution of GLP’s portfolio, TLC Global has worked to expand the usage of the company’s products “down under.” This included a series of Entech Roadshows, which ran through Australia’s major cities during the month of February. Pictured here, from left, are TLC Global sales manager Dave Taylor and Soren Storm, GLP sales director, APAC.

Read More »

Avolites Arena is Making Headlines at Printworks London

[caption id="attachment_275416" align="alignnone" width="800"]Avolites Arena in use at London's Printworks Nightclub[/caption]

LONDON, UK: An Avolites Arena console has been selected to control the custom designed, automated house rig on debut electronic dance music series ‘Issue 001’ at London’s new, experimental cultural hub ‘Printworks’. The 001 series sees some of the industry’s most progressive electronic dance music promoters including Junction 2, Melt Festival and Knee Deep host top and emerging dance music talent. The Arena was selected and installed alongside the rest of the event’s lighting package by Poole-based lighting and rigging expert Wolf Lighting.

Read More »

Elation Partners with LMP to Distribute Elation Products in Germany

[caption id="attachment_275410" align="alignnone" width="800"]LMP and Elation Teams[/caption]

GERMANY – LMP Lichttechnik Vertriebs GmbH, a pioneer in the distribution of moving lights in Europe for over 30 years, will begin to distribute Elation Professional products in Germany effective March 15th. With LMP as its distribution partner, Elation opens up a wider market for its products while moving closer to its German customers and guaranteeing swifter, higher-quality service.

Read More »
Sharpy setup at Complex Nightclub NYE event

Complex Nightclub NYE Event Lights Up with Claypaky Sharpys

MAASTRICHT, The Netherlands – Nearly 100 Claypaky Sharpys were used for an eight-hour light show to 2,000 partygoers at an underground club hosted by Dutch techno music agency Claydrum at Complex nightclub, Maastricht for New Year’s Eve. Dutch production designer Joël Lemmerling, from Maastricht-based production company, Stöd, selected 96 of the multi-award winning Sharpy fixtures to create a fastidious design formulated by gridded white, colored and UV light beams and clever manipulation of angles. 

Read More »