German light artist, Christopher Bauder, has chosen MDG ATMe haze generators and Me2 fog machines as the foundation of his latest installation, VEKTOR, a personal piece loosely based on his life experiences. VEKTOR, Memories in Light & Sound, is Bauder’s third installation at Berlin’s Kraftwerk, an old power plant-turned-art gallery in Berlin that Bauder refers to as an ‘industrial cathedral’.
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Learning has been called a bridge that takes us from “what is to what can be.” That makes it an important tool for anyone aspiring to “reach across worlds,” as ChamSys proclaims in the statement defining its mission for Prolight + Sound 2024, which runs March 19-22.Read More »ChamSys Reaches for New Worlds at Prolight + Sound
Lighting Designer Mikael Kratt was super happy to be among the first visiting creatives to use the Royal Danish Opera’s new Robe FORTE moving lights in a recent production at the Copenhagen Opera House. This was for Som I Himlen (As It Is in Heaven) a lively and heartwarming musical adaptation directed by Edward af Sillén of a 2004 Swedish movie telling the story of a famous conductor who returns to his small Swedish hometown in the North of the country to retire… and is asked to help with mentoring the school choir.Read More »Robe FORTES in Heaven
Follow-Me BV, the manufacturer of remote followspot and performer tracking solutions are looking forward to exhibiting at Hall 12.1 D40 during Prolight + Sound in Germany this month. The stand is focused on demonstrating the full feature set of the manual system, Follow-Me 3D and Follow-Me Track-iT auto-tracking solution for lighting, audio, and video.
For production and rental company Soundwise of Denmark, choosing to carry Elation lighting products in a market with more traditional preferences is a strategic move aimed at providing unique offerings. “Denmark has traditionally been quite conservative when it comes to entertainment lighting equipment,” shares Lars Thorsager, founder and sales director at Soundwise. He says however that the trend is beginning to turn, albeit slowly. “As the market here begins to realize that there are other innovative products out there that can set them apart, it’s getting a bit easier to specify other gear.”Read More »Soundwise of Denmark Embraces Elation in a Traditional Market
For more than 20 years, the TV Total WOK World Championships have been as much a part of winter sports television as the Four Hills Tournament or the Streif downhill in Kitzbühel. On the 1.6 km long bobsleigh track in Winterberg, Germany, the single and quad woks reach top speeds of up to 115 km/h. As is usual in modern sports television, the focus of the production is not only on the competition itself, but also on the surrounding program of presenters, guests, and music acts. For this reason, the lighting team – led by Jerry Appelt – and the overall technical service provider Cape Cross opted for flexible Cameo spotlights such as the OTOS B5 IP65 beam moving head, the S4 IP LED softlights, and the ZENIT W600 SMD from the ZENIT W600 Series, which is widely used in the industry.Read More »Jerry Appelt Stages TV Total WOK WM with Cameo
Raffa in the Sky is a tribute opera to the iconic figure of Raffaella Carrà, a prominent Italian TV personality also renowned internationally. The narrative transcends into the surreal and paradoxical to strike a chord with us all. Show lighting designer Alessandro Anderoli said: “As soon as I was appointed as LD for Raffa in the Sky, I started thinking about the kind of light and therefore which units to use for this rig. There are two main reasons why I preferred Claypaky.” Anderoli explains in the interview that follows.
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CHAUVET Professional is moving forward toward a new destination at Prolight + Sound 2024. This point is not a tangible place that can be located on any map. Rather, it is a more rarified, ethereal space where the physical and digital worlds converge, bringing forth new and infinitely endless possibilities in design. Building on its breakthrough exhibits at LDI and ISE, the company is continuing this voyage at Frankfurt Messe from 19-22 March. Visitors to the show are invited to drop by the CHAUVET Professional and ChamSys at booth (E21 in Hall 12.1) to experience firsthand how this bold approach to harnessing innovation fuses reality and imagination.
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Ayrton is extremely happy to announce that new Ayrton lighting fixtures have been installed in the Vietnam Army Music Hall and Theatre. The theatre which belongs to the Vietnam People’s Army, is situated in Hanoi and was established in 2010 as a professional venue for music and musical arts. The new lighting fixtures were supplied by Ayrton’s Vietnamese distributor ProAVL and include 16 Diablo TC and 20 Mistral fixtures which will be used generally both in the theatre and for touring shows.
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Bogotá’s Movistar Arena staged the 2023 Red Bull Batalla World Final, celebrating the creativity, importance, and popularity of freestyle rap culture in Spanish-speaking communities. The event was fully loaded with energy and excitement and lit by Madrid, Spain-based lighting designer Edu Valverde from design studio Experiencias Visuales. Edu utilized over 200 Robe moving lights to realise an eye-catching show design for the tournament which was attended live by a lively 14,000-capacity audience and streamed worldwide.
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Elation translates visionary concepts into meaningful innovation to bring new product ideas to light. Be some of the first to evaluate these next generation lighting solutions March 19-22 at the Prolight + Sound tradeshow in Frankfurt Hall 12.1, Stand B49/C49.Read More »Elation to Advance the Art of Lighting Design at Prolight + Sound 2024
Show Designer and Director Martin Hruska wanted to create a sense of spectacle coupled with edginess and idiosyncrasy for Slovak rap star Kontrafakt’s two much-anticipated, high-profile New Eras concerts which were staged at Prague’s O2 Arena. Kontrafakt was celebrating two decades at the cutting edge of rap, so Hruska, the artist and event producers Mafia Records were on a mission to “present the biggest and most memorable show possible” in that venue, explained Hruska, outlining his ambitious visual aesthetic for which he also leaned heavily into Kinesys automation.Read More »Kinesys Moves it for Kontrafakt