International News

LEIDEN, The Netherlands – Gebr. De Nobel live performance venue received a complete Robe moving light array supplied and installed by Controllux.

Santiago, Chile – W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden AB distributor Iluminación Profesional Valook S.A. in Santiago, Chile has been hard at work with a beautiful variety of projects and installations in South America. Niclas Arvidsson, CEO of Wireless Solution recently caught up with Francisco Yañez Valdivia, Product Manager for VALOOK to hear about two hugely successful temporary installations using W-DMX on the Costanera Center Tower in Santiago, one of the highest towers in South America.

MAYRHOFEN, Austria – One of the latest additions to the Clay Paky product line, the Stormy CC strobe, proved a huge hit with the lighting designers as it made its debut on Austria’s high-altitude music festival Snowbombing this April.

PILTON, U.K. – Florence + the Machine’s “infectious enthusiasm” at Glastonbury 2015 was enhanced by an elegant stage set with powerful, tasty lighting by Lighting Designer Rob Sinclair.  To complement Florence’s dramatic and eccentric music (how many rock bands have a harp and vibes?), Sinclair combined new and traditional technology in unique ways to reinforce Florence’s grandiose performance on the festival’s celebrated Pyramid Stage.

JOHANNESBURG, Africa – Robe was right at the centre of the buzz at the 2015 Mediatech Africa expo in Johannesburg last week, taking their own stand space for the first time alongside that of distributor DWR, one of South Africa’s leading lighting sales companies.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – The Mediatech Africa 2015 Advanced Technology Trade Show was a success for Audiosure. The South African company drew crowds to see its extensive collection of audio and AV products as well as lighting from Chauvet Professional and Chauvet DJ.

U.K. – Avolites’ world-class lighting and video control solutions provided an integral part of this year’s Glastonbury Festival, with representation on sites including the Pyramid Stage, Other Stage, John Peel Stage, Silver Hayes and the mighty Arcadia.

SPAIN – Clay Paky’s latest Mythos and A.leda BEYE K20 units, supplied by the rental company Arcoiris, gave color and light to FC Barcelona’s celebrations for their second title this year.

LANCASTER, U.K. – LD Oliver Wilkinson called on Chauvet Professional Next NXT-1 moving RGBW LED panels to incorporate into the lighting array for Lancaster University’s graduation ball.

MILAN, Italy – More than 60 Clay Paky Mythos fixtures are currently lighting the famous Tree of Life sculpture for the Milan Expo 2015, in a light show conceived by lighting designer Koert Vermeulen of ACT Lighting Design.

SPAIN – LD Luis Pastor calls on Elation Cuepix panels for Fito & Fitipaldis’ tour.

CHESHIRE, U.K. – GDS was commissioned to supply a house lighting system featuring ArcSystem for The Brindley theatre in Runcorn.