GOTHENBURG, Sweden – Chalmers University of Technology Students’ Union has invested in 12 new Robe LEDBeam 100s to add to its existing stock of Robe moving light fixtures. All the money made by the Students’ Union on staging events is invested into buying new gear.
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PARIS – A hair style competition in Paris showcased some of the best salon creations under Robe lighting fixtures in the 2013 Haute Coiffure Française Trophy (HCT) event.
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MELBOURNE – There are 78 Anolis ArcSource 96s (two per stick) lighting the urban sculpture ‘Red Sticks’ – which glow, shimmer and are clearly visible for the enjoyment of all crossing the Melbourne Gateway. Each fixture is individually and independently controlled, with automatic triggers for seasonal changes and special occasions. The lights are on for 10 hours each night, year-round.
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SANTA CATARINA, Brazil – The statue of Jesus Christ overlooks the city of Balneário Camboriú, with one arm outstretched, welcoming visitors from near and far, and the other carrying a symbol of the sun. The statue’s recent lighting installation uses just six SGM P-5 LED wash lights to shines a different color each night to symbolize peace, love, health, faith, happiness, nature and energy.
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HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UK – Lighting rental company Siyan supplied equipment and crew to the first UK leg of indie rockers The Courteeners tour. LD Dan Hill was challenged with designing a show that would expand from the tour’s smaller venues to the larger festival season stages.
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LONDON – English indie rock band Bloc Party are currently in the midst of their biggest, most ambitious tour to date. LD and set designer Rob Sinclaire is using Clay Paky products through Clay Paky suppliers, Ambersphere, a relationship which goes back through the years.
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LONDON – For One Direction’s Take Me Home world tour, the production team of Production North, Lite Alternative and Wigwam were brought in. They were to transform the cityscape arena concept of creative designer, Elizabeth Honan, into reality. Production designer Paul Normandale used 30 of SGM’s new X-5 white LED strobes for the first time to replace conventional xenon-driven devices.
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SYDNEY – War Horse, the now legendary World War I drama depicting the devotion of a boy to his horse, has moved stage audiences in the UK and US, winning five 2011 Tony Awards. One of the most striking elements of the show is its highly evocative lighting design by Paule Constable. The show is now playing in Australia.
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PERU – The Live Rock music festival is claiming to be one of the world’s highest rock concerts, as it was held at 14,435 ft above sea level. The design featured PR Lighting fixtures from PR’s distributor Layset; the event drew more than 35,000 attendees.
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STOCKHOLM – Swedish singer songwriter Petra Marklund has been touring with a stage set fabricated largely from more than 3,000 SGM LED Balls (LB-100) rigged as an overhead, interactive spatial canopy. Originally designed as a video light curtain, with low-resolution 120mm pixel pitch, the LB-100 display is made up from long strings, each containing seven white semi-transparent LED balls. Each sphere contains two RGB LEDs to create a 3-D effect when viewed through 360 degrees.
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SCHLADMING, Austria – Wireless Solution Sweden AB, manufacturer of the W-DMX wireless DMX technology, worked with Ampco Flashlight Rental to use the new Wireless Solution W-DMX G4 system on the FIS Alpine Ski World Championship 2013 Opening Ceremony. The W-DMX G4 system controlled moving lights, LED fixtures and conventional lighting fixtures at the event Feb. 4 in Schladming, Austria.
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