BERLIN – At this year’s InnoTrans exhibition in Berlin, transportation company Bombardier integrated Martin Professional’s new VC-Dot 1 LED strings into an aluminum art structure used to simulate train traffic across the globe. The structure – designed by Ambion – used 2,000 of the individually controllable pixel dots and attracted visitors to their booth throughout the show.
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LEBANON, UAE – Middle East technical production company Sound on Stage wanted to expand its operation from audio to include lighting. So they invested in Robe’s Robin LEDWash 1200 and 600s, MMX Spots and LEDBeam 100s to kick start their lighting rental stock.
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Resolution X took delivery of the first Martin MAC Viper Profiles in Australia, and gave them their debut appearance on the AFL Footy Show Grand Final Edition. The sports TV show was broadcast live from Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena. The Vipers were positioned on moving trusses upstage and were LD Rohan Thornton’s primary profile light and source light on the stage from behind. “Optically and from an intensity point of view they cut through all the other fixtures that I was using so they had pride of place,” Thornton said.
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LONDON – Haydn Cruickshank of Colour Sound Experiment (CSE) designed and supplied lighting for a showcase celebrating the birthday of Tennessee whiskey Jack Daniels at a cavern called Devil’s Arse in the Peak District, UK. One of the many challenges facing the production team was the 600-meter (656-yard) push from the truck drop through the treacherous terrain of the Castleton Village pathways and up the hill into the first cave. Access to the second cavern entailed the lighting crew crawling on their bellies along a passage less than a meter (39 ft) high with all the kit, negotiating rocks, walls and dripping water and dank odors.
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BELGRADE, Serbia – Serbian lighting director Viktor Trifu recently used an ETC Ion console to run the lighting for “Time of the Gypsies” at Belgrade’s Sava Center. Described as “punk opera” or “how Monty Pyton would have imagined opera,” the show presented challenges for Trifu, but the Ion console made it easy to control, he says. I have used Ions before and am always impressed by how much fine control I have of intelligent fixtures.”
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LAGOS, Nigeria – Solution Media and InfoTech Ltd recently staged an evening of live entertainment to demonstrate Robe technology along with other brands in their inventory. Five hundred guests enjoyed the “Memoirs and Wine” event, including visual and show designers, event planners, brand managers and ambassadors, media managers of telecommunication and oil companies together with film and TV stars, and of course, the press.
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SHENZHEN, China – The Chinese version of the American television singing competition, NBC’s “The Sing Off,” airs on Shenzhen Satellite Television and uses Martin Professional MAC III series luminaires to accompany the a cappella groups. The fixtures were also the main lighting instruments used on the US version of the show, and to keep the same look, organizers invited the original stage and lighting designers to China for guidance.
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LUCERNE, Switzerland – For the 1,000-capacity Vegas Dance Club, based here, LD Frank Alofs from Audiotech KST AG opted for a moving light rig centered on Robe LED fixtures including 12 ROBIN LEDBeam 100s, eight DLX Spots and four LEDWash 300s.
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