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Eurovision 2012 photo by Ralph Larmann courtesy of Cape Cross Studio and Filmlicht GmbH

Lighting, Video Companies Team Up to Support Eurovision 2012

BAKU, Azerbaijan – Major production companies across Europe — but mostly from Germany — supplied the technical equipment for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, staged here in late May at the purpose-built 23,000-seat Baku Crystal Hall. The complexity of the production demanded long rosters of gear and staff for lighting and video support, to the specs of the design team headed by Jerry Appelt (lighting) and Florian Wieder (stage design).

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Richard Pilbrow presents award to Fred Foster

ETC Source 4 LED Wins ABTT Award

LONDON – ETC’s LED Source 4 won Lighting Product of the Year at an Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT) show ceremony in London. The ABTT judges commended the Source 4 LED for its “good light output, flat beam, crisp imaging, and the ability to change color.”

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Global Rainbow

Lasers Power Global Rainbow Across UK

NORTH TYNESIDE, UK – The skies of North Tyneside in the UK were lit up on the last day of February with vibrant shafts of laser light marking the start of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Artist Yvette Mattern brought her “Global Rainbow” work to the UK, powered by lasers from Lightwave International. She intends the rainbow to encompass geographical and social diversity in its reach and symbolize hope.

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Carmen

HSL Supplies Lighting for Israeli Opera’s Carmen

MASADA, Israel – HSL sent crew and more than 500 lighting fixtures to the Dead Sea for the third consecutive year to service the 2012 Israeli Opera Festival at Masada, which premiered a production of Bizet’s “Carmen.” Working in the desert with the heat, dust and hostile terrain offered challenges, with plenty of cable runs and other infrastructure having to be buried into the ground.

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The Clock installation

Jands Staging Brings The Clock In On Time

SYDNEY – Christian Marclay’s The Clock is a 24-hour video collage that is attracting audiences in the art world. Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art hosted the Southern Hemisphere premiere of the piece, working with Jands’ staging department to create the proper curtained cinema environment for the three-month art installation.

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Big Comedy Night

Entec Scopes Out Big Comedy Night

LONDON – Entec Sound & Light supplied full technical production and crew for the recent Big Comedy Night event for charity Scope at London’s Hammersmith Apollo. The line-up included a rare stand-up appearance by comedian Ben Elton, plus a host of other high profile acts.

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Titanic ceremonies

Titanic Weekend for PSI

BELFAST, Northern Ireland – Irish lighting rental company Production Services Ireland (PSI) became fully embroiled in the weekend commemorating the centenary of the sinking of the world’s most famous cruise ship: Titanic. They supplied lighting, rigging and crew to three major events to mark this moment in maritime history. On the same weekend, PSI also supplied lighting to three major boxing and wrestling events, so it proved a real brain-teaser for logistics and pre-planning and left PSI’s Belfast warehouse bare.

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War Memorial

PR Lighting LEDs Shine On Ukraine War Memorial

DONETSK, Ukraine – CORTMI Ltd. has carried out an innovative lighting installation at a war memorial in their native city using PR Lighting’s new ARC LED 3216, among other lighting. The three LED spotlights have been placed on specially installed masts around the monument, illuminating it with red light to symbolize the bloody years of war.

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