International News

LONDON – White Light brought extra sunlight to London on a wintery “blue Monday.” On Jan. 23, the artificial sun rose over Trafalgar Square an hour before the real sun rose and then continued to shine three hours after sunset. Public art group Greyworld created the spectacle.

MELBOUNE, VICTORIA, Australia – Monash University has acquired more than 100 ETC lighting fixtures to help reduce their electricity usage. Local dealer ASL handled the sale and is providing support for the university theatre.

AARHUS, Denmark – Denmark’s Aarhus Symphony Orchestra used Martin Professional lighting to highlight its show stopper, a large concert organ, in the Symphonic Hall of the Concert Hall in Aarhus. More than 100 meters of Martin LED strips mounted on the back of the wooden slats light the organ pipes (from a distance of 15cm). Mounted vertically at the bottom of the slats and lighting the lower conical part of the pipes are Martin Tripix 1200 and Tripix 300 LED linear luminaires.

GHENT, Belgium – Robe’s ROBIN moving lights have been installed into the two main performance spaces at the De Bijloke Muziekcentrum (Music Centre) in Ghent, Belgium. The venue includes two renovated former civil hospitals, one dating back to the 13th century (the Concert Hall) and one to the 16th century (the Kraakhuis) – both converted into atmospheric performance spaces. Above all, they say a huge reduction in the lighting electricity bill has already been noticed since the installation went live.

MANCHESTER, UK – The artwork is not only inside the Whitworth Art Gallery, but in the windows and on the exterior. DBN Lighting has supplied a custom LED and control solution to the gallery. Artist Liz Rideal designed the project, which involves illuminating nine large widows on the top story and video projections on the exterior facade.

LONDON – Entec supplied lighting production for three high profile shows at London Fashion Week for Paul Smith, Mulberry and Moschino. All three projects were once again managed for Entec by Adam Stevenson.

TORONTO – CAST Software’s wysiwyg previsualization suite is on Roxette’s current world tour. Calle Brattberg, the all-around production designer and operator, used wysiwyg as he only had three days of rehearsal with the band. Along with that, all communications with vendors and venues were enhanced and simplified by reference to the plots done in wysiwyg.

BERLIN, Germany – TV LD Manuel da Costa chose to use more than 200 Robe moving lights on the first series of the Voice of Germany (VOG) reality talent competition. Michael Baganz operated the moving lights on a grandMA console. Cologne-based rental company Magic Light & Sound provided the lighting equipment.

LIVERPOOL, UK – ADLIB Solutions renewed its working relationship with US pop duo Panic at the Disco by supplying lighting and sound packages for their recent UK tour. The lighting rig was designed originally by Panic’s LD Robb Jibson, and Eric Cathcart flew over from the US to operate after sending over a plot to ADLIB’s lighting department, which was matched as closely as possible.

Johannesburg, South Africa – VWV, one of South Africa’s leading production companies, invested in Robe’s new ROBIN MMX Spot moving light fixtures. DWR and the Robe lighting factory in the Czech Republic turned the delivery around quickly, so that the eight new units could immediately be used on a ‘Save The Rhinos’ event for the Wildlands Conservation Trust’s Rhino Conservation Project staged in Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton, Johannesburg.

TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, Australia – Production company Wild Gravity caters to a wide variety of clients with events ranging considerably in size. Managing director Noel Anthony chooses the Vista family of consoles for a variety of reasons. The company recently expanded their Vista family with the mid-range Vista 13.