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Nordlite Opts for GLP’s impression X5 Series

Management of Nordlite Veranstaltungstechnik GmbH, from left to right: Joe Gruber, Wolfgang Frahm, and Oliver Sperling. Photo credit: Thomas “Tidji” Gerhardt

Nordlite Veranstaltungstechnik GmbH is a leading regional provider of event technology and set construction solutions. The Hamburg-based company offers various complete solutions in the event sector, from conception and design through technical planning and implementation to dry hire. The clientele primarily includes large and medium-sized companies.Read More »Nordlite Opts for GLP’s impression X5 Series

CrowdLED Unveils the Future of LED Wristbands for Live Events

CrowdLED, the European leader in LED wristbands technology, is setting the stage for a new era of audience engagement in the Americas. With the grand opening of its Nashville office, CrowdLED is set to transform the landscape of live events across North, Central, and South America. CrowdLED’s RF technology, requiring no cabling, no rigging, and integrating in just two minutes, has already made waves in high-profile events such as the opening ceremony of San Salvador 2023, the coronation of King Charles III, Formula E championships, concerts, and tours. And now, with the opening of CrowdLED’s Nashville office, it’s closer to home.Read More »CrowdLED Unveils the Future of LED Wristbands for Live Events

Cameo Inspires the Lighting Designers at the Festival Lent in Slovenia

From June 23 to July 1, the city center of Maribor was transformed into a large festival area for music, art and culture. Festival Lent is the largest open-air festival in Slovenia and one of the biggest city center festivals in Europe. Also, for the 30th anniversary, national and international artists performed on the numerous large and small stages, including this year’s Eurovision Song Contest participants Joker Out as well as funk legend Fred Wesley. To stage the broad spectrum of genres, the lighting designers of the respective stages relied on an equally versatile range of moving lights, LED bars and flood lights from Cameo.Read More »Cameo Inspires the Lighting Designers at the Festival Lent in Slovenia

Christien Methot Debuts His Light:Bridge Across the Seine in Paris

International Light Artist Christien Methot enabled Parisians to see their beloved Seine River in a new light when he created the world’s first Light:Bridge with Ayrton Cobra phosphor laser source luminaires. For one July night, Methot, the Principal Lighting Designer at New York City-based Design One Lighting Design, used 10 powerful parallel beams of light to project a ‘bridge’ across the water near the Passerelle Leopold-Sedar-Senghor footbridge, which links the Left Bank’s Musee d’Orsay with the Right Bank’s Jardin des Tuileries.  From far away the light beams appeared to be a sturdy, physical crossing.  But as people approached it, the ethereal nature of a bridge built of light was revealed. 

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Adam Hall Group Receives the BSFZ Seal of Innovation Competence

Every innovation begins with an initial idea. At the Adam Hall Group, these ideas emerge anew every day – and they are developed step by step in the Experience Centre at their Neu-Anspach headquarters into finished products and solutions that support event technology users worldwide in their creative processes. Recently, this innovative competence has been officially confirmed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. With the award of the BSFZ seal by the Certification Body for Research Grants, the Adam Hall Group is now recognized as a researching and developing company.Read More »Adam Hall Group Receives the BSFZ Seal of Innovation Competence

ISE Celebrates Two Decades of Pro AV Exhibitions with 2024 Show in Barcelona

Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) is marking its 20-year milestone with the 2024 ISE exhibition, set to take place in Barcelona, Spain from Jan. 30 to Feb. 2, 2024. The 2024 event is also shaping up to be the biggest ISE show yet, with the largest-ever show floor set across 65,000m², and with more than 115 new exhibitors confirmed.Read More »ISE Celebrates Two Decades of Pro AV Exhibitions with 2024 Show in Barcelona

Chameleon Rental Circles Artists with CHAUVET Professional at Lake Festival

The circle, that most mystical of shapes that philosophers have described as a “reflection of eternity,” served as an ideal design motif for the main stage at the recent Lake Festival in Serbia. Like the circle itself, which has no beginning or end, and embraces all, the three-day festival encompassed a diverse mix of artists from Europe and the USA with infinite ease.Read More »Chameleon Rental Circles Artists with CHAUVET Professional at Lake Festival

Rene Garcia and Chris Fernandez Accent Natural Beauty for Univision Show with CHAUVET Professional

Savvy swimmers at Condado Beach know to keep an eye out for red flags. When they’re flying, it’s best to stay out of the water, because the area’s rip tide, though calm much of the time, can pull the unwary bather out to sea. Currents may sometimes be unpredictable at this piece of heaven on earth, but one thing is always certain, the scenery will be breathtakingly gorgeous.  Lined by high-end hotels, clubs and restaurants and blessed with one of the world’s most beautiful beaches, Condado is where chic luxury meets Caribbean style.Read More »Rene Garcia and Chris Fernandez Accent Natural Beauty for Univision Show with CHAUVET Professional

disguise and Plató Nou Bridge Virtual Production Talent Gap in Barcelona

disguise and full-service virtual production studio Plató Nou, have partnered to bring the globally acclaimed Virtual Production Accelerator Program to Barcelona in their mission to meet the growing demand for advanced virtual production skill sets in the Spanish production hub.Read More »disguise and Plató Nou Bridge Virtual Production Talent Gap in Barcelona

Celebrating The Production of ‘Happy Belgium’

Jordi Vandekerkhof from production specialist More To Show worked closely with Frank Anthierens and Nathalie Rasschaert from event agency Alice Events and DDMC Event Design to deliver a world-class special live televised festival event to celebrate Belgian National Day 2023 for organizers, the FPS Chancellery of the Prime Minister.Read More »Celebrating The Production of ‘Happy Belgium’

Painting with Light Delivers ‘Happy Belgium’ Finale Spectacular

Creative visual practice Painting with Light (PWL) was asked by the Agoria Sports and Entertainment Technology club – a networking hub for Belgian technology leaders – to show direct and design lighting for an epic mixed media visual spectacle – lighting, lasers & fireworks – which was the finale segment of the official 2023 Belgian National Day celebrations.Read More »Painting with Light Delivers ‘Happy Belgium’ Finale Spectacular

Ayrton Takes to the Stage at the Royal Shakespeare Company

‘Cymbeline’. Lighting design by Matt Daw. Photo by Ellie Kurttz © RSC

The Royal Shakespeare Company with its permanent home in Stratford-upon-Avon needs little introduction. Its main house, the 1,018-seat Royal Shakespeare Theatre underwent an enormous rebuild and refurbishment between 2007-2010, and its smaller Swan Theatre (469 capacity) has recently reopened in April 2023 after a year-long post-pandemic refurbishment. Both houses have had Ayrton fixtures installed for the first time, replacing aging lighting stock with Ayrton Diablo and Eurus fixtures specified by the RSC head of lighting, Kevin Sleep.Read More »Ayrton Takes to the Stage at the Royal Shakespeare Company