BOSTON – The Boston Pops Spectacular is a cherished tradition in Massachusetts that spans over 40 years. Thousands gather to watch the stunning fireworks display while the orchestra plays the “1812 Overture” at the historic DCR Hatch Shell. Lighting Designer Mike Berger, of Full Flood Inc., utilized 4Wall’s coast to coast capabilities working with 4Wall New York and 4Wall Los Angeles.
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LONDON – Jeremy Lechterman and Jackson Gallagher of production design and creative direction partnership FragmentNine selected the dense light beams of the Claypaky Mythos2 to add texture to their lighting design for Mercury Prize-winning indie rock band alt-J in their first arena show of 2017, held at The O2 Arena in London. The design was an upscaled version of the production’s touring lighting design, also by FragmentNine, for The O2 Arena’s 10th anniversary showcase. FragmentNine’s design has since been nominated for a prestigious Knight of Illumination award.
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LOS ANGELES – Christie continues its partnership with the ACM SIGGRAPH annual conference, supplying projectors and displays for sessions at the SIGGRAPH 2017 event, July 30 to August 3, in Los Angeles. Specifically, Christie CP4230 projectors (pictured here), Christie Boxer 4K30 projectors, and Christie Roadster projectors will form critical components for the informative keynote and panel sessions to ensure the utmost visual experiences as artists and creators showcase their work.
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FOR-A’s latest addition to its line of HANABI video switchers, the HVS-490 HD/4K-UHD unit, is now shipping. Offering an extensive feature set in a compact unit, the new HVS-490 production switcher offers 4K-UHD and 3G capabilities, and is designed for use in any live environment, including mobile shoots, events, and in-house corporate productions. Numerous customers in both North and South America have already purchased the new FOR-A switcher, including houses of worship, video equipment rental companies and event spaces.
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Analog Way has announced HDBaseT™ enhancements to four systems based on its popular Midra™ product family. QuickMatriX – H, Pulse2 – H, SmartMatriX2 – H and Saphyr – H now offer improved connectivity and HDBaseT™ (HDBT) support for the SI market. They will maintain the same key software features users value for live events, fixed installations, houses of worship and educational facilities.
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LIMA, PERU –– He has been called the “heir to Pavarotti.” Dazzling crowds with his immaculate, crystal clear voice, he is universally regarded as “one of the greatest tenors in history.” Still, even as his celebrated career has taken him from La Scala to Royal Albert Hall, Juan Diego Florez has kept his heart in Peru. So, when his homeland was struck by a series of natural disasters this spring, the famous operatic star stepped up and announced that he would hold a benefit concert to help those afflicted by these events.
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Mega-Lite’ XL LED Strobe RGB has a three segment control SMD LED light. Equipped with 1260 .80W RGB LEDs, this fixture is an intense strobe unit that can strobe in mixed and primary colors. It is assembled with segment control, allowing a variety of random strobe and chase effects specially when used in numbers. The unit can be also be addressed to be used as three pixels giving you pixel mapping capabilities. To add to all of these amazing features, the unit also makes a perfect wash light.
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Futurelight’s DMH-200 promises to serve as a moving head with a powerful LED, first class equipment and wide zoom. The beam angle can be widened from 7.5° to 40°, making the fixture well suited for use on a rock stage or in a theater.
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UK – West London UK based lighting and visuals rental specialist Colour Sound Experiment supplied a bespoke built touring lighting ‘specials’ package to alt rockers The Kooks for their recent “The Best of … so Far” tour. This UK leg of the tour closed with a high profile gig at London’s Alexandra Palace for which additional lighting production was added, together with IMAG video.
UK – CPL (Central Presentations Ltd) enjoyed another glorious Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, supplying projection to Arcadia’s giant recycled metal spider, which hosted their phenomenal “Metamorphosis” show. The west Midlands based rental specialist also supplied a lighting and rigging package which was utilized across the lively Shangri-La late night area.
NYC – It’s always exciting to be involved in a new event and the positive buzz, energy and hashtags spread as infectiously as the groove of the very first HRBR Project shows, a new music venue presented by RPM on Governor’s Island in New York Harbor. Kevin Mignone, owner of KM Productions, the company charged with producing the multi-week event, was determined to deliver the biggest and boldest show possible for the new outdoor space and brought on long-time collaborator, Mike Gionfriddo of Total Production Design (TPD), as the lighting designer to create a design with maximum impact.
