BERLIN – The MIRA digital arts festival, held June 11 at the Funkhaus Berlin, focused on both electronic music and live visuals, and the creative lighting designs on display included the use of Robe fixtures. For the large scale sound and lighting sculpture, “Hyperjump,” featuring the work of Russia-based LDs Alexandr Letcius and Alexandr Sinitsa, the setup included 34 Pointes and 10 Robe Strobes.
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NASHVILLE – Industry veteran Tom Stanziano is joining 4Wall Entertainment Lighting in the newly established role of Business Development Manager. Stanziano brings nearly 25 years of experience to 4Wall. He will be based in the 4Wall Nashville office while supporting the entire southeast region.
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BOOM, Belgium – The Tomorrowland festival once again drew top DJs and crowds to Belgium this summer (from July 22-24). It also featured a series of tie-in events, called UNITE festivals, on the second night of the main event in Boom, near Antwerp. The UNITE festivals were staged in Germany, Mexico, India, Japan, Colombia, South Africa and Israel. The UNITE event in Gelsenkirchen, Germany got an AV assist from VPS Media that included gear from Blackmagic Design.
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AMSTERDAM – Philips Lighting named Colin Kavanagh head of the company’s entertainment lighting business. Kavanagh, who holds dual Irish/U.S. citizenship, will relocate to Dallas, TX to oversee the company’s entertainment lighting division.
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Parent company Laserworld Group is noting that the new tarm two represents a significant laser achievement at a competitive price, promising 2.5W power after aperture with a balance of 680mW/638nm, 750mW/520nm and 1.400mW/450nm.
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The Beverly Hilton’s AquaStar Pool now features a lighting update featuring Chauvet Professional and Iluminarc fixtures installed by AMP’D Entertainment. Owner Arteen Kharrat and his team provided Ovation E910-FC and Colorist Pod 7Qa RGBA fixtures along with 22 Ovation E910-FC units and 24 Colorist fixtures for the pool area.
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MIAMI – DMDs7udios has been relying upon Avolites Ai media servers to tackle projects ranging from the inside of a DJ-fueled dance party to the outside of a major new museum. The company has deployed Ai S8 and R8 media servers on a number of recent projects that underscore Ai’s power and flexibility. Pictured here are the Billboard Latin Music Awards, staged in late April, where DMDs7udios principal Scott Chmielewski oversaw media screen direction, programming, content, and media server services for a complex set design by Telemundo’s Scenery Department.
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KNOXVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites named Kathy Tanner (pictured here) senior payroll adminsitrator and promoted Shay Simpson controller. Tanner comes to Bandit from the Oak Ridge Housing Authority, where she served as office manager. As controller, Simpson will oversee the company’s accounting operations.
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CLEVELAND, OH – For the 2016 Republican National Convention, which took place July 18–21 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, LD David Grill and lighting director Paul Sonnleitner used a rig that included Clay Paky Mythos lighting fixtures and grandMA2 consoles for control. The elephant in the room, so to speak, was the video backdrop (it was HUGE). That meant the lighting truss had to be 85 feet in the air, requiring fixtures that could perform well with a 120-foot throw distance and 65 foot candles of white light on the floor. PRG provided Grill with 68 Clay Paky Mythos for effects lighting. Clay Paky and grandMA products are distributed by A.C.T Lighting.
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WEST PALM BEACH, FL — Theatrical Media Services (TMS) has been supporting the Dave Matthews Band for 23 years, and lighting and scenic designer Fenton Williams has lit DMB since 1991. The lighting rig got an update this year with new fixtures including Elation Colour Chorus Series LED battens and SixPar 200 LED Par lights. This summer’s tour wraps up in early September with three shows in George, WA.
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DUBLIN – Chris Brown’s recent “One Hell of a Nite” UK and European tour featured a production design by Tom E. Marzullo from Out Of Our Minds Creative Services, LLC, developed in collaboration with Robert Achlimbari from staging specialist All Access. The design included two lighting pods which were moved using a Kinesys automation system supplied by HSL from Blackburn UK, also the tour’s lighting and rigging vendors.
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BLACKBURN, U.K. – HSL supplied lighting and rigging to Earth Wind and Fire’s recent UK and European tour which included a closing headline slot on the West Holts Stage at Glastonbury 2016 as the second show. Lighting was designed by Merle McLain who has worked with the band for 23 years. He was on the road operating the key and conventional lights and also directing and switching seven robo-cams as well as keeping an overview on all-things visual.
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