DUBLIN – Dublin’s iconic city-centre sculpture, the Spire, turnedinto a 398-foot light saber to celebrate the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Tom Rohan of event production house Eventco conceptualized the installation alongside lighting designers Mick Murray and Matthew Cregan. Clay Paky SuperSharpys played a key role.
Read More »Barco says its new F90 series DLP laser phosphor projectors offer up to 13,000 lumens brightness and long lifetime with reduced total cost of ownership. The first two models launched at ISE 2016 offer 4K UHD and WUXGA native resolution. The WUXGA F90-W13 will be shipping from early Q3 2016 onwards, and the 4K UHD F90-4K13 will be commercially available from Q4 2016.
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Avolites is featuring a “supercharged” range of its Ai R Series media servers on stand 8-K330 at ISE Amsterdam this week at the RAI Exhibition and Conference Centre in Amsterdam.
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Blizzard Lighting’s Flurry Beam moving head features a sharp 2.5° beam angle, 540°/220° pan and tilt and 8/16-Bit resolution.
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LONDON – Colour Sound Experiment supplied lighting for punk duo Slaves most recent tour which culminated in a highly animated show at Brixton Academy in London, with lighting created by Francis Clegg part of design collective MIRRAD.
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FORT WAYNE, IN – Apollo Design Technology named Aaron Creps production technician. Creps will be responsible for the assembly and testing of mechanical and electronic subassemblies and products including precision calibration. He will also provide technical assistance to internal personnel and customers.
Read More »NEW YORK – ESTA’s Technical Standards Council announced the recipients of the third annual Above & Beyond Awards that recognize outstanding Technical Standards Program volunteers. The awards celebrate those volunteers that have made a significant contribution or effort that advances the Technical Standards Program.
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LAS VEGAS – PRG and Vickie Claiborne, lighting and digital media product specialist, supported the New Year’s Eve celebration at the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas with a setup that included Showline SL 300 BEAM FX LED fixtures from Philips Entertainment.
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ATLANTA – For the 24th annual Trumpet Awards, LD Mark Carver and lighting director Susan Rose lit artists including MC Lyte, Ne-Yo, comedian George Wallace and former U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman with a Bandit Lites-supplied rig that included 14 Rogue RH1 Hybrids from Chauvet Professional.
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Pandoras Box Version 5.9 from coolux/Christie promises faster, more intuitive operation with a wider range of options, compatibility and user-friendly workflow solutions. Features include a standalone Kiosk Mode, a completely redesigned Patch-Tab, the addition of a Cues Tab for an overview of all cues, and an optimized Pandoras Box Codec.
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DENVER – In a state better known for skiing, scenery and the Broncos, Colorado was once home to 46 opera houses, built to provide the mining communities with cultural enrichment. A few still remain, and the 2,500-seat Ellie Caulkins Opera House (locally known as the “Ellie”) is a perfectly restored example, sitting inside the Performing Arts Complex in downtown Denver, playing host to touring roadshows and local productions.
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