U.K. – After their busy ‘Mindsweep’ UK tour, high-octane alternative rockers Enter Shikari have hit the festival circuit hard, with lighting designer Steven Bewley taking his bespoke Light Initiative set to outdoor locations around the country.
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LAS VEGAS — The official deadline to nominate regional lighting companies for the 2015 Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year is rapidly approaching — only little more than one week away. YOUR nomination stands a very good chance of getting a worthy company on the regional Hometown Hero ballot, and if other PLSN readers agree, that regional lighting company will be one of the six finalists on the final Parnelli Awards Ballot this September. A second round of voting will then determine which company ascends the podium for the national Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year Award at the Oct. 24, 2015 Parnelli Awards ceremony.
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ARLINGTON, TX – The 50th annual Academy of County Music Awards commissioned d3 Technologies to control the screens for the show, and also set a world-record for live award show attendance.
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Elation’s Emotion marks the company’s entry into the digital lighting market. A joint project between Elation Professional and High End Systems, the Emotion is designed to serve as a compact yet powerful moving head digital luminaire that brings to the market the latest in next generation digital lighting technology, pioneered and proven by High End Systems.
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KATOWICE, Poland – ARAM, Poland, was responsible for the design and technical production of the largest gaming event in the world: ninth edition of the World Final of the Intel Extreme Masters and for the first time at this show Clay Paky Mythos played a significant rule in lighting at gaming show.
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ATLANTA, GA – The second annual opportunity to LiNK theatre grad schools and potential students is scheduled for Nov. 13-15 at the Atlanta Airport Hilton. USITT and SETC are organizing the event and Focal Press is returning as Platinum Sponsor.
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AARHUS, Denmark — Harman’s Martin Professional announced the shipping of its VDO Sceptron LED Video fixture with 10 mm pixel pitch. Martin’s VDO Sceptron family is a line of outdoor-rated LED video fixtures for the touring and rental market.
Read More »GENK, Belgium – Lighting and visual design practice Painting with Light’s fabulous new office in the Paardenstallen (stables) at the C-MINE development in Genk, Belgium was officially declared open by Genk Mayor, Wim Dries, at the weekend.
Read More »U.K. – Award-winning designer Lucy Osborne, internationally acclaimed lighting designer Emma Chapman and lighting specialist and designer Howard Eaton are officially launching their innovative new venue design company Studio Three Sixty at the ABTT Theatre Show.
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SURREY, U.K. – The inaugural Behind the Scenes Go-Karting Day proved a roaring success, with 28 teams from some of the industry’s best-known companies taking part in three hours of gruelling racing at Surrey’s Sandown Park Racecourse, with £10,000 raised for the charity that provides financial assistance to entertainment technology professionals, or their immediate family, who are seriously ill or injured.
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IRVINE, CA — JEM Ready 365 Hazer and JEM Glaciator X-Stream were recently loaned to UCI’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts for the production of The Electra Project.
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SAN JUAN, PR — Musique Xpress Lights provided 34 Chauvet Nexus 4×4 LED panels and 40 Q-Wash 260-LED moving fixtures from Chauvet Professional for a pair of recent homecoming shows featuring singer/songwriter/dancer Luis Fonsi.
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