LAS VEGAS — Morpheus Lights named Randy Wade senior accounts manager, a new position. Wade, who has 26 years experience in all aspects lighting product sales and rentals, including touring, systems integration, and architectural sales, will be based out of his Houston, TX. He will be responsible for the sale of Ayrton LED products and increasing the market share of Morpheus’ Production Services Division.
Read More »Martin’s M-DMX interface hardware for connecting lighting software and DMX universes as well as several new controller solution bundles, including the M-PC 2U bundle and the LightJockey 2 and M-PC+ Controller kit are now available for pre-orders, according to Harman. Martin’s M-DMX interface, M-PC 2U and LJ2 and M-PC+Controller Kit (pictured here) will begin shipping in February 2015.
Read More »Christie featured its HD10K-M at LDI 2014. It is designed for fixed or rental staging applications including live events, theme parks, and other applications, the Christie HD10K-M, part of the celebrated Christie M Series, has built-in image blending and warping capabilities, operates in full portrait mode, and offers a 3D upgrade path.
Read More »CTI featured an expanded line of their QolorFLEX brand LED tapes at LDI 2014, including the addition of 23 new tapes with outdoor versions, 24V versions, and new colors and color temperatures. CTI’s QolorFLEX LED tape has been used on high profile productions around the world in 2014 including motion pictures like The Amazing Spiderman 2, and TV shows like The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Night Show Starring Seth Myers, Saturday Night Live, Gotham, and many other shows and studios.
Read More »NEW YORK – WorldStage announced five new hires, across a wide range of departments, at its East and West Coast offices. The company named Susanna Harris-Rea lighting project manager, Frank Musgrove senior video engineer, Russell Cowans audio engineer and Gus Garces and Greg Duffin staging project managers.
Read More »LONDON – For the past several months the Tower of London, part of the Historic Royal Palaces, and its ambitious sculptural commission, Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, have been a central symbol of the UK’s WWI Centenary observations. The display, which grew in size over time, marked each commonwealth casualty of WWI – 888,246 in total – with a hand-made red ceramic poppy “planted” by volunteers around the venue’s exterior. Entertainment and event production supplier White Light has been closely involved in the event, providing lighting, sound, and video support services for the opening ceremony on Aug. 5 and closing ceremony on Nov. 11 (Remembrance Day), as well as providing lighting for the entire poppy display throughout its three-month installation.
Read More »
LONDON – For Katy B’s recent U.K. tour, LD Tom Campbell specified a rig that included Showline SL NITRO 510C LED strobes. The fixtures helped blend the artist’s signature dubstep/garage sound with a lighting design evocative of nightclub looks.
PARAMARIBO, Suriname — The brief for designing the lighting at Next nightclub in the Ramada Paramaribo Princess Hotel in Suriname near South America’s Atlantic coast was to make it funky, fun and classy, noted Michael Pereira from Streamline Systems. That is why he chose Robe and Anolis for the main elements of the lighting installation.
Read More »
LAS VEGAS – Marquee Nightclub is consistently one of the highest grossing nightclubs in Las Vegas and one of the hottest and most luxurious nightclubs around. Located in the heart of the Strip, Marquee underwent a major LED lighting system upgrade recently with LD Steve Lieberman, owner of SJ Lighting, using over 1,100 new Elation Pixel Bar 40 LED strip lights to create a memorable 360-degree immersive experience.
Read More »
ORMOND BEACH, FL – Tomoka Christian Church upgraded to a Jands Vista I3 console to support the lighting rig at a new worship venue. The non-denominational, missions-oriented church offers contemporary praise and worship featuring live music, dance, and drama in a multimedia service. The church’s new venue is using the Jands Vista I3 console alongside its existing Vista M1 control surface, which had been in use for several years.
Read More »
TOKYO – ETC’s Selador Desire D60 Daylight luminaires helped the technical crew of Fuji Television Network Inc. (Fuji TV) and Fuji Media Technology Inc. (fmt) overcome the challenge of finding the right fixture to light a set built in the globe-shaped observation room located on the 24th floor of their building in Japan.
Read More »