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For the nonprofit Branchage Festival, an event pairing live music performances with silent film projection on this Channel Island off France’s northwest Normandy Coast, U.K. projection specialists QED Productions undertook one of their most ambitious projection-mapping challenges yet: to projection-map the seaside environs of St. Aubin's Fort, located on a tidal island connected to the larger island of Jersey at low tide.

QED Productions Projection-Map Island Fort with d3 Assist

JERSEY, U.K. – For the nonprofit Branchage Festival, an event pairing live music performances with silent film projection on this Channel Island off France’s northwest Normandy Coast, U.K. projection specialists QED Productions undertook one of their most ambitious projection-mapping challenges yet: to projection-map the seaside environs of St. Aubin’s Fort, located on a tidal island connected to the larger island of Jersey at low tide. The festival took place in Jersey from Sept. 24-28.

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Clearwing to Host Vendor Showcase at Phoenix Office Oct. 21

PHOENIX — Clearwing Productions will be hosting a vendor showcase at its Phoenix office Oct. 21. The event, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., will feature demos of LEX, GLP, Avid, Harman, Elation, American DJ, Chauvet, Altman, Yamaha, Martin Audio, Clear-Com, and Point Source Audio products. The office is located at 5640 S. 40th Street, Suite 1, Phoenix, AZ 85040.

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Pictured here is Tomaz Novak, Ljubljana Castle’s technical manager, with MK Light Sound’s Dean Karov and the Robe CitySource 96s.

Slovenian Castle Lit with Robe CitySource 96s

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Ljubljana Castle, which dates back to the 12th century, is one of the landmark attractions of Slovenia. Robe distributor MK Light Sound provided the castle’s caretakers with Robe CitySource 96 LED flood fixtures to light the courtyard for summer evenings and various events. Pictured here is Tomaz Novak, Ljubljana Castle’s technical manager, with MK Light Sound’s Dean Karov and the CitySource 96s.

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Chaos Visual Productions provided Jubilee! with a Lightware MX-FR33R digital crosspoint router

Jubilee Gets Support from Chaos Visual, Lightware Router

LAS VEGAS — Chaos Visual Productions has been supporting the video production needs of the venerable Jubilee! burlesque show at Ballys Las Vegas. The video tech setup now includes 11 Ventuz media servers, 16 Barco projectors and a Lightware MX-FR33R digital crosspoint router with redundant power supplies, built-in control panel and CPU2. The router handles the production’s monitoring and signal distribution needs.

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Unison Aero Contact Interface

ETC Adds Three Products to Unison Aero Line

ETC announced that its family of Unison Aero control solutions for architectural lighting applications, launched in 2012, has expanded with three more products promising energy-efficient, cost-effective lighting control. They include the Unison Aero Contact Interface (pictured here) and the Unison Aero Dimmer and Unison Aero Outlet Controller.

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Event Safety Summit, Dec. 2-5 2014, Lititz, PA

Event Safety Summit to Feature Indianapolis State Fair Investigators

LITITZ, PA – Scott Nacheman and Charlie Fisher will be featured speakers at the Event Safety Alliance’s first Event Safety Summit, set to take place here in early December. They will offer their perspectives on the mechanical and operational failures that were implicated in the 2011 structure collapse at the Indiana State Fair, which killed seven and injured 58.

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USITT Accepting Nominations Through Dec. 15 for Wally Russell Mentoring Award

CINCINNATI, OH — USITT is accepting nominations through Dec. 15 for the Wally Russell Mentoring Award, to be presented here at USITT 2015  in March. Russell, a Canadian LD and TD, had leadership roles at University of Toronto, the National Ballet, Strand Lighting USA, Theatre Projects Consultants and the Los Angeles Opera before his death in 1993. Thern Stage Equipment, Philips Strand Lighting, and the Wally Russell Foundation are the award’s sponsors.

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