ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – Art-Festival used 180 ETC Source Four fixtures with attached Source Four Dimmers on a recent series of high-end fashion shows in St. Petersburg. Due to the large number of fixtures clustered close together on the lighting rigs, Art-Festival wanted a flexible solution that would require very little cabling.
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NEW ORLEANS – One hundred and forty Robe Pointes were at the core of the production lighting design for the 2014 Essence Festival in New Orleans. Around 40 – 50 of the Pointes were rigged on trusses over the audience and up above on top of a social media feed ticker-tape style screen high up in the roof of the stadium. The balance were dotted all over the stage on the LX bars which included the side wings, with some on the floor.
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For Katy Perry’s current Prismatic world tour, LD Baz Halpin selected the Clay Paky Sharpy and Sharpy Wash 330 to create a series of poptastic surprise special effects. Halpin designed a series of 36 bespoke hydraulic flippers onto which are attached 36 individual Sharpy fixtures. The flippers are built into the sides of show’s giant onstage triangular LED screens to provide a range of fast paced special effects. “As the LED screens move up and down the stage the Sharpys ‘flip’ up or down allowing the screens to pass by each other,” explains Halpin. “At one point in the show the dancers interact with the fixtures by using mirrors attached to their hands. They bounce the beams across the stage achieving a really retro-mirror effect that’s in keeping with the kitsch feel of the show.”
Read More »DOHA, Qatar – Creative Technology provided a variety of LED screens and video projection for Qatar’s Brazil 2014 Fanzone venue for World Cup fans. The main screen consisted of 8mm SMD lightweight product in the form of a 10.2 x 5.7 16/9 main LED screen with side supporting screens of 20m x 3.2m in a 20mm SMD. In addition, single LED fingers extended all around the 29m of the parameter of the venue in 20mm SMD.
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LOS ANGELES – Christie continued its technology partnership with the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts by launching a state-of-the-art cinema experience at USC’s Eileen Norris Theatre. The company donated a Solaria Series DLP CP4230 4K projector and a complete Christie Vive Audio system, utilizing over 40 different speakers, sub-woofers, and amps.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Riedel Communications equipment provided an interconnected digital TETRA system and intercom system for the Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014. The Riedel installation supported HD video transport for two LED screens in Kyocera Stadium, audio and video for displays across the press village, and flexible data and intercom communications across the event.
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WARWICK, UK – Fineline supplied lighting, LED side screens and an IMAG camera package for Warwick Castle’s 1100th Anniversary Summer Proms Spectacular – a music, fireworks and pyro extravaganza to celebrate the founding of the castle.
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ATHENS, Greece – Rainer Becker, long-serving LD for legendary German rock band the Scorpions, is the first adopter of GLP’s new impression X4 XL moving head for the MTV Unplugged series. Six of the fixtures were positioned along the front edge of the subwoofers, with Becker declaring, “I prefer big effects. They have so much power that if you set the zoom to zero they will hurt people’s eyes so you have to fire them over the heads of the audience.”
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BOOM, Belgium – The latest product from ELC Lighting, the Buddy, made its debut at the Tomorrowland electronic music festival. Luc Buytaert at AVL Lighting said “Everything about the Buddy makes it a perfect device for an event like Tomorrowland. Freelancers and technicians all want one in their tool box because you can use it for everything. It’s perfect for testing the rig without having the console, testing the outputs of the console, expanding the outputs of a console or using it as a small controller with the free ChamSys MagicQ software.”
Read More »DUBAI, UAE – Creative Technology’s Middle East operation has recently recruited Ed Jarman in the position of Senior Project Manager at their Dubai Investment Park offices. Jarman will be heading up day-to-day project management and project development. Working alongside Mark Woodhouse, General Manager of CT’s Dubai operation, Jarman will also be supporting existing and building new relationships with clients throughout the Middle East.
CYPRESS, CA – Christie promoted Jennifer Smith to executive vice president of Christie’s new Global Market Solutions group. Succeeding Smith as vice president, Global Engineering for Christie, is Mike Esch, promoted from senior director of engineering. Ihor Stech was promoted to executive vice president, Operations.
Read More »CAMBRIDGE, UK – BlackBox Recorder manufacturer JoeCo recently moved to new offices at its Cambridge headquarters. The new building incorporates office and meeting space, production and workshop facilities, as well as a dedicated development and testing area for the expanding BlackBox product range. The move coincides with the forthcoming release of the company’s latest product – the new BlackBox BBR1MP Recorder with integrated mic preamps – and the expansion of the company’s team.
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