GULF SHORES, AL – The country music-infused Hangout Music Festival, which drew 40,000 from 50 countries to see and hear performances by 90 acts across three stages here May 16-18, got a big lighting boost from Bandit Lites, which worked with Hadden Hippsley and the staff at Lambda Productions on the event.
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TEMPE, AZ- Daniel Fine and Adam Vachon recently turned to 4Wall Entertainment Las Vegas to provide lighting gear for their joint Applied Thesis Project, Wonder Dome, at Arizona State University. Wonder Dome started as a vision of a touring 360° interactive and immersive projection environment, in which family audiences could directly interact with design elements (props, puppets, scenic elements, controlling lights, sound, projections, etc.) and have an impact on a story being presented by professional actors.
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LONDON – Nick Gray of Renegade, based here, created the lighting and visuals scheme for the “Atomic Bomb” tour by a new international super-group led by David Byrne to honor the work of obscure Nigerian funk musician William Onyeabor. Onyeabor’s distinctive rhythmic, funkadelic, spacey synthesiser-orientated grooves were composed in the 1970s and 1980s when he was a prolific composer / performer. Since then he has gained a cult following among musicians and music aficionados.
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BRUSSELS, BE – ArKaos PRO’s Australian distributor, ULA Group, once again sponsored the BMW Bruce Lynton Charity Ball, held in May at the RACV Royal Pines Resort on Australia’s Gold Coast. Working together with Jesse Radatti from Digital Lighting Solutions, the team delivered an elaborate production for the ball.
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LONDON – Contemporary UK folk band Bellowhead celebrated their 10th anniversary with two high profile shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall and Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. LD Emma Thompson created an eye-catching design using Robe CycFX 8s, Pointes, LEDWash 600s and LEDBeam 100 moving lights – all from Robe’s ROBIN range.
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HAMBURG, Germany – For Scooter’s European tour, 20 Years of Hardcore, German LD Jerry Appelt chose a rig that is amply represented by Clay Paky fixtures: more than 100 Sharpys, 26 Alpha Spot HPE 1500s and 12 Alpha Beam 1500s. PRG Hamburg provided the gear.
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NEW YORK – To help bring even more awareness to the already well-known Tribeca Film Festival for new presenting sponsor AT&T, agency Spinifex arranged for iconic moments from great films to be re-imagined and projection mapped by WorldStage onto the AT&T Long Lines Building in lower Manhattan.
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MACAO – LD Alessio de Simone credited CAST Software’s wysiwyg for its pre-viz assist withThe Rhythm Of Life, a multimedia show presented in Macao’s ancient city center. “We placed all the projectors as called-for in our wysiwyg documentation, turned on all the moving heads – and every scene position was exactly as it had been in our pre-visualization. With small adjustments for pan and tilt, gobos and beams were perfect – just like they had appeared in our designs, 10,000km away,” de Simone said.
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SULLY, IA – Beating out a host of competitors, Prism Projection’s Prism Studio 3 was chosen to light NBC’s Access Hollywood Live. Among the deciding factors was the fixture’s variable CCT with color from 2700-6000K and its smooth dimming. “I like the idea of playing with the Kelvin, and I also like the idea of playing with the plus/ minus green that‘s available on the Prism Studio,” said LD Bill UpdeGraff.
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PRAGUE – USITT is seeking contributors for the U.S. National exhibit to the 2015 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space. Submissions are due by July 14, and must include five images, one video link, and a written description of the project.
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Elation Professional’s Pixel Bar 40 is a one-meter-long pixel-controllable LED strip light that uses 3-in-1 SMD RGB LEDs for color mixing. The fixture is bright (850 Nits) and 0-100% dimmable, and its 40 RGB LEDs are spaced at a 25mm pixel pitch. Each bar has a 120° viewing angle. The fixture is made with extruded aluminum and comes with RJ45 Cat5e ports for easy installation and an adjustable mounting bracket for precise optical aiming.
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MUMBAI – Showcasing a live demonstration of projection mapping, Christie and its partners, Modern Stage Service, Video Design and Audio Design, presented a combination of live choreographed dancing and projection mapping. Utilizing both traditional and stereoscopic projectors to achieve an augmented theatrical setting, eye-catching visuals were mapped on multiple surfaces and a projected dome structure using the Christie Roadster HD10K-M, Christie Roadster HD20K-J 3-chip DLP projectors and Christie G Series 1-chip DLP projectors.
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