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MELBOURNE, Australia – Resolution X took delivery of the first Martin MAC Viper Profiles in Australia, and gave them their debut appearance on the AFL Footy Show Grand Final Edition. The sports TV show was broadcast live from Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena. The Vipers were positioned on moving trusses upstage and were LD Rohan Thornton’s primary profile light and source light on the stage from behind. “Optically and from an intensity point of view they cut through all the other fixtures that I was using so they had pride of place,” Thornton said.

LONDON – Haydn Cruickshank of Colour Sound Experiment (CSE) designed and supplied lighting for a showcase celebrating the birthday of Tennessee whiskey Jack Daniels at a cavern called Devil’s Arse in the Peak District, UK. One of the many challenges facing the production team was the 600-meter (656-yard) push from the truck drop through the treacherous terrain of the Castleton Village pathways and up the hill into the first cave. Access to the second cavern entailed the lighting crew crawling on their bellies along a passage less than a meter (39 ft) high with all the kit, negotiating rocks, walls and dripping water and dank odors.

BELGRADE, Serbia – Serbian lighting director Viktor Trifu recently used an ETC Ion console to run the lighting for “Time of the Gypsies” at Belgrade’s Sava Center. Described as “punk opera” or “how Monty Pyton would have imagined opera,” the show presented challenges for Trifu, but the Ion console made it easy to control, he says.  I have used Ions before and am always impressed by how much fine control I have of intelligent fixtures.”