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Look Solutions Tiny S Fogger

Look Solutions Tiny S Fogger

Look Solutions Tiny S fogger has an all-in-one design — the hand-held unit contains a pump, battery and haze fluid. In demos, it puts out a thick field of fog for its size. The fog juice comes in a little syringe that inserts into the side of the unit. There’s enough fog juice in it to last for three minutes of use, and the battery on the unit lasts for up to 10 minutes. Designed to serve as a compact, sleek unit for special effects on performers, it joins the other Tiny Foggers from Look Solutions, including the Tiny-Fogger FX, the Tiny-CX and the higher-output Power-Tiny.

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GAM Products Introduces Five New Gobos

GAM Products Introduces Five New Gobos

GAM Products has released five new gobos. The gobos include three new breakup designs: Fire Escape, Vine Leaf and Scaffolding. The company is also offering a new “Jazz” gobo designed for jazz fests and New Year parties, among other uses. In addition, there’s now a new “Saturn with Stars” halftone featuring the sixth planet from the sun and its distinctive rings. GAM Products traces its gobo-making lineage back to 1975, when the company, then known as Great American Market, introduced its first stainless steel gobo.

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Chauvet Nexus 4x4

Chauvet Nexus 4×4

Chauvet’s Nexus 4×4 wash light has 16 20W RGB COB LEDs, giving users the option to deploy the fixture for pixel-mapping applications or just use them for their copious luminous output as wash fixtures. The combination of COB emitters and a new reflector design promises to drench lit surfaces in highly saturated hues. Operating modes include 3-channel (RGB), 5-channel (dimmer, RGB, strobe), and 9-channel (dimmer, RGB, shutter, color macro, auto, auto speed, dim mode), with 48 and 52 channel modes also available. Nexus 4×4 is controllable via Art-Net, Kling-Net and DMX protocols and features interlocking hardware for large arrays.

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Longwood University

Longwood University Installs PixelFLEX LED Curtain

FARMVILLE, VA — Longwood University, a liberal arts school located in Virginia, recently installed a 15-panel, 18 mm LED Curtain from PixelFLEX  in its main auditorium. “One of the major benefits of the PixelFLEX video screen is that it is extremely easy to move, which means we can use video and effects in a variety of environments across the campus,” said John Hogge, University multimedia technician.

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Phoenix ZooLights

Clearwing Unveils 2012 Phoenix ZooLights

PHOENIX – ZooLights is an annual lighting spectacular that has been held at the Phoenix Zoo for the past 20 years.  This year, Clearwing Productions designed and executed a new event finale encompassing the lagoon. The centerpiece of the lagoon is a custom 25 ft tall sphere, surrounded by a dozen 12-ft pylons, covered in Color Kinetics iColor Flex MX LED strings. Trees surrounding the lagoon are wrapped in colored LED strings and custom armatures, immersing the guests with the effect of moving, chasing and dynamically dancing trees.

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Venetian

Projection Studio Delivers Winter in Venice Show at Venetian

LAS VEGAS – London’s The Projection Studio, led by Ross Ashton, has delivered a new video projection show to help celebrate the ‘Winter In Venice’ Festival at the Venetian resort in Las Vegas. The video work centers around Amadora, a character with roots deep in Italian folk lore, created by the Venetian as a key symbol for their 2012 Festival. Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” violin concertos take the onlookers along with the character as she morphs through the passage of time and changes of seasons.

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From left: Peter Johansen with Michael Herweg

SGM Sets Up New Operation in Germany

KOLN, Germany – SGM Lighting has formed SGM Germany. Spearheading operations for the Danish lighting company are Michael Herweg and Thorsten Sattler, who were previously managing director and sales manager respectively of SGM’s German distribution company, dB Technologies Germany. The formation of SGM Germany is a joint venture between the two partners and the parent company.

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Stephen Dahlem

Corporate Magic, GoVision Set Stage for Cowboys Halftime Show

ARLINGTON, TX  – For the 16th consecutive year, the Dallas Cowboys have turned to Dallas-based Corporate Magic to help conceptualize, design, stage and produce their annual halftime extravaganza. This year, Corporate Magic worked with country superstar Kenny Chesney to enhance his special Thanksgiving Day halftime performance by adding a special LED stage floor from GoVision.

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WorldStage supported DC area events promoting science including a gala at the Eisenhower Theater at Kennedy Center.

WorldStage Provides AV Support for DC Area Events Promoting Science

WASHINGTON, DC — WorldStage provided gear and crew from both its East and West Coast offices — a total of 180 people working on 11 installations within seven DC-area venues — in support the “Celebration of Science” initiative sponsored by FasterCures and the Milken Institute. The AV company also supported a related gala event staged at Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater.

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Arcofab CEO, Bernard Theriault and Marc Andre Blouin, project manager, with truss shipment for Christie Lites

Christie Lites Names Arcofab Truss Supplier

ORLANDO, FL and QUEBEC, Canada — Christie Lites named Arcofab its preferred manufacturer of 16-inch spigoted trusses. Prior to the announcement, Christie Lite had commissioned Arcofab to produce Christie Lite’s B Type truss. The initial order of 1,000 sections of truss was followed within weeks by another order for 500 more truss sections.

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Christie Lites Nashville Opens with Holiday Celebration

NASHVILLE – Christie Lites Nashville is open for business at its 12th fully stocked location: a new 50,000 sq. ft. warehouse at 6050 Dana Way in Antioch, TN, just outside of Nashville. Its sales/rental office opens in January of 2013 at the Soundcheck complex at 750 Cowan St. in Nashville. To celebrate, Christie Lites will participate in the Soundcheck Holiday Party Wednesday, Dec. 12, 5-10 pm. All are invited; please RSVP to Alanna Norris ([email protected])

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Billy Williams

Sapsis Rigging Opens MW Region Office, Led by Billy Williams

BOWLER, WI — Sapsis Rigging, Inc. (SRI) has opened a satellite office here, led Billy Williams, an experienced hoist technician. Williams will schedule and perform safety inspections, rigging installations, and hoist inspections and re-certifications for SRI customers, including schools, theatres, performing arts centers, arenas and special events venues.

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