KwaZulu Natal, South Africa – Robe moving lights were chosen for the 2012 Splashy Fen Music Festival, staged in the foothills of the southern Drakensberg mountains in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Returning designer for the second year was Llewellyn Pieters from Durban-based event technical support company, Black Coffee. The Robes stood up to an exceptionally dusty environment, and handled the general humidity and the salty sea air well, says Pieters.
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LOS ANGELES – Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures were specified on the “Carnival of Madness” tour, the annual rock extravaganza that played major US cities this summer. Evanescence headlined dates across the country along with Chevelle, Halestorm, New Medicine and CAVO. Evanescence’s LD Dan Hardiman selected 26 Sharpy fixtures for the exclusive use of the band. The core of the Evanescence rig was used for all of the musical acts.
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LONDON – Renegade’s Nick Gray created a 50-meter video sculpture for the entrance of the 2012 100% Design exhibition at Earls Court. The work, which resembled an intricate DNA wire-frame structure in architecture and appearance, was fed with video content from a media server, and drew attendees into a completely immersive experience. “I wanted to create a real sense of physical anticipation as people traversed the tunnel, which was completely black apart from the video streams flowing and tumbling around it. The idea was that people undertook a journey as they passed down the tunnel, experiencing emotion, excitement and proper physical sensations,” Gray says.
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KNOXVILLE, TN – Australian-based lighting systems control manufacturer LSC Lighting Systems (Aust) Pty Ltd, is opening a fully staffed office in the US. Industry veteran Rob Steel will head up the new office, based in Knoxville, TN. The new office will offer products and service, along with technical support and operator training.
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LONDON – Norway’s projectiondesign has supplied four pairs of F32 DLP projectors to a special exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A). Titled ‘Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950,’ the exhibition presents 60 ballgowns from 1950 to the present day. The exhibition is on two levels and occupies a domed space, with four alcoves leading off of it. The four alcove walls form curved projection surfaces that are taller than they are wide, necessitating the use of a pair of vertically stacked, edge-blended projectors for each alcove. With no alternative but to use the upper level of the exhibition display as the location for the projectors, the integration team designed special housings for them, color-matched to the decor and perforated to allow for ventilation.
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LOS ANGELES – GLP has launched the impression X4. The fixture incorporates 19 quad color RGBW LEDs, each rated at 15 watts, to offer a single homogenized color output from its front lens across a wide color spectrum from deep saturates to soft pastel shades. For special effects, onboard patterns are available, as is the ability for designers to create their own effects and chases on the fly.
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WALLINGFORD, CT – Lighting manufacturer Robert Juliat has launched its newly redesigned company website. A new contemporary look with new navigational tools and enhanced resources… Read More »Robert Juliat Launches New Website
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Gräfenhainichen, Germany – Robe moving lights were used at the 2012 Melt Festival, an indie electronica-meets-rock festival in Europe. Lighting equipment for the Main and Gemini stages was supplied by Berlin-based TSE AG. The production design called for a flexible rig that could cater to the artists performing over the three days, many of whom brought their own lighting designers and specials packages and also hooked in to the house rigs.
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