DURBAN, South Africa –Clay Paky received a positive response to its South African Roadshow, with a number of lighting professionals attending product demonstrations in venues in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. Clay Paky’s Massimo Bolandrina and Gianluca Breda presented demonstrations including the new Shotlight Wash and Sharpy along with fixtures from the Alpha Range of spots and washes.
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HALLANDALE BEACH, FL — Horse racing facility Gulfstream Park’s recent renovations include the construction of the racing and casino building. Its sleek, classical architecture is washed with intense colors from more than 70 Iluminarc exterior lighting fixtures. Fixture consideration depended on the the moisture factor, extensive heat, direct sunlight and salt air. Ilumipod 48 IP and Ilumipanel 48 IP each carry an IP67 rating and have held up since installation a year ago.
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LOS ANGELES – In his fifth year of lighting the MTV Video Music Awards, LD Tom Kenny chose the GLP impression X4 to illuminate Florian Wieder’s futuristic set at Staples Center. VER’s Susan Tesh introduced Kenny to the fixtures and supplied them for this show, which featured Green Day, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Pink, Alicia Keys, Lil Wayne, Frank Ocean and One Direction.
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QUEBEC – Arcofab has become the first distributor and certified service center of ChainMaster products in North America. Chain Master develops high-powered electric chain hoists and chain hoist controllers. Arcofab is a North American provider of trusses, support systems and motorization solutions for the entertainment and event industries.
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CARDIFF, UK – Clay Paky Sharpys provided visual impact at Welsh rock band Lostprophets’ homecoming gig. LD Ian Tomlinson of ADLIB Design used Sharpys for their parallel beam effect, particularly shining the beams into the audience. He chose the fixtures for that laser-like look and the way they cut through other lighting in the rig, he says.
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PARIS – French entertainment lighting provider, New Advanced Technology (NAT), has invested in 375 Ayrton Wildsun 500 K7 moving heads fixtures following several tests and comparisons with other manufacturers’ models. NAT also invested in 200 of the Ayrton Arcaline 2 fixtures, a 16 x 10W RGBW LED batten.
Read More »NEW YORK – Jeffrey Miller has re-joined HLB Lighting Design’s New York studio as a Design Principal focused on business development in several new geographic areas for the firm. His career spans more than 30 years. During his tenure as President of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), he created the IALD Quality of Light Initiative, led the successful re-branding of the association and formed the IALD Office of Public Policy.
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LOS ANGELES – Esteban Caracciolo joins A.C.T Lighting’s technical support team, where he will support and train customers on the entire product line. He was previously product manager for PRG Distribution North America for the past five years. Prior to that, he was an LD/programmer for various touring acts.
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