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David Lamadrid

ARRI Hires CFO, Restructures Exec Team

NEW YORK – ARRI CSC appoints David Lamadrid as Chief Financial Officer of the equipment rental group. He will address the needs of ARRI CSC and its subsidiary Illumination Dynamics, based at ARRI CSC’s headquarters in Secaucus, NJ. Lamadrid joins ARRI CSC with more than 20 years of experience in management, finance and operations. As part of the management team restructuring, Hardwrick Johnson will become Senior Vice President of Rental. Ed Stamm, continuing as General Manager of ARRI CSC Florida, will be promoted to Vice President. Mark Machover continues as Vice President Finance.

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Entertainment Industry Open House

Entertainment Industry Open House Set for New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS – An Entertainment Industry Open House Aug. 3 in New Orleans offers industry professionals the chance to view the latest equipment from leading manufacturers and participate in training workshops. The event takes place Aug. 3, 9 am-5 pm at Mardi Gras World, 1380 Port of New Orleans Place. Registration is required.

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Maritime Hotel

Pearl Media Maps 3D Video on New York Hotel

NEW YORK – Pearl Media Productions was tasked with making the Maritime Hotel stand out from the crowd in the Meatpacking District. Their solution was a 3D-mapped building projection using Hippotizer HD media servers and 360,000 lumens of projected 3D media content inspired by pop artist Keith Haring. The four-hour show featured three-minute bursts of displays, bringing the entire hotel façade to life.

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Drake

Sharpys Illuminate Drake’s Club Paradise Tour

LOS ANGELES – Clay Paky Sharpys are a key part of the lighting rig for hip-hop artist Drake’s Club Paradise Tour. LD Patrick Dierson chose 60 Sharpys to form the basis of the touring rigs hung in chevron-like formations above the stage and mounted at 90-degree angles in the show’s ParaCube wall.  Dierson collaborated on the tour’s production design with creative director Willo Perron of WPA. Guy Pavelo is the touring lighting director.

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ETCP Exams Offered at LDI 2012

NEW YORK – ETCP exams (Entertainment Technician Certification Program) will be given at LDI 2012 in Las Vegas. All three ETCP examinations will be given in one session the morning of Oct. 20. Interested applicants must submit their application, along with supporting materials and fee, to the ETCP office no later than Sept. 15.

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Museum of Transport and Technology

Philips Delivers High Flying Eco-Credentials to Aviation Display

AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Philips Entertainment luminaires are helping Auckland’s Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) dramatically reduce its energy consumption in its most recently completed display hall. This choice of more than 190 luminaires has substantially reduced its overall lighting load from 250kW to under 20kW. The fixtures are used to sculpt and illuminate the aircraft and associated displays.

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Van Gogh Alive

WATCHOUT Powers Projection For ‘Van Gogh Alive’ Tour

LINKOPING, Sweden – Dataton’s WATCHOUT is being used as the image-control backbone for ‘Van Gogh Alive – The Experience’ traveling exhibition. The artist’s paintings are inter-cut with full-motion video and photographs of some of the locations that inspired Van Gogh, and synced to music. Rather than edge-blending images together, the screens are placed a short distance apart from each other, some at right angles and others in parallel, to encourage visitors to move around and between the screens during the show, immersing themselves in the vibrant colors of Van Gogh’s paintings.

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Northside Christian Church

Northside Christian Church Enhances with Elation

CLOVIS, CA – When Northside Christian Church decided to upgrade their main sanctuary, the new worship leader called on concert touring LD Bobby Brainard to develop a plan that would meet both its creative and budgetary needs. The team chose a lighting package of Elation fixtures, purchased through Phoenix Lighting, to fulfill their worship event needs.

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Prism Reveal ColorWash LED

Future Lighting at UK’s Dorking Halls

SURREY, UK – The staff at multi-purpose venue Dorking Halls wanted to replace the existing rig of 1,000W Fresnels and PARs. The aim was to build a lighting rig with the same high light output but with more versatility – all while being more energy-efficient than the previous set-up. The final rig chosen consisted of a core fixed-focus rig from Prism Projection: eight Prism RevEAL Color Wash fixtures and six Prism RevEAL Studio Fresnel fixtures, supplied by UK lighting specialists White Light.

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