JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The spherical set provided by Gearhouse South Africa for Miss World 2008 was sleek, stylish, and very…gray. But the pallid paint color served as a canvas for a team of lighting and visual specialists headed by LD Tim Dunn, using the biggest assembly of Robe’s newest gear to date.
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DUBAI, UAE — Robe’s “The Future is Digital” Roadshow had stops in the Middle East, South Africa and Chicago before taking a break for the holidays. The program, organized to give attendees a first-hand look and an in-depth discussion about the company’s new digital gear, resumes in January with a stop in Poland.
Read More »NEW YORK — The ESTA Foundation / USITT Joint Training Initiative has posted a calendar online that lists industry training events available at www.estafoundation.org/seminars/trainingcalendar.htm. Anyone who wants to add a training event to the list can send information [email protected]
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Ocean Thin Films, a division of Ocean Optics, has introduced the ColorBug handheld wireless device. ColorBug measures CIE color values and luminance, with software that allows technicians to wirelessly share data with their iPhone or iPod touch.
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LONDON — The Covent Garden Market Halls are attracting visitors inside to see visual effects created for “Constellation,” a light show by United Visual Artists Ltd. to accompany musical performances and other holiday events. TarmLED GmbH & Co. KG supplied 578 two-meter-long, double-sided LED strips and 37 data power distribution units (DPDUs) for the fixtures decking the halls.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium — Every December, the city of Brussels organizes Winter Wonders, a Christmas event that draws about three million visitors to the city’s Grand Palace. Barco’s LED MiStrip units are playing a role in the month-long series of nightly sound and light attractions called Electrabel Nights in Brussels, which were designed and produced by Magic Monkey.
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American DJ’s 46HP LED Pro plays different roles, serving as a stage light or for decorative effects in nightclubs and entertainment halls. It’s a DMX-compatible LED PAR can, with features including RGB color mixing, electronic dimming and color strobing. It uses 18 1-watt LEDs — six red, six green and six blue.
Read More »WINTER PARK, FL — Full Sail University marked 10 years since its Show Production & Touring degree program was launched in 1998. The 13-month degree program gives students hands-on experience learning about and working in the areas of live sound, video, and lighting design.
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TAMPA, FL — If you watch the sun setting over Florida’s Gulf coast, you can sometimes see a brief green flash. Bay Stage Lighting designed and is supplying the LEDs that have been lighting up the top of SunTrust Financial Centre in a shade of green all night long — or any other energy-efficient color the building’s owners and managers want.
Read More »NEW YORK — Rigging instructors Rocky Paulson and Bill Sapsis recently conducted a three-day master class at Madison Square Garden. The class was attended by members of the Madison Square Garden staff and riggers from IATSE Local One.
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NEW YORK — See Factor Industry, Inc. created a blue wash for the United Nations headquarters building for World Diabetes Day, Nov. 14. The U.N. also led a concerted effort to use lighting to wash 1,101 monuments and landmarks around the world in blue as a way to raise diabetes awareness.
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NEW YORK — A memorial service for artist Robert Rauschenberg at the Metropolitan Museum of Art relied on video support from Scharff Weisberg to create an A/V “simulcast” linking images for two separate parts of the museum, the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium and the Egyptian Temple of Dendur. There was also a delayed Webcast of the event.
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