LAS VEGAS — ESP Vision announced that modeling plugins for use with Vectorworks Spotlight 2009 on Windows and Mac OSX operating systems are now available. The company noted that Vectorworks is the only modeling program that currently is available on both Windows and Mac environments. The plugins will let LDs create Vision data files using Vectorworks Spotlight 2009 running on the PC and Mac.
Read More »Jan. 18-21, 2009Palais des FestivalsCannes, Francewww.midem.com
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VIENNA, Austria — An 85-square-meter screen is part of Baz Halpin’s signature look for the Queen + Paul Rodgers The Cosmos Rocks tour, but so is the way the screen and the set move about. That’s accomplished with a 48-way Kinesys automation system with Vector control, operated by Barry Branford. In all, the show has about 30 automation cues.
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ATLANTA — Lasers, moving lights and imagery from Brian Eno’s 77 Million Paintings archive aren’t the only elements adding visual interest to Coldplay’s Viva La Vida tour. (See “Wide Angle,” PLSN, Oct. 2008). A collaboration between LD Paul Normandale, XL Video and Pufferfish and others has resulted in internally projected spheres looming above the performers.
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UNCASVILLE, CT — Staind is using new gear including Martin’s 1,500-watt MAC III Profile for the band’s tour of the U.S. and Europe in support of their latest release, The Illusion of Progress. Michael Cooper, lighting designer and programmer, had used Martin gear previously and was willing to give the new profile spots a try.
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EL PASO, TX — The Abundant Living Faith Center (ALFC) is a nondenominational, multicultural church with over 15,000 active members and a mix of ministries and activities. After a major expansion and renovation project, the church features a new 3,600-seat main auditorium where 36 PixelPar 90s light up the backdrop in a variety of colors.
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NYMPSFIELD, U.K. — Lighting designer Andy Webb of Tigz Productions recently lit a production of Goth at Woodchester Mansion, an unfinished Gothic revival structure created by William Leigh but abandoned by its builders in 1870 and now only occupied, according to local legend, by ghosts.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — ESTA presented its 2008 Eva Swan Award to Tim Hansen in recognition of his service to the association over many years. The award was presented at ESTA’s Annual Dinner by the 2005 Swan recipient, Wally Blount. Blount had worked with Hansen on the development of the Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP).
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LONDON — With 59 sold out dates and a total audience estimated at 400,000, the Lee Evans Big Tour is measuring up to be the U.K.’s largest comedy tour of 2008, and the laughter from way back in the balcony can be credited at least in part to a very large LED screen.
Read More »FORT WAYNE, IN — Apollo Design Technology, Inc. announced that it is switching from chemical etching to laser technology for all gobo production. The switch, prompted by safety and environmental concerns, started with steel gobos in 2007. Laser-etching technology is now being used to produce Apollo’s glass gobos as well.
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LEEDS, U.K. — The big Gothic building which opened as the Coliseum in 1885 by England’s Prince Albert has since housed circuses, bingo games and TV studios. Known since 1992 as The Town and Country Club and as Creation Nightclub, the venue re-opened once again as a 2,300-seat concert venue called The Academy, featuring new moving lights, LEDs and an Avolites control system.
Read More »Jan. 21-22, 2009Rhein-Main-HallenWiesbaden, Germanywww.worldofevents.de
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