"Lumificient and its founder Zdenko Grajcar bring a whole new level of intellectual property, research and development capabilities and cutting edge technology to Nexxus Lighting," stated Mike Bauer, president and CEO of Nexxus Lighting. "Zdenko is one of the most respected and knowledgeable minds working in solid-state lighting. He and his team have developed some very exciting new technology that Nexxus plans to commercialise in
Lighting equipment was supplied by Southampton-based GLS who were working for event producers Watermark Event Management. GLS brought Peter Canning and Nic Ayres of Anglo-Irish design practice High Resolution Lighting onboard to produce the creative elements needed to make the presentation fly. "They were an obvious choice as Virgin Atlantic like a rock and roll edge to their shows," says GLS's Ian Turner.
Challenges included the back wall of the venue being an 80m (262ft) wide by 20m (66ft) high glass wall, which effectively meant that the show - which took place on a 12m (39ft) deep stage built in front of this - was in daylight. No available flying
The performances involved approximately 700 people including Ringo Starr, Dave Stewart and local upcoming indie stars The Wombats, all of which took place on eight surrounding rooftops - including the Walker Arts Gallery, St John's Beacon, the Empire Theatre, Lime Street Station - as well as on top of and in front of St George's Hall.
The site was challenging - lights had to be craned into position and rigged at all these locations, and also onto a series of scaffolding constructions around the main area.
The get-in started on the Monday for the Friday show and the HSL team, project managed by Mike O
"The main idea for using the LC Series was to establish a 3D look for the stage and the LC panels fit perfectly in our application - size, configuration and transparency," comments Tellos.
Tellos lists several reasons for his choice of the LC panels: brightness, saturation, quick and easy setup, and wide angle viewing. "I was impressed with the brightness and the resolution of the LCs," he states. "Also, the way of setting up and configuring the system is very easy. The construction is robust, which is very important for touring and when you add in the transparency ef
Presenting the first £2,500 cheque to trustee Matthew Griffiths at the ETC / ABTT Christmas party on 14 December, Fred Foster, CEO of ETC, said: "Our industry would not exist without its many freelance lighting designers and technicians. Light Relief has already provided much needed practical and financial help to many of our colleagues and I am delighted that ETC can enable it to continue this fine programme."
Griffiths, who is also managing director of PLASA, said: "Light Relief assists freelancers in our industry who need immediate assistance in times of crisis. One-off donatio
Congo jr helped the ice show's board operator Daniel Tschanz overcome two major challenges - a narrow time window for setup, and show programming that could not be done at night. However, on Congo jr, cues and positions can be easily adapted immediately before the show or on the fly.
The Congo jr controlled 18 Martin MAC 600 NT automated luminaires, six Martin MAC 250
Marenghi comments: "For the fourth consecutive New Year's Eve, associate LD Paul Cook and I created a three hour light show prior to midnight and then supported the firework finale with the floodlighting of the Eye and aerial searchlight effects. PRG Europe, led by crew chief Gerry Mott, supplied 100 VL5 Arc luminaires and ten 10kW Syncrolite sea
The moving lights, 18 in total (nine ColorWash 1200E ATs and nine ColorSpot 1200E ATs), were supplied to the project by Sofitlight, one of Robe's Russian distributors. They completed the over-ice lighting design and co-ordinated the installation that was carried out by the mall's electrical contractors. The project was managed for Sofitlight by Alexander Gromov.
The fixtures are installed onto a series of trusses rigged in the airy atrium space over the ice and are controlled - along with some generic lights - from a Compulite Rave console.
The brief was to supply a moving light rig that could be used for jazzing up the ice, projecting gobos and colours for special events. The mo
Lighthouse Technologies was selected as a finalist from a pool of 1,800 eligible companies that have made outstanding achievements in the global technology industry.
"We have put in much effort to ensure that we provide technologically advanced products that truly meet the needs of the marketplace. It is a great honour to have been selected as an award finalist, " comments Lighthouse's managing director, Mark Chan.
Red Herring was founded in 1993 and is a media company dedicated to the coverage of innovation, technology, financing and entrepreneurial activities.
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The Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business Showcase Series is a student production run by Belmont University students. The students assist in all aspects of the showcase, from lighting and sound, to stage design and the acts performing.
Bandit lighting designer and Belmont instructor Chris Lisle commented, "The shows are pretty much student run, so I more or less serve as an advisor for the showcase, but it's exciting to watch the students apply training from my two classes to help put on the show."
"We are very excited to be involved with the music industry's future leaders at this develop
The renowned lectures have taken place annually since 1825, and are designed to introduce science to children, and further their appreciation of the subject.
Entitled Back from the Brink, Hugh Montgomery's 2007 lectures dealt with human survival. He needed a visual means to represent the amount of power consumed by the body's organs in normal operation and came to Crockford to provide an innovative solution. He suggested the Pixi-Web - as a portable, transparent modular screen for displaying complex lighting effects or live video images.
The Pixi-Web was rigged on a catenary wire in front of the stage set, so it could be swept on and off accordingly. Crockford then converted the 'power' of the body organs Montgomery was spea
Housed in a weatherproof casing, the Exterior 200 LED is suitable for applications where projection distance is limited and is the ideal short-throw complement to the existing Martin Exterior range, says the company.
The Exterior 200 LED can be tucked discreetly into architectural design details of buildings or any other illumination structure and requires minimal service and maintenance. An IP65 rating means the Exterior 200 LED can withstand even the toughest outdoor conditions.
With five coloured diodes (Red, Green, Blue, Amber and White) instead of the usual thre
The Mentone is a busy venue in close proximity to the beach of the same name, located in one of Melbourne's most desirable suburbs. It's owned by Open Door Pubs, one of Australia's best known pub chains, and lighting, sound and AV was designed and supplied by Adam Dullens of Pulse Audio Visual.
After the initial installation, Dullens was asked to specify a flexible visual solution to liven up the upstairs floor for their popular Wednesday disco evenings, which sees the first floor regularly packed to its 700 capacity.
The Mentone was initially considering an LED screen display for the upstairs to create a banner effect around the walls of the quirkily shaped landing, which forms the main dance floor. However,
Show director, Sergio Carrubba (also the director of Danny Rose), came to ETC Paris with his concept Maximage Experience, a system based on 'total immersion' that he has developed with associate Paola Ciucci in which the stage, actors and audience are all surrounded by "dynamic giant image projection".
For Giulietta e Romeo, Carrubba has transposed this experience to popular opera by "enriching it with the charm and mystery of three-dimensional projected sets" fusing his passion for the two very different visual art forms of theatre and film.
The two Christie 25K machines are position
Apollo's new website includes enriched keywords for easier and more accurate product searches, redesigned product pages with a tab system for easy scanning of more detailed information, and the search result format has been designed to reduce scrolling.
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Led by Pod Bluman, the PSL team had to triumph against the twin enemies of time and the elements. PSL's participation in the Liverpool show was confirmed only three weeks ahead of the event, just one week before the Christmas slow-down.
"The concept of the show was to tell the story of Liverpool's history and culture," explains Pod Bluman. "Its location was the open space between the city's great civic buildings, using St George's Hall as the backdrop to the stage, and in some respe
White Light's manifest included: seven Vari-Lite VL3000s with Condome protective domes, three High Ground searchlights, five Citycolour2500 exterior floodlights, 200 PAR64s, an assortment of ETC Source Fours, two Robert Juliat Korrigans and two Super Korrigans, as well as 40 sq.m of ColorWeb 250 LED lighting and 48 Encapsulites. Control included three WL Smart 48 dimmer/power racks, two Avo Pearl consoles and two ELC Showstores, plus stands, cables and an assortment of accessories to allow lights to be located just about an
Martin Professional will receive approximately $3 million in funding from the research foundation, with an additional $2 million to be added by Martin and $1 million from Aalborg University. The three-year, six million USD project will run through the end of 2010.
The goal of INLED is to develop new technologies for LED based fixtures as substitutes for existing more inefficient technologies, including improvements in optical systems, colour mixing, output, control, heat management and energy
Sponsored by MMR magazine, the Dealers Choice Award is based on national voting by music dealers. American DJ was voted 'Lighting Line of the Year' by dealers for the second year.
"The fact that this award is the result of voting by the dealers who actually sell lighting products makes it especially gratifying," said Scott Davies, general manager of the American DJ Group of Companies. "Dealers are on the front line, dealing with end-users all the time. They gave us this award, because their customers rely on American DJ and are excited about our products, especially our new LED fixtures."
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Autumn 2007 saw the filming of Hammer Films Beyond the Rave in South London. This online serial marks the return of the Hammer Horror genre after an absence of over 20 years. Lighting designer Jono Kenyon was responsible for lighting the all-important rave scenes using over 100 ACL lamps and MAC 550s from the Point Source hire stock.
"It was great working with the MAC 550s on a film
Light contractor Sound D-Light srl performed the three installations. Pat Henry, lighting designer for the event, used a huge number of SGM fixtures including the Genio Mobile, Palco 3, Ribalta, Synthesis Spot 700, Pilot 2000 and Pilot 3000.
Henry, supported by Luca Domenicucci and Paolo Marcuzzi of Sound D-Light srl as lighting operators, stated: "We lit the big Christmas tree inside Aula Paolo VI, the back of the same Hall where the huge bronze statue the Resurrection is and the Christmas crib placed outside in St. Peter's Square. I essentially used Ribalta, Palco 3 and Genio fixtures to create the different white and colour hues - mainly violet and blue - both for the backgrounds and to give value
Lasting 90 minutes, the show concluded with a high energy laser and firework finale. tarm Showlaser supplied four high-powered green lasers at the back, under the screen and four high-powered full-colour units at the front of the arena. All lasers were air-cooled and based on solid-state-technology.
Two of the full colour lasers fed the two 4m high and 1000kg h
"Initial plans called for the columns to be covered in coloured paint, but of course if they wanted a change of colour the paint would need to be changed, which wasn't very practical," states Qader Mohiuddin of Martin Professional Middle East. "Mr. Tareq Darwesh (deputy GM) and Mr. Ali Shiri (architect) from the Tamdeen Shopping Center Development Company expressed to us their desire for a dynamic lighting solution instead."
Cinema architect, Va
Equipped with over 250 LEDs distributed by colour into two pods, the Vue VI produces an extremely bright output that is reminiscent of a fireworks explosion, says the company. It incorporates the best of the Vue series and adds pod rotation. Weighing less than 7lb (3.2 kg), it consumes very little power, produces a beam angle of 110°, and has an additional power output.
With DMX control, the Vue VI becomes even more versatile, allowing control over red, green, blue, rotation speed and direction, and strobing. Where DMX control is not available, built-in sound activated programs provide a show that can be synchron
