At the Martin US booth, the company will be showing a host of innovative products across LED, HID and creative video technology.
Visitors to Martin's booth will have the chance to win their very own MAC Aura or M2PC lighting controller in a prize giveaway. To be included in the giveaway, visitors need only register at the Martin booth.
Martin will also be holding an exclusive 25th Anniversary VIP Party on Saturday night.
(Jim Evans)
Award winning lighting designer Ian Tomlinson of Adlib Design, the design department of Adlib Solutions, used Clay Paky Sharpys to deliver an extra special 'homecoming' show for the bands loyal fanbase at Cardiff's Motorpoint Arena - the largest venue in the group's 2012 UK tour.
Promising a 'full-scale performance', Lostprophets were out to impress. Tomlinson used the Sharpy's unprecedented brightness and pure, laser-like beam to create an array of spectacular mid-air effects and fast moving, atmospheric backlight.
"I used the Sharpys as an effect - a bit like a laser", explains Tomlinson. "In particular they were used to create big effects into the audience. Weirdly I really l
The band which has become hugely popular in the last two years, has just finished another very successful US tour playing venues with a capacity of between 5,000 and 20,000, and will release their second studio album shortly.
The lighting - effectively also the stage set for the current design - is described by Warren as "Vintage barn dance with an epic edge" and the idea is that it looks interesting even before the rig is fired up.
Warren was first introduced to Robe products, and the creative potential they offer, by Ian Turner of Southampton, UK, based rental company GLS. Turner, a busy lighting designer in his own right, is also a big fan of the Robe brand. GLS owns a large stock of Robe fixtures and supplied
When tickets sold out, Michael and Emily Eavis posted a joint statement on Twitter saying: "We're genuinely humbled by the sheer number of people who would like to come to the festival and we dearly wish we could have you all along. Sadly, that just isn't possible, which means a significant number of people have missed out. Demand simply outstripped supply."
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The event - an experiential to promote Clover's Super M milk drink - was staged at Durban's Wavehouse, with Hirezone's Richard Gild the project manager.
For the lighting rig, the company worked to the specification of Parlotones' LD Travis Yeatman, and also provided the most appropriate fixtures for the venue, with which they are very familiar and features a relatively low ceiling height.
Lights were hung above the stage on a ground support system - optimised to gain every last millimetre of headroom - and also on the deck.
The Robe elements included six Robin 600E Spots and six 600E Washes on th
"We were delighted to step in and do our bit to help with this world-famous concert," says Black Light's head of hires Calder Sibbald. "It was quite something to think that our gear was helping to add to the colour and excitement of this iconic event."
The Proms Last Night Celebrations, which took place in September at the City Halls in Glasgow, featured Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith, Bernstein's Prelude, Fugue and Riffs and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the dazzling Joanna MacGregor on piano.
"I decided to use the lamps to backlight the audience, as
Trifu says, "Kusturica is known for flying both actors and scenery, creating a significant challenge in lighting - this was far from a typical theatre show. The moving lights which I specified were easy to control from the Ion. It is a small but very powerful desk - I have used Ions before, and am always impressed by how much fine control I have of intelligent fixtures."
The show is described as 'punk opera'; the theatre's stage can have a large number of actors on it at any one time; and scenery changes frequently. The stage show is from a 1988 Yugoslav film by the Serbian director, and tells the story of a young Romany man with magical p
The tour's star-studded line-up and non-stop action required hard-hitting lighting and video effects that could keep pace with its frenzied intensity. Yet as with any national concert tour, the gear also had to perform reliably night after night, stand up to rugged travel conditions, and be able to be assembled and torn down quickly.
To set a visual backdrop that would enhance Identity Festival's pulsating excitement, while meeting the tour's rigorous challenges, Charley
"Vivid Light is where Sydney becomes a playground to showcase the latest lighting technology. It is where your immersive interactive experience creates the next new trend. It is where artist's lighting expressions of art grace the city's CBD and harbour and it is a time where wonderful new ways to play with light touch hundreds of thousands of people," say organisers.
The event transforms Sydney into a wonderland of colourful lights, and surprising adventures, with interactive lighting art sculptures, inno
"I chose to use the Viper because it was a new fixture with the best light output available," he said of the fixture's 26,000 lumens of power, an output greater than that of 1200-watt fixtures. Locklin also emphasized the Vipers "performance" as well as its "even field of light".
Locklin bottom-hung the 20 fixtures on the truss with one fixture top-hung with pan/tilt disconn
Curated by high profile Club Silencio from Paris, the Future Young Contemporaries party featured a set by art rock band The Kills and was staged around the uber elegant water roofed 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion designed by Herzog du Meuron and Ai Wei Wei (who also designed the Beijing National stadium).
Working for production company Bacchus, Gray proposed an all-LED rig to be as power-friendly and eco-conscious as possible, but without compromising on any creativity.
He produced a concept and
Cinderbugz Tek-One installed 40 Ilumipanel 48 IP and 34 Ilumipod 48 IP lights, which were provided by Stage Equipment and Lighting. Used as cove lighting, Ilumipanel 48 IP fixtures spread bright even fields of light from inside the second floor's walkway and light the south and north towers on either side of the building. Ilumipod 48 IP lights uplight the façade from the base of 18 columns and highlight the corners of the building.
"We chose RGBW fixtures because we wanted to enhance the architecture and could
Ayrton's Wildsun 500 K7 is equipped with thirty-one 6700K multi-chip LEDs and, with its 75% optical efficiency, Wildsun 500 K7 is one of the most efficient models on the market.
Wildsun 500 K7 delivers a massive 20,000 lumen output from a power consumption of only 380W. This amazing power and low consumption, in combination with the full motorization of the luminaire, make the 500 K7 particularly suitable for exhibitions and car shows, and the like.
New Advanced Technology also chose the same moment to invest in 200 Ayrton Arcaline 2 fixtures. The Arcaline 2 is a very powerful 16 x 10W RGBW LED batten. Its IP65 ing
Tibo LED is a high intensity 75W LED profile with a choice of two zoom ranges in one single unit (30°/45 and 15°/ 35°). Plastic, glass or metal M-size gobos can be projected and benefit from the easy alignment afforded by the 360° rotating lens tube. Three color temperatures are available: Warm White (3000K), Neutral White (4000K) and Cool White (6500K). Tibo LED is supplied with a separate, flicker-free power supply which makes it extremely versatile as it can be used in film, television and studio environments as well as in traditional theatre.
Tibo's compact size and cool running LED engine make it suitable for use in historically and architecturally sensitive venues, exhibitions, museums and
For the second consecutive year, David Horner of VCL worked closely with lighting director Andy Cottey and lighting gaffer Gafin Riley of NEP Cymru to create a special look for the ceremony, hosted on the night by the The One Show's Alex Jones at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.
2012 is a momentous year for BAFTA Cymru, which is celebrating its 21st anniversary. With this in mind the lighting team created a high gloss, Hollywood feel for the evening, devising layers of different looks which changed throughout the night to keep up audience interest.
Andy Cottey said, "The winners at BAFTA Cymru are receiving
The Royal Opera House Muscat is a spectacular building, housing a number of venues, each of which embrace an arsenal of state of the art entertainment technology and equipment. However this opulent façade sometimes belies some challenging and harsh conditions.
"Oman is primarily a desert country, and this can be challenging for a number of reasons," Cox, who previously worked at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, e
There will be a new compact marquee uplighter fitted with tricolour LED technology to give bright, even colours from a low profile housing. Only 150mm square and finished in white, it is also suitable for use in venues such as galleries and museums where lighting equipment needs to be tasteful and discreet.
The LEDHead range of wireless LED products allows you to add atmosphere to any function without having to worry about unsightly wiring or long set-up times. This year an area of the stand will be dedicated to wireless lighting systems. This will include a new, compact unit with an adjustable head for maximum effect for your money. Also on show will be the DLite1500 table-top unit. Ice Magic, based near Newbury, have now
Jeff A. Davis was the lighting designer hired for the season opener and could not be happier with the choice in fixtures. "Martin did an exceptional job with LED dimming and no colour shift while fading; something fixtures from the competitors can't hold a candle to."
Martin also colour calibrates all of their fixtures at the factory to be certain that all of the fixtures match. "The kinds of whites you can achieve from the RGBW engine is amazing and the output is breathtaking. I can proudly say that the Aur
The laser effects for the series of events were provided by tarm Showlaser GmbH.
The world's largest, mobile, water-show, consisting of water, flame, laser, and light effects, were part of the automobile theme park's summer festival.
From 28 July through 26 August 2012, visitors to the Autostadt were treated to a tour of Bella Italia. The high points of the summer festival were the daily, multimedia water-shows held after sundown in the harbor basin across from the Volkswagen power plant.
Underscored by a background of classical Italian music, the Autostadt presented a composition of water, flame, laser, and light effects and
Following "a phenomenal year", several major innovative LED products are introduced to the American market .... including the Robin DLS Profile, the Robin DLX, the PLASA 2012 Innovation Award-winning Robin DLF, plus the Robin MMX WashBeam.
Also featured will be Robe's Award winning LEDWash and Actor range fixtures and 2012's best-selling super-small-mega-bright LEDBeam 100.
All the new fixtures are based on the 'smaller, brighter, lighter' and more environmentally sustainable design concept at the core of Robe's product development strategy.
The elegant booth, designed to maximise the available space and height with its clean contemporary lines, also integrates the latest innovations from sister-brand and architec
Individually addressable die provide maximum flexibility and control of effects, offering lighting fixture designers the opportunity to create light sources that deliver very high lux-on-target and precise beam control. Effective 'in-source' colour mixing within the primary lenses of the emitters delivers high quality light and Total Internal Reflection (TIR) lenses are used to create tightly focussed spot beams down to 6 degrees. The emitters are ideal for distance lighting and for creating dynamic lighti
TheatreCraft is open to anyone between the ages of 17 and 25 and provides a unique glimpse into the behind the scenes world of theatre - from stage management to wig-making, lighting to marketing and writing to designing.
PLASA Skills will be present at the event to give young people advice about getting the skills and experience they need to give them a head start towards an enjoyable career in theatre.
PLASA Members are welcome to promote their own work experience initiatives through the PLASA Skills stand. Anyone interested in this opportunity should email Michele Enright with details.
(Claire Beeson)
For Japan, White Light has supplied the moving lights, scrollers and LED fixtures for the rig, designed by David Hersey and adapted for Japan by his associate lighting designer Richard Pacholski. The moving light rig features Vari-Lite VL3000Q Spots, VL3000Q Wash, VL1000TS, VL2000 Spot, VL2500 Wash, VL500, Martin TW1 and DHA Digital Light Curtains. White Light also supplied over 40 Rainbow colour scrollers, including one fitted with a custom grey-scale scroll and used to fade the show's video projector, as well as 8 ETC Desire D60 Lustr+ LED fixtures, which have replaced Pars with scrollers used on some p
Sixty Sharpys form the basis of the touring rigs hung in chevron-like formations above the stage and mounted at 90º angles in the show's iconic ParaCube wall. "The units are used as aerial beam effects, overall stage washes and, as unconventional as it may seem, also key light for several intimate moments in the show," Dierson explains.
He believes that the Sharpys have brought "a definitive look to the show. We were looking to create a very masculine and aggressive look to the overall design, and the Sharpy's tight beam, prismatic effe
