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3eb's production and lighting designer Mitchell Schellenger, of I Like Lights in Denver, created a look for the band that echoes the sunset set times of some of their gigs. "The band doesn't always have a headline slot, and when that happens they don't have the luxury of performing in complete darkness," Schellenger explains. "So we decided to mimic the look of sunset with warm pretty light on stage. To do that we needed really bright fixtures."

Enter Clay Paky B-EYEs, which Schellenger had read about and seen in video clips. "I wanted to get my hands on them - they looked really awesome," he recalls. 4Wall Entertainment Lighting's Nashville office

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Meacham of iDesign Productions (Miami) has designed some of the highest profile clubs in the world. He faced a special challenge when lighting Vanity Osaka. "This is a single level club with both sides of the dance floor elevated for VIP seating, so my design was going to be broad, horizontal and expansive," he said. "The challenge I faced, though, is that there are these huge structural columns that land right in the centre of the dance floor."

Instead of trying to "work around" the wide columns, Meacham used EPIX 2.0 bars and EPIX 2.0 strips along with some adroit pixel mapping to incorporate them into his stunning design.

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This was the case when RML invested in the new Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20. What makes interesting and different is a completely new feature: the front lens may be rotated to create lots of small bright compositions, which may be opened and closed like petals. By adding colours and dynamic graphics, the B-EYE generates never-seen-before graphic light effects.

Blue Peter was one of the first RML shows for the B-EYE's and Lee reports, "The great beam effects are very quick to achieve with the shape function, this mode keeps the number of channels

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Perennially held at Detroit's Cobo Center, the 2014 NAIAS showcased the industry's latest innovations to more than 800,000 attendees over the course of nine days. As a critical component of the show's experience, over 1,400 Martin Professional lighting fixtures were deployed by a number of leading production partners and lighting-provider Christie Lites across the entire show, including booths for Chrysler, Nissan, Infiniti, Ford, Lincoln, Acura, Volvo, and more.

Chris Wojcieszyn of Lighthaus Design teamed with Bruce Spillman, onsite lighting designer, who oversaw the execution and focus for Chrysler's booth, to d

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After nightfall in summer, visitors are invited to discover an enchanted trail winding 2 km through the woods. As they walk through the mysterious forest, visitors meet characters inspired by the area's myths and legends, who draw them into an immersive adventure.

The scenography, combining projections and lighting, is accompanied by an ethereal soundtrack. The result is an unparalleled sensory experience. The Moment Factory team custom-made the entire experience, including perforated metal panels resembling ancient manuscripts, lighting units designed to look like fairies, video mapping on natural elements and more. The multimedia installations are seamlessly integrated into the surroundings, creating an all

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Todd Roberts was on site as the overall production manager for Visions. Canin Campbell of Visions Lighting led the onsite team for set up of the system. Canin was supported by Daniel Baca and Steven Calley.

Roberts and his team were looking for a replacement of the Xenon searchlights used in previous years. The solution was the new Platinum Beam Extreme from Elation. Roberts and his team used eight Platinum Beam Extreme fixtures on each of the

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Taking place in July, 2014 at the historic Heilig Kreuz Kirche und Passionskirche Church, Berlin, the event was jointly organised by Robert Bosch Stifung, Stern magazine and German broadcaster ARD.de, supported by local politicians and attended by Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Minister of Foreign Affairs and representatives from over 100 shortlisted schools.

The event was broadcast live on Phoenix television network ending with the presentation of a 100,000 Euro grand prize to Anne-Frank Middle School, Munich for winning the prize of School of the Year.

Cassiopeia's technology manager, Martin Heuberger said, "

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The lighting upgrade includes Elation TVL Series white light LEDs, colour changing Opti Par LEDs and Design LED Par lights. The main driver behind the design was the TVL F1WW and the Design LED Par Zoom, says Jay Cid of Elation rep firm PSLP (Professional Sound and Lighting Products), who demoed the Elation products, worked together on the design and provided product and l

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Laurent Chapot has recently become "energy saving aware" and has started favouring "cleaner" light. However his choice is also motivated by a desire for a greater variety of easy-to-transport and easy-to-install lighting equipment, without ever compromising on light quality for any reason.

With this in mind, the French star's favourite lighting designer chose 24 Clay Paky Sharpys: 12 Sharpy Beams, whose success and quality need no proving, and 12 new Sharpy Washes, which he uses to create a stage backdrop and illuminate an elegant, sober c

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It is also home to Slovenian Contemporary Dance Company EnKnapGroup. Named in honour of the volunteers who sacrificed their lives in the fight for freedom during the Spanish Civil War, the venue was originally built in 1981 and extensively refurbished in 2009.

It features an up to 400 seat main hall and a 60-80 capacity flexible studio space with a lively programme of performing arts designed to be widely accessible. It stages around 400 shows and performances - including exhibitions - a year.

Luka Curk, the venue's technical manager, instigated the ParFect 100 purchase, with the units supplied by Robe's proact

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The venue is ensconced in the mountains about 70Km South of Beirut and this year's diverse range of performances included Joss Stone, Katie Melua, Kazem Al Sahir, Bel Canto tenor Juan Diego Florez and a collection of special performances and collaborations including world famous Lebanese director, Wajdi Mouawad's unconventional adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone. The event was opened by a show-stopping set from Lebanese diva, Magida El Roumi.

The lights were supplied by Sound On Stage Events, a leading technical production company based in Dubai and actively work

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The 10 Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures, supplied by Blackburn based hire outfit HSL, beamed out from the tower's 272m high control room creating dramatic aerial effects across the skies above Yorkshire's Emley Moor that could be seen for miles around.

"As part of the 100 day Yorkshire Festival, Kirklees held a local week long 'Hypervelocity' festival to celebrate the Leeds opening of Tour de France," explains Bawn. "As part of the festival resident artists and designers were asked to light up famous landmarks. As I grew up round here and know the area well I was asked to put together a design for the Arqiva Tower on Emle

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Commenting on the positive news, PLASA's director of events Christopher Toulmin says: "PLASA London continues to prove its relevance as demonstrated by the phenomenal take up over the last three days. PLASA London is a must attend event for the live entertainment technology industries. The show is in great shape and on track to grow in both floor space and visitor numbers in 2014."

To celebrate the positive news, PLASA London has extended free registration (saving each visitor £20) for another 48 hours, closing on Wednesday.

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Operating from the southwest Las Vegas valley, South Point features amenities like an equestrian arena, 64-lane bowling centreand the most convention centre space off the Strip. South Point also operates a busy 400-seat Showroom facility that features headliner entertainment, live bands and other acts on a daily basis. In June, the Showroom's lighting was recently upgraded using Elation EPAR QA and Opti QA colour-changing LED PAR lights, along with Elation Flex LED Tape.

The South Point Showroom operates seven days a week the majority of the year with multiple shows on stage each day for an astounding average

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Back to the Future - Further shows of Secret Cinema's Back to the Future extravaganza in London were cancelled at the weekend. The organisation stated, Secret Cinema Presents Back to the Future, is our most ambitious production to date out of the 45 large scale productions. Unfortunately, we have experienced some difficulties and have had to cancel tonight [Fr

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The programme showcases talented young contestants who take turns singing a song in brief intervals. It uses dramatic lighting to emphasize the importance of each singer's brief chance to impress the viewing audience. With only 15-20 seconds to sing in the spotlight, they have to do their best to have an impact before the light moves onto the next performer. At the end of the song, the audience votes to eliminate one contestant. The rounds continue until the last two face-off in a duet and a winne

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Another newcomer to NorthSide this year was SGM's G-Spot moving head, proudly striking its beams high, and painting the city sky. Four of these new moving heads were placed as centrepieces on top of the highest containers in the area to draw the attention. This particular area is the festival's recreational site, situated between Blue Stage and Green Stage with 6m-high containers placed in the shape of a horseshoe, which enclose food shops and relaxation facilities with a view of the entire site.

The purpose for the G-Spot was to create soft moving light for this recreational area and sporadically illuminate the shops, but the fixtures also provided additional

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The concept and vision of this world tour is inspired by Armin's latest album, Intense. Armin Only is a concept that started in the early days of Armin's career. Since the first editions in the early millennium years, the show has grown and come to life. Armin explains, "Unlike today, now that it's all based on short sets and quick highlights, it used to be all about the long sets, the musical trips. That's what Armin Only is based on - to take the clubbers on a six- hour journey into music. Through the Armin Only - Intense shows, I can tell them the full story of my Intense album - in fact of everything I'd like to say."

The second week into June 2

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Warming things up, Blackout was commissioned to deliver a special show opening for Kasabian's headline slots at Glastonbury festival and homecoming gig Summer Solstice. The company utilised its new 12m roller screens which were specially adapted to allow them to be installed horizontally in the roof of both the 40m Summer Solstice stage and Pyramid stage, with additional screens hung stage right and left. Each screen was precisely automated to track into position, carefully timed with the opening track 'Shiva'. There was just 1m 8s to get the screens into place, creating a solid 'white box' environment for the lighting and screen projections.

Barely 24 hours later and the team were call

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"Everyone wants an event at Grosvenor House to be special, because there is such a rich tradition here," said Andy White, production director at Storm Events. "This was a prestigious event hosted by Claudia Winkleman a well-known BBC presenter and journalist and attended by many key publishing people, so our client asked us to do something to make the set stand out."

Creating a stand out design is precisely what Storm Events did using the EPIX 2.0 p

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The 20,000-seat Lanxess Arena offers top class facilities as one of Europe's largest and most modern multi-functional indoor arenas and is equipped with the latest technology which now includes the 4000W HTI Lancelot long-throw followspots.

"We chose the RJ Lancelot products because we were not completely satisfied with the American manufacturer we worked with before and therefore preferred to use a European product," says Lanxess Arena's technical manager, Martin Rebiszewski.

Lanxess Arena has played host to a string of top international performers that include Paul McCartney, Sting, Whitney Houston, Eric Clapton and Luciano Pavar

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The Medieval castle standing today was developed from an original built by William the Conqueror in 1068.

The two day Summer Proms event saw 8500 people enjoy Paul Weller rocking the house on the Friday night supported by White Room and The Gramotones, and a programme of popular classics performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) on the Saturday, conducted by Jae Alexander, plus special guests.

Fineline's Rob Sangwell comments, "We have been involved in this event for many years and it was a great pleasure to be doing it again thi

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The Earth Hunter was a collaboration with Jaguar to launch the brand's first AWD concept car, the C-X17. The space was 'found', designed and the creative concept executed, complete with delicate artworks, in less than three weeks.

Showtime Productions were called upon to design and install the gallery lighting, deciding to purchase 36 ETC Source Four Mini fixtures for the project.

"Aesthetically, the client wanted everything to look very neat and minimize anything that could be obstructive," commented Arian Yeganeh, production manager at Showtime. "It's a compact fixture that's bright enough for this type of application. For a 50 watt fixture, they're pretty amazing. We also had 20 ETC Source Four Jnr Zooms for

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Hedwig and the Angry Inch is John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask's gender-bending musical tale of life, love and a botched operation. It won Tonys for its star, Neil Patrick Harris; co-star Lena Hall; and lighting designer Kevin Adams - Adams's fourth win. The play also received top honours as Best Musical Revival.

The lighting and video for Hedwig were programmed on two grandMA2 full-size consoles. During rehearsals Kevin Adams, video designer Ben Pearcy, associate lighting designer Paul Toben and second assistant lighting designer Jimmy Lawlor used grandMA onPC stations to monitor the production. Now, both