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Germany - Lighting designer and DP Ben Díaz has joined ARRI Lighting as senior product manager. Based in Stephanskirchen. He will focus on the development of high-quality LED lighting fixtures and accessories.
Together with Florian Bloch, head of product management at ARRI Lighting, and the team, Ben Díaz will play an integral role in the planning, development, introduction, and life cycle management of new ARRI lighting products. Ben Díaz is a senior executive specialised in LED lighting technology. He is also a lighting designer, director of photography, and educator with more than 15 years of experience in the industry.
After several seasons directing lighting for television shows and designing tours for international artists, Ben Díaz joined the Danish manufacturer SGM Light in 2014, where he first worked as area manager and later as business development direc

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USA - The Twelve Thirty Club in Nashville, a modern take on the supper club, was developed by James Beard Award nominee Sam Fox alongside pop superstar Justin Timberlake, with architectural and entertainment lighting control designed by Energy Systems Design. The project was only possible because of ETC’s control systems and infrastructure.
“This was a fantastic opportunity to create beautiful lighting in a storied location – Broadway in Nashville, right across from the former home of the Grand Ol’ Opry,” says David Empey, technology and design department head for Energy Systems Design. “We designed the lighting, lighting controls, and network for the entire venue. As the designs for the building were developing, I knew I needed the flexibility of ETC systems so we could handle whatever architectural or entertainment needs came up. I also knew I could rely on ETC
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South Africa - The Brixton community, young and old, came together for the Brixton Light Festival parade hosted on 6 February 2022. Residents dressed up as Creatures of the Light, and the 232m-high Sentech Tower, commonly known as the Brixton Tower, was lit with Robe lighting fixtures and graced the Johannesburg skyline.
Named after the London suburb, the Johannesburg-based Brixton dates to 1902 and is located near the suburbs of Auckland Park and Melville. The light festival is a celebration held free of charge by Brixton residents for local residents. The community-led parade winds through the streets and is highlighted by singers, dancers, bands, mimes, art and photographic displays. The African Reclaimers Organisation (ARO) whose trollies are usually used to collect recyclables, pulled floats made from recycled materials by Shade. Tamzyn Botha from Shade, members of the

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Russia - The final of the 2021 Russian National Open Championship of Creative Competencies – ArtMasters – was staged at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow to honour the best creative and technical talents working behind the scenes on shows and events - lighting designers, set designers, content creators, virtual worlds programmers, costume designers, make-up artists and many more.
One of last year’s ArtMasters Champions, lighting designer ‘Roma Robot’, was invited to light this year’s gala ceremony, and he chose Astera Titan Tubes to be a major part of the production lighting design.
Lighting challenges included facilitating super-quick changeovers. The Bolshoi’s stage was in use for classic theatrical performances the night before the event, so this had to be transformed into a show-space for all the different finale competition pieces, and then again for t

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Denmark - From 18 to 24 October 2021, more than 82,000 guests visited Fårup Sommerland to experience a very special illumination event. Under the title Lysfald (Light Falling), the Danish amusement park presented an impressive outdoor lighting installation after sunset, for which the provider responsible – Profox – used more than 200 Cameo spotlights.
Since the installation covered an area equivalent to approximately 55 football fields, Profox was only able to use spotlights that can be controlled from a central point via W-DMX. In total, the experienced service provider deployed 120 Zenit W300 and 24 Zenit W600 outdoor LED wash lights, 72 Drop B4 outdoor uplights, and eight Q-Spot 40I outdoor spotlights at Fårup Sommerland. While the Zenit W300 was used to illuminate the large rides and trees, the Zenit W600 provided an impressive option for the extensive illuminatio

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The Netherlands - Showtec light effects feature in a new season on NP01. The company Chain knows how to support television programmes in the field of lighting design and attract the attention of viewers. This enables the artists to move, surprise and entertain as much as possible in the programme Matthijs gaat door that is being broadcast every Saturday night on NPO1.
Jeroen van Geffen (lighting design) and Benno van Merrienboer (lighting operator) know how to transform the studio and create a stylish stage experience using the Showtec light effects.
Every week a famous artist takes the stage accompanied by the Sven Hammond Big Band at the most successful Dutch talk show of the moment on Saturday night. Both national and international artists get a stage here. Recently, performers include Stromae, André van Duin, Ruben Hein and Froukje.
A production this

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Germany - Pop singer Nico Laska recently presented his debut album, NI/CO, at a sold-out event at the Frankfurt club Nachtleben. Working alongside him was lighting designer and operator Patrick Rabus, a long-time friend of the musician. In order to give the small basement club an atmosphere worthy of the occasion, Rabus turned to GLP’s JDC Line and Fusion Exo Wash.
"The Nachtleben is a typical basement club, with everything that basement clubs have to offer: low ceilings with nowhere to hang lamps, limited power availability, and very spartan house lights," says Rabus. "And then I come in with my own lighting set when the house technicians haven't worked in the club for months due to the pandemic. That was exciting for everyone involved.”
Rabus searched for a place on the club stage to place six GLP JDC Line and eight Fusion Exo Wash. Since there was nowhere

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Japan - With its curving abstract form, the Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre presents a fitting architectural testimony to the poetic beauty of the Japanese theatrical tradition. The 18 year-old structure in Nagano, is characterised by a speckled pattern of 20,000 pieces of glass adorning the façade.
Inside the venue’s 1,800-capacity main theatre, the continuation of the flowing contours and curves provides a platform for the venue's programme of traditional and contemporary theatrical performances. As part of a recent lighting upgrade by Hibino Lighting, a total of 17 Chauvet Professional Maverick Silens 2 Profile fixtures were added to the theatre's lighting rig to provide multi-faceted looks in support of the myriad of stage performances which the venue is renowned for.
Whilst some traditional disciplines rely on sound and light to transport metaphor and feeling

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USA - ADJ Lighting has introduced the Focus Profile, a feature-packed automated profile luminaire powered by a potent 400W LED light engine. Taking its place as the new flagship model in ADJ’s popular Focus Series of LED-powered moving heads, this new fixture is billed as the brightest and most feature-rich fixture in the range to date. it is designed for theatrical, concert touring and event production applications.
At the heart of the Focus Profile is a powerful 400-Watt LED light engine, with a native colour temperature of 6,700K, which offers an impressive output of 20,000 Lumens and an equally impressive average life expectancy of 20,000 hours. After being manipulated by a variety of beam shaping tools, the light generated is focused through precision optics and a large front lens to create a punchy output with a CRI in excess of 70, which can be further increased to

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USA - Anaheim-based BCT Entertainment has invested in a large complement of Ayrton Diablo fixtures from ACT Entertainment, Ayrton’s exclusive distributor in North America.
“We have expanded our lighting inventory with the purchase of our first Ayrton fixtures,” says BCT’s owner, Brian Longhofer. “We had a gap in small-format fixtures with framing capabilities, and the Diablos checked all the boxes.”
ACT Entertainment introduced Longhofer to the Diablo fixtures, which he later saw at LDI. “We considered other fixtures, but ultimately decided on the Diablos because of Ayrton’s name recognition, the fixture’s feature set, and its high quality compared to its price.”
He expects the Diablos to be used primarily for corporate events, where their small format is especially desirable. “Unlike concerts where lighting is part of the show, corporate cl

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India - Ground Control used 26 Showtec Sunstrip Active MKII blinders for Red Bull Dance your Style.
Red Bull Dance your Style is a global digital event where you get to see the best dancers around the globe showcase their skills in one-on-one battles to unpredictable tunes. Last year no fewer than 80 events took place, including one in India where 26 Showtec Sunstrip Active MKII blinders were used. The event was live on Insider and reached dance lovers from all over the world.
The dancers’ skills were exposed to the world in style thanks to the professional lighting and visual production around the dance floor. The production was managed by Nodwin Gaming. Naveen Deshpande from Ground Control arranged the lighting design with support from lighting inventory supplier Star Dimensions India. He has previously successfully used Showtec Sunstrip Active MKII

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UAE - Lighting designer Bruno Poet recently turned to Elation Professional’s Proteus line of IP65 luminaires to light the UAE’s 50th National Day Celebration, a technically demanding show that chronicled the country’s history and hopes for the future.
The ambitious Golden Jubilee spectacular took place in the remote and harsh terrain of the Hajar Mountains and was both technically bold and emotionally touching. Artistic director and designer was Es Devlin who worked with LarMac Projects, the Official UAE 50th Celebration producer. LarMac enlisted a team of 650 personnel to bring Devlin’s vivid designs to life.
“Lighting National Day 50 was a thrilling challenge,” Poet commented. “Es Devlin’s show design was a sculptural form in an unbelievably beautiful setting on the Hatta reservoir surrounded by mountains. The lighting had to bring this sculpture to

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Germany - GLP German Light Products is set to launch a new impression X5 fixture on 16 February.
Following a preview at the 2021 LDI exhibition in Las Vegas, the impression X5 features “a wealth of new and improved technology gained from countless hours of conversations with users combined with traditional German foresight and precision,” says the company.
GLP managing director Udo Künzler and product manager Michael Feldmann will lead the presentations at four different points during the day to capture every time zone, with the impression X5 presented in detail and followed by a live question and answer session afterwards.
Registration for for the event and the teaser video is available at https://x5launch.glp.de.

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UK - “Absolutely amazing” is how lighting designer Tom Campbell from creative collective MIRRAD describes working with singer-songwriter and poet Arlo Parks (Anaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho). Her 2021 debut album Collapsed in Sunbeams, produced during the pandemic lockdowns, won last year’s Hyundai Mercury Music Prize for Best Album and she also collected a Brit Award for Breakthrough Artist.
Tom started working with the artist mid-2021. The first gig was at Manchester Central for two sold out - socially distanced and masked - nights during Manchester International Festival, for which Tom created an adaptable design that could then be re-scaled in either direction for a string of shows that followed as Parks’ dreamy, relatable, and inspirational lyrics and soulish music and style shot to prominence.
At the heart of creating elegant, structured lightin

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Israel - When tech giant Rapyd, which provides an API-based fintech-as-a-service, hosted a company rooftop party in Tel Aviv, LEAD selected an array of Claypaky fixtures to pull off one of the most innovative show concepts of the year.
Tel Aviv-based lighting and stage designers Omer Israeli and Dor Aichner, who are known as LEAD, utilised Claypaky Sharpy Beams, Mythos II and Scenius Unico fixtures for the event, which kicked off on the roof of Azrieli towers and concluded at Expo Tel Aviv. The fixtures were supplied and installed by Sincopa 2002.
Headlined by international DJs Tiesto, Martin Garrix, Armin Van Buuren, Nervo, Skazi and Infected Mushrooms, The Moment party celebrated Rapyd’s employees and the progress the start-up has made this year, including doubling its valuation to $2.5bn.
Production company OTD Global was tasked by Rapyd to create an extraor

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India - Christie laser projectors deployed for a spectacular projection-mapping showcase on the Secretariat Building in India’s capital, Delhi, have elevated the scale and solemnity of the annual Beating Retreat ceremony to new heights.
The North and South blocks of the Secretariat Building are lit by over 40 Christie D20WU-HS laser projectors
The captivating visuals, specially designed to commemorate 75 years of India’s independence, complemented the grand ceremony at Vijay Chowk, which included military bands, pipes and drum bands, buglers and trumpeters from India’s armed forces. Held annually on 29 January, the Beating Retreat ceremony is a centuries-old military tradition dating from the days when troops disengaged from battle at sunset. In India, the elaborate military ceremony is conducted to mark the formal conclusion of Republic Day celebrations.
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USA - The DALI Alliance (DiiA), the global industry organisation for DALI lighting control, has revealed the winners of its prestigious DALI Lighting Awards 2021.
The awards recognise the best use of DALI lighting control applications and solutions across the world, with an international judging panel of lighting designers, lighting magazine editors, and representatives from global lighting organisations picking the winners.
Victorious in the Commercial/Professional category is Helvar for its work on ‘The Spine’, the new headquarters in the north of England (Liverpool) for the Royal College of Physicians. Here, a fully addressable DALI lighting control system ensures optimal user experience and excellent light quality, including defined light levels for the biophilia aspect of the project. The building seamlessly combines artificial and natural lighting to create a

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USA - Dodd Technologies, a full-service live events production company in Pendleton, Indiana, near Indianapolis, had a busy start to the year thanks to the College Football Playoff national championship game, which took place at Indianapolis’s Lucas Oil Stadium on 10 January. Dodd worked on several projects associated with the game including a remarkable high-rise ballet lit using Elation’s 50,000-lumen Proteus Maximus.
The CFP national championship presented an opportunity for the city to shine. Over the weeklong festivities, Dodd lit up the JW Marriott hotel and Lucas Oil Stadium, along with a series of concerts by national acts that took place at Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis. One of the more extraordinary events however took place high above Monument Circle on the 701’ tall Salesforce Tower, where a vertical dance troupe performed across the façade of

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USA - The Incas revered gold as far more than a symbol of wealth and power. To them, the glittering metal was a gift bestowed directly from the gods that radiated mystical, restorative powers from its shimmering surface.
Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru, named after a 15th-century Incan citadel in the Peruvian Andes, opened at the Boca Raton Museum of Art and showcases a collection of 192 gold artifacts crafted by this vanished civilization.
The collection of chalices, bracelets, breastplates and other objects beckon visitors to dive deep into the world of the Incas. Embarking on their journey, they enter a collection of immersive walk-through galleries that house these artifacts. Taking up virtually the entire museum on two floors, these rooms reflect Incan life and culture in all its complexity and mystery.
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Spain - Showtec stage and effect lighting fixtures were used on Canal Sur where three couples compete against each other in a refurbished Lingo studio.
Recently, the first episode of a new Lingo season was broadcast on CanalSur. It is a battle of words between three couples with the aim of raising as much money as possible. The game consists of three rounds and a final lap in which the candidates try to guess as many words as possible. The winning couple eventually takes home the money they have gained during the game.
The Lingo episodes are recorded by Loasur Studios. Unicorn and Galdo Media were also involved as co-producers. They have almost completely furnished the studio with Showtec products. They have managed to beautifully combine stage lighting with effect lighting for an atmospheric and vivid impression. What stands out are the beautiful colour

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Romania - The 2/3 galeria is a space dedicated to contemporary art with an emphasis on photography, located in Bucharest. The building that houses the art exhibitions was built in 1895 by the architect Wilhelm Bast. After undergoing many transformations, the gallery's founder decided to preserve its historic character by keeping the 19th century exposed brick arches and the natural marble added in the 1970s. The new art gallery was inaugurated in June 2021 and it is characterised by a timeless feeling, combining the historical charm of the Bucharest's Old Town with the novelty of contemporary art.
The art gallery aims to feature new artists with a distinctive perspective on the world. The name of the gallery was inspired by the 35mm frame format seen on compact cameras, another tribute to the importance of history in contemporary art.
The new gallery has already hosted

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Mexico - Daring acrobatic performers are as much a part of a circus as jugglers and clowns. This is especially true at Gran Circo Bardu, which, having no animals in its rink, relies heavily on the feats of physical dexterity by its acrobats to thrill audiences.
These nimble artists aren’t the only ones performing delicate balancing acts at Gran Circo Bardu. As a lighting designer at the popular circus, Abraham De La Curz Merida must also walk a tight rope of sorts. With no backdrop or scenery inside the circular rink, he has to create texture with lighting alone; but at the same time, he must also be very careful not to distract the performers as they go through their carefully choreographed routines.
Helping him thread the needle between these demands and create visuals that support the stars during a one-hour acrobatic demonstration is a collection of four Rogue

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Canada - Laval, Québec-based Creative Lab, which creates lighting and visual installations of all kinds, has invested in 24 Ayrton Mistral-TC LED spot moving lights. The new fixtures have already been put to work on the Montreal Canadiens’ Samedis FANatiques (FANatic Saturdays) pre-game show and on a glitzy auto dealership event.
“The Mistrals are our first Ayrton fixtures but certainly not our last,” declares Francis Aubin, president and founder of Creative Lab. “They are also our first moving light purchase. We decided to go with Mistral because the fixtures are well known in the industry by lighting professionals. Mistral is compact, versatile and powerful – the ideal first moving light to add to our inventory and bring more creativity to our design.”
Les Samedis FANatiques is streamlined live before each Saturday home game. Featur

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Belgium - Production values were ramped up by the organisers of the two-day Rave Rebels XXL extravaganza, staged at Palais 12 in Brussels, celebrating a return to live events for this high energy phenomenon that included production design with lighting and set by Thomas Boets with 200 x Robe Pointe moving lights at its epicentre.
The show design brief from the two organisers, Jens Grieten and Nick Ramoudt, who also run the renowned Kompass Klub underground techno venue in Ghent, was to keep it “industrial” - raw, stark, high tech and with a massive impact on 30,000 techno fans over the two nights.
Thomas collaborated closely with several creatives including Rene van Dijk, head content creator / VJ and his team, on the overall look of the show, together with lighting programmer and operator Kristof Blancquart and automation designer/operator Rik Uytersprot of Gravit
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