New York-state based Weeks has worked for Yes for two years. The creative starting point for this tour was based on a design first created in spring 2012, which presented a starker and more scaled back stage set up than in the past, with no scenic element, and just an upstage video screen
Elidy, the world's first LED matrix fixture capable of projecting volumetric graphics, first came to the attention of the industry when it was launched at PLASA 2012 and went on to win a coveted Etoile du SIEL the following year.
Since then Elidy has taken the world of live performance by storm. This year alone has seen it used to stunning effect on tour
Kathleen Hartnett, product line director for Luxeon Emitters notes, "Our LED is especially competitive when it's driven harder. For instance, at 1 Ampere, a flux of more than 300 lm at an efficacy of 102 lm/W at 85
dbn's project manager Nick Buckley oversaw the operation to light the main stage, which was headlined by I Am Kloot, Richard Hawley and Sinead O'Connor and enjoyed by 6500 people across the weekend. dbn also provided lighting and effects kit for two smaller stages.
The Main Stage li
GLP's Udo Künzler and Mark Ravenhill have supplied the college with six Impression90 LED moving heads on a long term loan. The units have been installed in the college's unique lighting training and research laboratories, and are available to the lighting design students for projects as well as to augment their designs for a range of innovat
Spanning across most of 2013, the Locked & Reloaded Tour is an action-packed event featuring two of country music's hottest artists; and for this Reade needs a powerful, reliable and rock solid system to control the show.
First introduced to the Jands Vista platform in 2008, Reade was immediately impressed with its simple, powerful operation
Robe and LumenRadio have been working closely for a long period of time. With more and more customers requiring a trustworthy wireless DMX/RDM system to use alongside the Robin products in the Czech and Slovakian markets, the new cooperation was a natural step.
Robe's sales manager for Czech Republic and Slovak Republic, Petr Kolmacka says, "Since we offer LumenRadio's OEM modules in most of the Robin
Established to celebrate outstanding achievements in British lighting design in the sectors of TV, Theatre and Concert Touring and Events, the awards are voted on by panels of professional reviewers who work in each of the specific sectors.
"It's been the most popular Knight of Illumination awards to date with an unprecedented number of submissions across the categories Theatre, Television and Concert Touring and Events," says KOI Co-
The PLASA Awards for Innovation recognise products that advance the industry by demonstrating a new style of thinking, improving technical practic
The daylight balanced Sola 12 and tungsten balanced Inca 12 are designed for lighting designers and cinematographers seeking alternative to traditional 2K incandescent Fresnels. The new fixtures encapsulate energy efficiency and outstanding quality of illumination, says the company.
"The revolutionary Sola 12 and Inca 12 have begun shipping to customers worldwide and have already been exce
What makes the difference is the lighting designer, the artist who uses light as a creative tool and plays with the rhythm of the music or the atmosphere of a theatre piece. For the
Promoted by the World Beauty Organization, the spectacular event, held in front of around 5,000 people, and transmitted live to more than a billion viewers globally on ONT, owed much to the PR Lighting inventory supplied by local distributors FE Belimlight.
Working for Polish production company ARAM Multimedia, who were responsible for the entire project including light design and control, FE Belimlight's designer, Igor Piotrowsky, supp
Chris Toulmin, Head of Events, PLASA London 2013, said: "Visitors come to PLASA London expecting to see the latest products and technologies, and they will not be disappointed with the wide range of exciting product launches at the show. We are proud that so many manufacturers choose PLASA London to launch
"I was very interested in giving the Viper Profiles a go ever since a demo at our Barnsley headquarters in England," says Pygott, who incorporated the Martin fixtures into the rig as the primary spots on the show, part of Elton John's 40th Anniversary of the Rocket Man tour.
"Its size-to-light output ratio and th
This is the first part of Robe's current planned medium term expansion strategy, the initial stages of which will be rolled out over the next three months.
Robe Middle East will be headed by Robe's Middle East regional sales manager, Elie Battah, who is already well known and respected in the industry. It will distribute the full Robe ranges of moving and digital lighting fixtures and Anolis architectural LED products,
Returning to his place as lighting director following a successful first
This latest catalogue has detailed information including photographs and ordering codes on all LSC products that are available in the International market including some new and soon-to-be-released products as well.
Those interested in obtaining a hard copy of the catalogue should contact LSC directly otherwise the PDFs can be downloaded from http://www.lsclighting.com/catalog.
(Jim Evans
Two power levels are provided in a first step - the PRO-700RGB with up to 700mW power, and the PRO-1300RGB with up to 1.300mW power. In contrast to the Club Series projectors the Proline units come with the bright 637nm red, which increases overall visibility. The small housings and the light weight make the units perfect for applications in nightclubs, bars or for mobile DJs. Due to the compact setup an
Utilising the Art-Net and RDM management protocols, SuperNova 3 enables system-wide control of the entire lighting infrastructure. Alerts and monitoring can be configured for each element of the system - when a temperature is out of range, a push alert can be sent to a smartphone or sent as an email, providing essential status information never before available to production staff. The system offers full RDM control including configuration of DMX start addresses
"I had heard about the SL NITRO 510 prior to the show but had never actu
Symetrix' first training session, Products & Sales, will take place between 09:00-13:00 on Wednesday 6 November. The iLED University team has designed the course to cater for sales personnel, engineers, and consultants desiring a broad overview of the Symetrix range, practical designs, and e
A 3,200°K warm white and 5,600°K cool white LED Fresnel respectively, the TVL F1WW and TVL F1CW are designed for TV/video lighting, thanks to their quiet, flicker-free and low-heat operation. The secret is in their advanced on-board thermo-optical technology, which keeps them running constantly cool without making an audible sound, says the company.
Each of the TVL F1s also comes equipped with a DMX-controlled 12°-40 ° zoom and
For the first time at PLASA, LSC will be showing a Clarity LX900 console. The flagship of the family, the LX900 was first released in December 2012 and many venues across the world have already installed these units. All LX consoles operate on Clarity software which was first released in 2009 for PC and Mac and the LX900 on show will be running version 2 of this software demonstrating all its new features. Also on the bo
"We were tasked with creating a world for Bruno and his band to inhabit," says lighting designer Cory FitzGerald who co-designed the tour with Roy Bennett. "Bruno has a lot of sounds and pushes past a lot of genres, so he needed an environment that would accommodate all his music. The lighting fixtures help a lot with that. We have 276 panels of
