Now, exactly nine years after the formation of A.C. Lighting, Inc their name is changing to A.C.T Lighting, Inc. This change in name does not represent any change in the way the business is run or in the ownership of the company, but is a recognition of the separate and distinct identity that A.C. Lighting, Inc. now holds in the US market.
The new name for A.C. Lighting in the U.S. is
Halo Live's lighting scheme was co-designed by Steve Marley and Yann Guenancia, who utilized a diverse range of fixtures and programming techniques to fulfil Radio 1’s demanding brief, and to create a stunning visual show. With the Radio 1 Open Air Stage being purely a DJ environment, it was very much down to Marley and Guenancia to use their imaginative savvy - and plenty of artistic licence - to create a colourful lightshow with a full range of peaks and dramatic effects.
The core of the rig was Studio Due City Color fixtures, used to produce larg
Bratcher, a member of the Vari-Lite family since 1983, will oversee all manufacturing and assembly operations at the Vari-Lite headquarters in Dallas. In addition, Bratcher will continue to
The three leading Czech National Theatre companies - covering drama, opera and ballet - which alternate performances in the historic building, will benefit from the new framing and animation profile spots. The National Theatre dates to 1883 and lies on the banks of the river Vltava, opposite the panorama of the famous Hradany castle. The building is technically equipped to the highest standards and the MAC 2000 Performances will help maintain this tradition.
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Working with the Alabama Industrial Development Board, through the Huntsville and Madison County Chamber of Commerce, the company secured tax abatements and industrial grants to help finance the project, which will allow it to consolidate its
When MIDI-Button is used in conjunction with the PC based lighting console Grand-Master Flash!, the 12 push buttons emulate the PC keyboard function keys. In either configuration, MIDI-Button provides a compact and sophisticated remote control solution that is ideally suited to architectural and retail applications.
(Lee Baldock)
He continues: "I'm such a computer freak . . . I love stuff like this. We've all seen a million moving lights before, but this is something else - I was blown away. Then I saw a demo at the LA office. I was even more blown away . . . I've been dreaming of this kind of show and technology. I almost had a tear in my eye when I saw the demo in person. I'
On May 1 at Seoul City Hall in the city’s downtown area, throngs of citizens gathered for the first night of the Seoul Light Festival. In a large central square 24 MAC 2000s and 20 MAC 500s illuminated Seoul’s City Hall and World Cup ball-shaped balloon from 8:00pm until midnight each night of the tournament. Even Seoul Mayor Goh Kun was impressed, stating: "This festival of light will make the beauty of Seoul's night view ever more radiant."
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Company representatives will be on hand to demonstrate their latest products, and there will be a series of workshops on the grandMA and Jands Event 4 lighting consoles. One major attraction of the show will be the much anticipated new WYSIWYG software. The show’s location in the north of England will be welcomed by those in the area and will offer a rare opportunity to see several specialists together under one roof, see what new technology is on offer and meet association repres
The production nicknamed ‘The Big Rock Show’ will certainly live up to its name as far as the lighting goes. Lighting designer David Davidian designed a mammoth rig that is dominated by PAR cans and a plethora of 8-Lite blinders complete with scrollers. Also key to the rig are five 3k Syncrolites and 28 Martin MAC 2000s, controlled through a WholeHog II system. Each of the Rock Icons has his own lighting director: at the helm for David Lee Roth is Sam Raphael whilst Mike Hall calls
The venue boasts the deepest water tank in Europe. This, and its 11 other tanks, are home to seven species of shark and thousands of fish. These tanks range in size from the ‘Endless Oceans’ tank holding 2.3 million litres of salt water to the smaller ‘Jewel’ tanks which hold just 1 cubic metre. The design consultant for the exhibition was John Csáky Associates, whilst the lighting consultant for the exhibition and exterior lighting was DHA Design Services, with Peter Fordham as project l
Founded in 1906, the school moved to its current NW3 location in 1956. The site, which was formally the Hampstead Music Conservatoire, included a fine proscenium-arch theatre - the Embassy Theatre. Central to the school's ethos is keeping abreast with contemporary developments and it is committed to extending the high educational standards already on offer. As such, the school embarked on an extensive building programme during the 1990s, culminating in the recent refurbishment of the Embassy Theatre.
Head of the school's Lighting Department
White Light Sales have recently supplied new consoles to a number of venues. The Leicester Haymarket has purchased two 520is, and will be the first theatre in the UK - and amongst the first in the world - to have Strand's new iPaq-based wireless handheld remote. The Milton Keynes Theatre has replaced its existing console with a 520i. The Malvern Festival Theatre and the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford have both purchased 520is, while the Theatre Royal Norwich and the Wilde Theatre in Bracknell have purchased new 530is to replace their earlier 430s. The Birmi
This is not a ‘showroom’ in the traditional sense - though its intention is very much to showcase the latest lamp innovations from the company - but more of an interactive experience, hence the name ‘Osram Light Experience’. Stretching across over 200sq.m and incorporating a café, light studio and auditorium, the venue can work as a single space or be split into two areas by a ‘light wall’, allowing different groups to visit the studio simultaneously.
It is clear that the design team from Furneaux Stewart, led by Jane Huggins and Keith Feeney, understood Osram’s brief for something out of the ordinary all too
ABTT’s emphasis on training and education was demonstrated by the wide-ranging seminar programme which accompanied the event, but the highlight was the ABTT Dinner staged on the first evening where Major Sir Michael Parker, famed for his work on such events as the Royal Tournament and more recently All the Queens Horses, was the guest speaker. The Awards announced during the Dinner recognized the work of sound designer Andrew Bruce of Autograph Sound who collected a Lifetime Achievement Award, whilst the Technician of the Year award went to Nick
Werner has over 20 years of lighting and projection design experience, having worked on an impressive number of projects. He is currently designing the lighting and multimedia for a new play, ‘Say Goodnight Gracie’ directed by John Tillinger, which is scheduled to open on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre in October. Other theatrical credits include the 2001 revival of ‘American Buffalo’, which premiered at the Donmar Theater in London, as well as designs for the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago and the Atlantic Theatre in New York. His corporate credits include such clients as McDonalds, Toyota, Ford, GM, Anderson Consulting, Jack Morton Worldwide, Liz Claiborne
One of Sweden's leading lighting sales companies, Stockholm Lighting had been looking to add colour changers to its existing range of lighting equipment for some time and negotiations with Wybron were finalised this spring. Originally concentrating on selling lighting equipment to the film and TVindustries, Bico expanded into the theatrical market in 1999 and has been looking to extend this part of its product range ever since. After making initial contact with Wybron at last year's NAB show, Bico now has a range of Wybron's lighting accessories in stock.
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The new SCH1000T is a 10-way pluggable lighting control module. Most commercial lighting control products have only eight output ports on the lighting control module which can cause problems when dealing with a regular ceiling grid. The iLight system’s 10 outputs will enable a 3 x 3 or 2 x 5 luminaire matrix, creating shorter cable lengths to the lights, as well as reducing the total number of units required. The system is easy to install since all connections are via a plug and socket arrangement. As part of the
The festival was production managed by the redoubtable Dick Tee, who was engaged in other projects when the site build started, so the co-ordination of the Maldon event fell to his associate Laura Sands. DPL were called in to suppy lighting production for the fifth time. The first night had a pop cabaret theme and starred Jaki Graham, Rose Royce (with Gwen Dickey) and The Three Degrees, rounded off with a specially choreographed Techno Show son et lumière number, complete with fireworks and projection, directed by Sean Canning from Hotcakes UK. The following event was dedicated to popular classics.
DPL’s lighting rig was shaped to follow the curves of the Orbit stage (supplied by Serious Str
The 'output-link' provides an easy way to connect RMS to the most popular accounting packages.After the completion of a project, all relevant financial information can be exported into a file, which can then be read by the accounting software.
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Despite his worldwide profile and his stage presence, Young is relatively shy as a performer, always wearing a hat onstage, and disliking spotlights so LD Keith Wissmar, who has worked with Young for nine years, has his work cut out. The tone of the Are You Passionate tour - a retro Motown style - much softer and more rounded than much of the material that Young has produced in the past, inspired Wissmar to design a pseudo 1960/70’s TV set look into his show lighting, typical of the US Bandstand teenage music shows of that era. Simple in presentation when compared to the slick productions of today, they nonetheless yielded a certain aesthetic charm. Wissmar reproduced this
Paul Cook commented: "The combination of the Whole Hog control system, pre-focusing work in Vari-Lite Europe’s WYSIWYG suite and the use of the VL5 Arcs enabled a stunning sequence of looks to be created with only limited on-site time. The shimmering golden effect was created with complex sequences of fast colour changes. The 10-day run of this event meant that we had to take tidal chang
The Frog range of consoles offers low cost, high quality moving light and conventional control while maintaining and simple and intuitive operating syntax. Amongst the assorted professionals checking out the range of consoles from the Frog to the Bull Frog were designers from the State Theatre, a large number of representatives of local lighting rental and production companies and music venues, as well a sprinkling
The new Syncrolites were specified by Durham Marenghi and supplied by Fourth Phase to bring the Queen Victoria Memorial to life and to back-light its fountains for the Queen's Jubilee celebrations, as well as highlighting performances on two stages each side of The Mall outside Buckingham Palace. Fourth Phase also used the fixtures on the recent Destiny's Child tour. Their next sto
