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CHAUVET Professional’s Journey Continues at Prolight + Sound

CHAUVET Professional is moving forward toward a new destination at Prolight + Sound 2024. This point is not a tangible place that can be located on any map. Rather, it is a more rarified, ethereal space where the physical and digital worlds converge, bringing forth new and infinitely endless possibilities in design. Building on its breakthrough exhibits at LDI and ISE, the company is continuing this voyage at Frankfurt Messe from 19-22 March. Visitors to the show are invited to drop by the CHAUVET Professional and ChamSys at booth (E21 in Hall 12.1) to experience firsthand how this bold approach to harnessing innovation fuses reality and imagination.

Vietnam Army Theatre Welcomes Ayrton Fixtures

Ayrton is extremely happy to announce that new Ayrton lighting fixtures have been installed in the Vietnam Army Music Hall and Theatre.  The theatre which belongs to the Vietnam People’s Army, is situated in Hanoi and was established in 2010 as a professional venue for music and musical arts. The new lighting fixtures were supplied by Ayrton’s Vietnamese distributor ProAVL and include 16 Diablo TC and 20 Mistral fixtures which will be used generally both in the theatre and for touring shows. 

Capturing NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in an LED Volume

In PLSN’s February 2024 issue, Cinematographer Pierre Gill, CSC, spoke of how he and others filming Disney’s “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” were able to capture, among other things, a very realistic semblance of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, inside and out, relying heavily on virtual production with ILM.

Cameo OTOS Wash Models

Cameo is expanding the OTOS series with three new models. The OTOS W12, OTOS W6 and OTOS W3 provide lighting professionals with three flexible IP65 wash moving heads for different event sizes. Equipped with individually controllable RGBL LEDs, LED effect ring and multi-zoom function for up to three zoom levels, the OTOS washlights offer a wide range of creative possibilities in all performance classes.Read More »Cameo OTOS Wash Models

Moving Light Assistant™: Moving Light Documentation Software

Moving Light Assistant™ is an application designed to document both the physical setup and programming information for moving light rigs commonly used in the entertainment industry. The software offers a spreadsheet view to show the configuration (lenses, lamps, menu options etc.) of moving light fixtures in your production’s rig, to save you time and keep your project organized.

Robe Helps Power Red Bull Batalla World Final in Colombia

Bogotá’s Movistar Arena staged the 2023 Red Bull Batalla World Final, celebrating the creativity, importance, and popularity of freestyle rap culture in Spanish-speaking communities. The event was fully loaded with energy and excitement and lit by Madrid, Spain-based lighting designer Edu Valverde from design studio Experiencias Visuales. Edu utilized over 200 Robe moving lights to realise an eye-catching show design for the tournament which was attended live by a lively 14,000-capacity audience and streamed worldwide.

Virtual Production Solution for The Chemical Brothers Video

UK electronic music group, The Chemical Brothers, embraced virtual production technology in the music video for their single, “Live Again.” Shot at ARRI’s Virtual Production Stage in London, Lux Machina worked alongside partners ARRI and Creative Technology, leading the camera tracking team and operating the servers used in the production.

Kinesys Moves it for Kontrafakt

Show Designer and Director Martin Hruska wanted to create a sense of spectacle coupled with edginess and idiosyncrasy for Slovak rap star Kontrafakt’s two much-anticipated, high-profile New Eras concerts which were staged at Prague’s O2 Arena. Kontrafakt was celebrating two decades at the cutting edge of rap, so Hruska, the artist and event producers Mafia Records were on a mission to “present the biggest and most memorable show possible” in that venue, explained Hruska, outlining his ambitious visual aesthetic for which he also leaned heavily into Kinesys automation.Read More »Kinesys Moves it for Kontrafakt