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Projection Mapping Celebrates the Mont-Saint-Michel Millennium with the Modulo Pi Media Servers

On June 23, 2023, a unique show was held to celebrate the millennium of Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey. Called Solstice du Millénaire (The Millenium Solstice), the sound and light show designed by Les Ateliers BK retraced the history of the historic monument and magnified the building listed by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The technical production of this grandiose mapping was entrusted to AV technical provider VLS. Comprising five scenes, the spectacular combined video projection, sound, 18 beams of light and 400 drones. Here’s a video of the project:

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LD Gigi Pedron Employs Elation KL Panel as Rock ‘n’ Roll art for Queens of the Stone Age

Lighting Designer Emmanuelle “Gigi” Pedron has taken Elation Professional’s broadcast market KL Panel XL IP™ LED soft light and transformed it into a high-impact, aesthetic rock ‘n’ roll light for Queens of the Stone Age’s The End Is Nero tour. After playing European festivals throughout much of the summer, the band launched their North American leg August 3rd in Sterling Heights, MI. “I wanted to do a color field type show in the style of an abstract painting, minimalistic in form with a sense of open space,” Pedron explains of her design. “I want people to see what I see in my head when I hear the music—like Chromesthesia—and I needed a light that could express that with color.”Read More »LD Gigi Pedron Employs Elation KL Panel as Rock ‘n’ Roll art for Queens of the Stone Age

Voting is Now Open for the Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year Award!

From September 1 until October 6, 2023, PLSN readers have the opportunity to vote for the best regional lighting company in each of six separate regions in North America – five U.S. regions and all of Canada. Your votes will narrow the list of 36 companies below down to just six. These regional winners will then automatically appear on the final Parnelli Awards ballot, which will be posted for a final round of voting.

Missouri Governor Signs Entertainment Industry Jobs Act

Standing: John Bardgett. Bardgett & Associates (a government and public relations firm); Trey Kerr, Gateway CEO; David Haskell, Gateway President of Business Development; Brain Carp, Gateway COO; Andy Gerber, Gateway President of Sales; Garry Brown, Gateway President of Operations; Jacquee Bardgett of Bardgett & Associates. Seated: Missouri Governor Mike Parson.

On August 29th, Missouri Governor Mike Parson came to the construction site where Gateway Studios & Production Services is building a 32-acre five-building studio and rehearsal complex. Surrounded by local and state officials, politicians, local media, and the Gateway team, Parson signed Bill 94 into law, known as the Entertainment Industry Jobs Act. It allows a tax credit for entertainment-related clients coming to Missouri for rehearsal and tour expenses equal to 30% of the cost, and it includes expenses like concert tour equipment, stages, sets, sound and lighting equipment, and scenery.Read More »Missouri Governor Signs Entertainment Industry Jobs Act

Christie solutions bring content at Illuminarium at the Distillery District to life

Christie® announced that its RGB pure laser projectors are illuminating an astounding new immersive venue in Toronto. Illuminarium Experiences, in partnership with Toronto-based Secret Location, has opened its first Canadian location in Toronto’s Distillery Historic District. The 13,500 square foot space includes almost 30 Christie RGB pure laser projectors and maintenance and support from Christie Professional Services. 

Felix Peralta Sets Stage for Café Tacvba at Hollywood Bowl with CHAUVET Professional Fixtures

Nowadays, it seems like just about every show “has to be lit ready for broadcast, I-Mag, and or social media at any time,” says Felix Peralta. The noted designer and programmer knows whereof he speaks, having worked with many big stars with astronomical followings on Instagram, Facebook, and every other platform. This summer Peralta had the opportunity to create an array of stunning video/photo-worthy visuals with his lighting, the kinds that look like the stuff of beautiful dreams and remain in memories forever, when he lit Café Tacvba with Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic in concert at the Hollywood Bowl.Read More »Felix Peralta Sets Stage for Café Tacvba at Hollywood Bowl with CHAUVET Professional Fixtures

Astera Dreams in the Park

credit: Gabriel Chan

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – one of Shakespeare’s most enduring, timeless, and intricately cerebral comedies – is always a delight to light, and Singapore-based Lighting Designer Gabriel Chan relished this task for the 2023 Shakespeare in The Park (SITP) version of this magical and mischievous work. Read More »Astera Dreams in the Park

Bigabox Productions Reflects Romeo Santos Magic at O2 with CHAUVET Professional and DMX Productions

 

“If you put out quality music, you’re always going to be in a good place.” Romeo Santos told an interviewer. This summer, the Bronx-born “King of Bachata” was indeed in a very good place musically, and the sold-out crowd at O2 Arena couldn’t have been happier, as he transformed the iconic venue into a vibrant Latin music club with his stellar performance. The show was the only London stop in Santos’ Vol. 3 World Tour. Adding to the dynamic vibe that resonated throughout the arena was a collection of 84 CHAUVET Professional fixtures.Read More »Bigabox Productions Reflects Romeo Santos Magic at O2 with CHAUVET Professional and DMX Productions

GLP JDC Lines Bring Fisher’s Cardiff Castle EDM Extravaganza to Life

Experienced Lighting Designer Anthony Hazelden has made the journey from classic theatre to high-octane dance raves effortlessly, his generic stage lighting of yesteryear now replaced by next generation hybrid LED strobes, including GLP’s new JDC Line 1000. For a recent EDM concert within Cardiff Castle he not only provided a cutting-edge floor package for headliner Fisher, for whom he was LD, but the generic house rig for the support acts. This included Luther star Idris Elba and Arielle Free. Hazelden had known most of these artists from working with them on other projects around the world and had known the production manager for the Cardiff Castle show, James Dutton, from High Scream Productions in Ibiza.Read More »GLP JDC Lines Bring Fisher’s Cardiff Castle EDM Extravaganza to Life

Robe Makes a Splash with Dubioza Kolektiv

A largely Robe lighting rig was specified and used by leading Slovenian Lighting Designer Crt Birsa from design studio Blackout for Dubioza Kolektiv’s closing set of the 2023 Velenje Summer Splash open air festival, staged at the picturesque lakeshore location in Velenje, Slovenia. Dubioza Kolektiv is one of several artists that Birsa and his team from Blackout are lighting this summer as they tour Europe and further afield, all with an element of Robe on their riders.Read More »Robe Makes a Splash with Dubioza Kolektiv

Maxime Chotard Lights Historical Journey in ‘Le Mime et l’Étoile’ with CHAUVET Professional

“We are all voyeurs to some extent when we see an intimate film,” said director Martin Scorsese. The stage production Le Mime et l’Etoile at Puy du Fou in Les Epesses, France, takes matters to another level, as the audience is not only drawn into an intimate story, but also gets to view it through the lens of a film being made in the earliest days of cinema.Read More »Maxime Chotard Lights Historical Journey in ‘Le Mime et l’Étoile’ with CHAUVET Professional