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Ofir Ben-Haim Lights HASC 37 Performance with CHAUVET Professional

It is always a time for music, but this is never truer than it is during periods of turmoil that weigh on the heart and soul.  That’s why this year’s Time For Music concert supporting the 37th annual Camp HASC for Jewish youth was especially meaningful. Held at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the concert uplifted spirts with its stirring performances. Supporting the artists on stage and engaging the audience was a deeply evocative lighting design by Ofir Ben-Haim that featured 34 CHAUVET Professional COLORado PXL Curve 12 motorized battens supplied by Dynamic Vision.Read More »Ofir Ben-Haim Lights HASC 37 Performance with CHAUVET Professional

Soundwise of Denmark Embraces Elation in a Traditional Market

For production and rental company Soundwise of Denmark, choosing to carry Elation lighting products in a market with more traditional preferences is a strategic move aimed at providing unique offerings. “Denmark has traditionally been quite conservative when it comes to entertainment lighting equipment,” shares Lars Thorsager, founder and sales director at Soundwise. He says however that the trend is beginning to turn, albeit slowly. “As the market here begins to realize that there are other innovative products out there that can set them apart, it’s getting a bit easier to specify other gear.”Read More »Soundwise of Denmark Embraces Elation in a Traditional Market

J.T. Rooney Takes Virtual Productions to the Next Level With Kino Flo’s MIMIK 120

Kino Flo Lighting Systems shares that its MIMIK 120 full-spectrum, image-based video lighting tile has been chosen by creative producer and virtual production specialist J.T. Rooney, a well-known pioneer in immersive technology for entertainment. Working in conjunction with wild walls — LED side panels used to create effects such as reflections — Rooney and his creative team utilize multiple MIMIKs to light talent and foreground subjects with full-spectrum color.Read More »J.T. Rooney Takes Virtual Productions to the Next Level With Kino Flo’s MIMIK 120

4Wall Provides Lighting and Video for LCD Soundsystem’s NYE Shows at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

Brooklyn electro-rock act LCD Soundsystem rang in the new year in San Francisco with back-to-back shows at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. 4Wall Entertainment provided a lighting and video rental package for the concerts produced by Another Planet Entertainment. Lighting Designer Ali Pike utilized hundreds of light fixtures to create memorizing looks that matched the band’s extraordinary performance.Read More »4Wall Provides Lighting and Video for LCD Soundsystem’s NYE Shows at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

Jerry Appelt Stages TV Total WOK WM with Cameo

For more than 20 years, the TV Total WOK World Championships have been as much a part of winter sports television as the Four Hills Tournament or the Streif downhill in Kitzbühel. On the 1.6 km long bobsleigh track in Winterberg, Germany, the single and quad woks reach top speeds of up to 115 km/h. As is usual in modern sports television, the focus of the production is not only on the competition itself, but also on the surrounding program of presenters, guests, and music acts. For this reason, the lighting team – led by Jerry Appelt – and the overall technical service provider Cape Cross opted for flexible Cameo spotlights such as the OTOS B5 IP65 beam moving head, the S4 IP LED softlights, and the ZENIT W600 SMD from the ZENIT W600 Series, which is widely used in the industry.Read More »Jerry Appelt Stages TV Total WOK WM with Cameo

Claypaky Illuminates “Raffa in the Sky” at the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo

Raffa in the Sky is a tribute opera to the iconic figure of Raffaella Carrà, a prominent Italian TV personality also renowned internationally. The narrative transcends into the surreal and paradoxical to strike a chord with us all. Show lighting designer Alessandro Anderoli said: “As soon as I was appointed as LD for Raffa in the Sky, I started thinking about the kind of light and therefore which units to use for this rig. There are two main reasons why I preferred Claypaky.” Anderoli explains in the interview that follows.

GLP on 75th Senior Bowl Gala Duty

The 75th Reese’s Senior Bowl (featuring the 75th Anniversary Team) recently partnered with the NFL Players Association at the Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. To mark this landmark anniversary, on the previous evening a special 75th Anniversary Legends Gala was held (alongside a Mardi Gras) which featured some of the legends of the game. These footballing giants congregated in the ballroom at the Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel, where Good Morning Football host, Peter Schrager (from the NFL Network), conducted in-the-round interviews from a raised armchair platform for an audience of up to 500 guests, who listened intently as some of the game’s superstars told their stories.Read More »GLP on 75th Senior Bowl Gala Duty

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.

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