Türkiye’s Gen Z-oriented Fanta Fest returned for 2024 to visit seven of the country’s biggest cities, with five large LED screens displaying more than 43 million pixels of performer-specific content, all driven by a Hippotizer Boreal+ MK2 Media Server. Video Designer and Programmer Gürkan Çalışkan worked with Fanta Fest’s Technical Director Can Besbelli to deliver strikingly different visual content.
The Struts’ just-concluded U.S. leg of their ‘Pretty Vicious’ tour featured a design by Lighting Designer Carlos Katsurayama, who transformed the stage with a shifting variety of dramatic looks that wrapped themselves tightly around the mood of the music. Helping him create this evocative canvas was a rig supplied by LIT Lighting that featured CHAUVET Professional fixtures.
On September 30th, 2024, 3G Productions LLC (“3G”) announced that it has received a strategic investment from Chimney Rock Equity Partners (“Chimney Rock”), a private equity firm focused on lower-middle-market industrial investments.
PLSN is pleased to announce the Regional Winners of the Lighting Hometown Heroes. All six regional winners are now the finalists for the Parnelli Hometown Hero – Lighting Company of the Year Award. The six top regional lighting companies in North America—one for each of five U.S. regions, and a sixth for all of Canada were voted on by the industry as they narrowed the field from 36 to the six regional winners.
The six regional winners will appear on the Parnelli Awards ballot as finalist when the ballot goes live Oct. 28, 2024 for the 23rd Parnelli Awards voting. The winner, voted on by PLSN and FOH magazine subscribers, will receive the Parnelli Award for Hometown Hero – Lighting Company of the Year at the Parnelli Awards ceremony on January 24th in Anaheim, CA.Read More »Regional Winners Announced for Lighting Hometown Heroes
Absen Inc., a global leader in LED display technology, announced an exciting new distribution partnership with The Design Oasis, a renowned provider of audio-visual gear and solutions in the United States. This collaboration will significantly expand the availability of AbsenLive’s advanced LED products throughout the rental and staging market.
The Nominations process for this year’s Parnelli & IT Product Awards closes on October 11, 2024, so you only have 5 days left to get your nominations in! Nominations are now being accepted for the Parnelli Awards and the Indispensable Technology (IT) Awards, so be sure to have your say and nominate. The Parnelli Awards will be be held in Anaheim, CA on Friday, January 24, 2025, during the NAMM Show.
Registration is now open for Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), the world-renowned annual tech show for the systems integration and audiovisual industry. Returning to the Fira de Barcelona Gran Vía from 4-7 February, the ISE team is promising the most dynamic and engaging show yet, with a host of new initiatives and features, an expanded and more easily accessible content program.
A hot spot for young holiday makers from across Europe, the streets of St. Julian’s are packed throughout the summer months from sunset to sunrise. Having spent the early part of their evening in the vast selection of bars, lounges and smaller clubs in the town, a large proportion of the party people eventually make their way to ToyRoom, a clubbers playground designed for dancing until dawn.
Salle Odyssée, the cultural performance theater at the Maison de la Culture complex in Gatineau, Québec, has installed a range of Ayrton and Robert Juliat lighting fixtures and a new grandMA3 console provided by Perfecson. Salle Odyssée daily hosts a variety of shows, including music and standup comedy. The new equipment is part of a CAD$5 million project, for a state-of-the-art upgrade of the theater.
After years of relying on traditional incandescent lighting, the Aalborg Kongres & Kultur Center decided to upgrade to a more versatile and energy-efficient LED system. AKKC Lighting Technicians Jakob Krøyer and Thomas Nowakowski were instrumental in the search and eventual specification of a new LED lighting system opting for Elation FUZE MAX PROFILE and the KL PROFILE FC luminaires.
Located in Baarn, in the Utrecht region right in the centre of The Netherlands, Speeldoos Theatre is a vibrant local and national hub for culture including film screenings and all types of live performing arts—music, cabaret, dance, drama, etc. Last year, the venue, which has a cosy 343-seat theater space, invested in Robe T1 Profiles which were part of a lighting upgrade.
In this free 90-minute webinar presented by Behind the Scenes you will learn five easily accessible tools for use in any workplace to intervene without the worry of retaliation. Upcoming 2024-2025 dates are October 20, January 27, April 27 and July 28. The webinar is free but advance registration at btshelp.org/bystander is required in order to receive the zoom login.