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Rapyd’s ‘Hack the Galaxy’ Event Shines with Claypaky Fixtures Chosen by Lighting Designers Omer Israeli and Dor Aichner

Lighting Designers Omer Israeli & Dor Aichner of Tel Aviv-based lighting and stage design company, LEAD, chose a large complement of Claypaky fixtures to illuminate the dynamic, futuristic Hack the Galaxy event held by Rapyd at the 2022 Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. They utilized 96 Tambora Batten Square, 16 Mythos 2, and 48 Xtylos fixtures for the third and last event in Rapyd’s Hack the Galaxy campaign held at developer conferences in Europe in 2022. Previous events took place in Berlin, Germany and Zadar, Croatia. Lisbon’s Web Summit is an annual tech conference focusing on Internet technology, emerging technologies and venture capitalism. More than 70,000 attended the November 2022 gathering.Read More »Rapyd’s ‘Hack the Galaxy’ Event Shines with Claypaky Fixtures Chosen by Lighting Designers Omer Israeli and Dor Aichner

R90 Lighting Covers Seattle and Beyond with Elation LED Lighting

Bustling lighting rental house covers projects from intimate corporate to large-scale festivals

 

One of Seattle’s largest lighting rental houses, R90 Lighting, often turns to Elation Professional products to light a wide scope of projects and has recently added more Elation fixtures to its rental inventory. The concert and event lighting design firm emphasizes the latest in LED technology in its inventory of stage lighting fixtures, a principle the company has held since its founding 10 years ago. R90’s new acquisition includes an LED package of Fuze MAX Profile™, Fuze Wash FR™, Proteus Rayzor 760™, Artiste Picasso™ and Paladin Panel™ luminaires.Read More »R90 Lighting Covers Seattle and Beyond with Elation LED Lighting

LDI Award Winning Products

Here’s a sampling of some of the products that stood out among the many innovations featured at the LDI show in Las Vegas in November 2022.

Lauv’s Electro-Pop Playground

American electro-pop artist Ari Staprans Leff, who performs under the stage name Lauv, is currently on his All 4 Nothing Tour with dates running into December in the U.S. Designers Parker Genoway and Cory FitzGerald of Silent House, and Lighting Programmer/Director Will Flavin, spoke with PLSN about the lighting and video of the production, supplied by LMG.

Upstaging Celebrates 50 Years

Live entertainment lighting and trucking company Upstaging marked its 50th anniversary in 2022. During the past half century co-founders, brothers Robert and Don Carone, and Robin Shaw, joined in 1979 by John Huddleston, have turned Upstaging from a garage-based pioneer into a stalwart of the industry. The four share with PLSN some of their reflections growing a company alongside the concert touring industry—the beginnings, the milestones, and what they hope people know about Upstaging today.

New ColorSource V Fixture Family from ETC

ETC has launched a new family of multi-venue fixtures. Building on the popular ColorSource line that is lighting schools, houses of worship, hotels, and theme parks around the world, ETC announced ColorSource V. This trio of fixtures includes ColorSource Spot V, ColorSource Fresnel V, and ColorSource Spot VXT. Here’s the video replay of ETC’s November 10 Product Launch in case you missed it or would like to rewatch it:

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Bandit Lites Illuminates 53rd Annual GMA Dove Awards

The 53rd Annual GMA Dove Awards. ©Blue Amber Photography

The Gospel Music Association’s 53rd Annual GMA Dove Awards ceremony took place at Nashville’s sold-out Allen Arena on Oct. 18, and the taped show aired Oct. 21 on TBN. Along with the performances, the event named GRAMMY Award winner CeCe Winans Artist of the Year, and also honored Winans for Song of the Year for her No. 1 Billboard hit, “Believe for It.”
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Marc Janowitz Adds Extra Sparkle to Nikki Glaser Comedy Special with Elation SparkLED

Comedian Nikki Glaser’s first HBO comedy special is a hilarious, no-holds-barred hour of comedy that covers a range of ticklish topics like sex, dating, and private parts. Taped late last year at the Paramount Theater in Denver, CO in front of a sold-out audience, Nikki Glaser: Good Clean Filth premiered on HBO on July 16 and is available to stream on HBO Max.Read More »Marc Janowitz Adds Extra Sparkle to Nikki Glaser Comedy Special with Elation SparkLED

Stepping Into The Spotlight: ADJ’s New IP65 Rated Hydro Spot 2 Is Shipping Now

Offering an impressive 15,000 lumen output derived from a potent 320W cool white LED engine, the new Hydro Spot 2 from ADJ is an IP65 rated spot fixture packed with features. From animation wheel, twin Gobo wheels and two prism options, to CMY color mixing with variable CTO flag and an additional color wheel, it offers all the tools a lighting designer could wish for. This combination of power and features is drawn together in a robust fixture that can be used both inside and outdoors in any weather conditions, making it the ideal solution for rental and event production companies looking for maximum versatility. Here’s an introductory video on the ADJ Hydro Spot 2:

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