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Amadeus Austrian Music Awards Take Place in Historic Setting with the Latest Technology from GLP

The Amadeus Austrian Music Awards were presented for the 23rd time recently. The ceremony took place in the historic Volkstheater in Vienna, which, with its lavish interior, offered a wonderful setting for both the live and TV audience. However, it was precisely this historical backdrop that presented Lighting Designer Manfred Nikitser and his team with a number of technical lighting challenges. FUSION X-PAR 12 Z, impression S350, impression X5, and impression FR10 Bars from GLP helped them to do justice to the special features of the location and the staging itself.Read More »Amadeus Austrian Music Awards Take Place in Historic Setting with the Latest Technology from GLP

InfoComm 2023: Obsidian to Showcase New NETRON Installation Solutions and IP65 Data Distribution Range

Obsidian Control Systems looks forward to welcoming AV, integration, and production professionals to Booth #5845 at the InfoComm 2023 show in Orlando. Showcasing June 14-16 at the Orange County Convention Center will be the latest ONYX software, a new IP65 data distribution range, all new NETRON installation solutions, and more.Read More »InfoComm 2023: Obsidian to Showcase New NETRON Installation Solutions and IP65 Data Distribution Range

From Salt Production to Stage Production: Upstaging Lights Chicago’s Salt Shed with Elation

Historical Morton Salt complex transformed into Chicago’s hottest new live performance space

Salt Shed interior space. ©Sandra Steinbrecher, @sandysteinbrecherphotography (instagram), @sandragoldin (twitter), Sandra Goldin Steinbrecher (facebook)

The Morton Salt complex in Chicago had been in operation for nearly a century before it was closed down in 2015. Today, the complex has been transformed into a multi-purpose venue for live music and other events named The Salt Shed. Boasting state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems, including a comprehensive Elation stage lighting rig from Upstaging, The Salt Shed is quickly becoming the hot new performance space in Chicago.Read More »From Salt Production to Stage Production: Upstaging Lights Chicago’s Salt Shed with Elation

Blake Shelton: ‘Back to the Honky Tonk’ Tour

From the creative minds of designers Steve Cohen and Bob Bonniol, working along with Felix Peralta, Blake Shelton’s “Back to the Honky Tonk” tour, with dynamic lighting, a cutting-edge video environment production design and a working bar stage extension, is a visually engaging theatrical experience. We catch up with the team to learn about the design and the practical solutions they relied on to realize it.

HB-Laserkomponenten GmbH and VISIOCOLLECT – Light & Electronic GbR Have Merged

Two companies, HB-Laserkomponenten GmbH and VISIOCOLLECT – Light & Electronic GbR, have merged as of January 1st, 2023. This closes the circle of a long-term cooperation in one company. HB-Laserkomponenten GmbH completely takes over service as well as part of the former team of VISIOCOLLECT – Light & Electronic GbR, now also serving the market in the areas of lighting technology (lighting systems, planning / execution of interior lighting concepts, interior lighting fixtures, art on buildings, and sports facility lighting).Read More »HB-Laserkomponenten GmbH and VISIOCOLLECT – Light & Electronic GbR Have Merged

Vari-Lite VL2600 Spot Luminaires Add Spiraling Drama to Yale’s ‘Next to Normal’

“The VL2600 really helped me to isolate and carve out different spaces on the stage, and the variable frost helped me give it all a really nice soft edge,” says LD David DeCarolis. Photo © David DeCarolis

Yale’s David Geffen School of Drama staged a performance of the American rock musical Next to Normal recently, with a lighting design by David DeCarolis using VL2600 Spot luminaires as part of the Vari-Lite University Outreach Program from Signify.

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ADJ Introduces New Pixie Driver 8000 for Pixie Strip Series LED Battens

The ADJ Pixie Strip Series is a collection of LED pixel battens which combine vibrant LEDs with intelligently designed housings to create a powerful and versatile system. That system has now become even more flexible with the addition of the new Pixie Driver 8000. This powerful unit receives a KlingNet, Art-Net, or sACN control signal and powers up to 8,160 pixels of Pixie Strips.Read More »ADJ Introduces New Pixie Driver 8000 for Pixie Strip Series LED Battens

IP65 or Higher Rated Luminaires

Compare the most recent LDI show’s offerings with luminaires featured a decade ago, and it’s clear that IP-rated fixtures have taken the industry by storm. Here’s a look at what’s now available, along with an explanation of what the IP rating numbers mean.

‘Don’t Worry Darling’

Cinematographer Matthew Libatique, a two-time Academy Award nominee for Best Achievement in Cinematography; spoke with PLSN about working on “Don’t Worry Darling.” Embracing a heightened realism, Libatique used color, fortuitous timing, and the nature of the Palm Springs, CA location shoot to great effect.