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Christien Methot Debuts His Light:Bridge Across the Seine in Paris

International Light Artist Christien Methot enabled Parisians to see their beloved Seine River in a new light when he created the world’s first Light:Bridge with Ayrton Cobra phosphor laser source luminaires. For one July night, Methot, the Principal Lighting Designer at New York City-based Design One Lighting Design, used 10 powerful parallel beams of light to project a ‘bridge’ across the water near the Passerelle Leopold-Sedar-Senghor footbridge, which links the Left Bank’s Musee d’Orsay with the Right Bank’s Jardin des Tuileries.  From far away the light beams appeared to be a sturdy, physical crossing.  But as people approached it, the ethereal nature of a bridge built of light was revealed. 

Brown Note Productions and Elation Proteus Weather Wild Summer Conditions

Inkcarceration (photo: Nathan Zucker)

By any measure, summer 2023 in the U.S. has been extreme with intense heat, severe rainfall and unrelenting smoke. So when a number of outdoor festivals and events are on the program, the challenge for any production company is immense. “This is a very current issue,” states Ryan Knutson, President of Brown Note Productions in Colorado. “We’ve seen some really intense changing weather patterns and IP fixtures have become critical in outdoor applications.” Read More »Brown Note Productions and Elation Proteus Weather Wild Summer Conditions

‘Scalable’ Artiste Monet™ Carries the Load on Kelsea Ballerini ‘Heartfirst’ Tour

Country music artist Kelsea Ballerini’s popular Heartfirst tour moved outside in June and July with a lighting design by Nick Chang that featured Elation Professional’s versatile Artiste Monet™ LED profile moving head, along with Smarty MAX™ luminaires. The tour, extended to a third leg due to overwhelming demand, travelled all over the country. The lighting and video vendor for the tour was 4Wall Nashville.Read More »‘Scalable’ Artiste Monet™ Carries the Load on Kelsea Ballerini ‘Heartfirst’ Tour

Astera Tubes Deployed for Innovative ‘Richard II’ Production at the Stratford Festival

King Richard II taken away by a group of angels armed with rods of light. Photo by David Hou

Acclaimed and innovative, a mind-blowing new production of Richard II adapted by Canadian playwright and provocateur Brad Fraser is playing in the Tom Patterson Theatre as part of the 2023 Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Conceived and Directed by Jillian Keiley, the work is Choreographed by Cameron Carver and lit by Lighting Designer Leigh Ann Vardy who is utilizing 12 Astera Titan Tubes and four Helios Tubes as stunning and inventive lighting and visual props to assist the ambience and narrative flow.Read More »Astera Tubes Deployed for Innovative ‘Richard II’ Production at the Stratford Festival

Inspiring Illumination: Elation Artiste™ Lights Harvest Crusade in Southern California

Harvest Church held its annual Harvest Crusade evangelistic outreach July 1-2 at a packed Honda Center in Anaheim, CA, and Elation Artiste series lights played a key role in creating a revival-like atmosphere for the 32,000 live attendees while helping to captivate over 200,000 who tuned in online. This was Harvest’s first-ever crusade at the Honda Center where attendees also enjoyed two nights of performances from award-winning Christian artists.Read More »Inspiring Illumination: Elation Artiste™ Lights Harvest Crusade in Southern California

ADJ Fixtures Bring Energy to the Main Stage at Stadfest Monheim 2023

A variety of ADJ fixtures, including 32 moving head beam luminaires and 28 Jolt Bar FX multi-function LED washes were used to illuminate the main stage at Stadfest Monheim in Germany last month. With lighting, audio, and video equipment supplied by local production companies Creative Sounds Veranstaltungstechnik and LaserFrame, the stage hosted a wide variety of performances and presentations throughout the three-day event, including headline sets from Fedde Le Grande, Joris and Tujamo.Read More »ADJ Fixtures Bring Energy to the Main Stage at Stadfest Monheim 2023

Robe Gets Intoxicated with Helene Fischer

It’s been a busy year so far for Lighting Designer Tim Routledge, including crafting a stunning production lighting design for Helene Fischer’s audacious new LIVE 2023 arena tour collaboration with Cirque du Soleil, which is playing to sold out audiences across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland until the autumn, presenting an energetic collage of a 360° production, seat-edge acrobatics, and superlative musical performance. Cirque’s creative team led by Marie-Helen Delage approached Routledge to work alongside Show Director Genevieve Dorion-Coupal and Set Designer Bruce Rodgers on this ambitious production.Read More »Robe Gets Intoxicated with Helene Fischer

A Wise Move for Robe

2023 Spot Festival in Aarhus, Denmark with lighting provided by Soundwise. Photo by Maria Stougård Mathiasen

Soundwise is a busy Aarhus, Denmark-based full production rental company, which was founded by Lars Thorsager in 2001, initially, as you might expect from the name, as an audio specialist. Their client base includes music and cultural shows and events, touring and corporates, the latter being a rapidly expanding sector. It’s that growth in premium industrial shows over the last year that has fueled a new investment in Robe moving lights, with 12 ESPRITES and 12 LEDBeam 350s joining the rental fleet.Read More »A Wise Move for Robe

Product News, July 2023

K&M: Crank Up Stands, plus info on other new products from ADJ, City Theatrical, Claypaky, Martin/Harman, Pangolin, Wenger and Whirlwind

Anolis Chosen for The Godfrey Hotel’s New Lighting Scheme

A new Anolis external lighting scheme is illuminating the facades of The Godfrey Hotel in Boston, picking out the detail and architectural intricacies of the impressive former Blake & Armory Building, a historic commercial site at the corner of Temple Place and Washington Street in the city’s Downtown Crossing pedestrian shopping zone. Ron Kuszmar of PORT led the project and explained that the hotel’s owners brought them onboard to specify, design, and install a new LED lighting scheme that would highlight the building in all its glory and replace the previous system dating back to when The Godfrey originally opened in 2016.Read More »Anolis Chosen for The Godfrey Hotel’s New Lighting Scheme