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In Memoriam: James Moody, Designer, Author, Teacher, Mentor, 80

Designer James L. Moody died on Monday, February 20, 2023, at the age of 80. Lighting Designer for theater, concerts, and television as well as professor, lecturer, author, and mentor, Moody had an amazing and varied career.

We send our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues on his passing. His daughter Kimberly posted on Facebook, saying “For friends and family who knew him and would like to celebrate his life there will be two ceremonies, one at his Buddhist temple in Los Angeles and the other with the United States Coast Guard in Oxnard.” PLSN will share those details when we get them.Read More »In Memoriam: James Moody, Designer, Author, Teacher, Mentor, 80

András Praksch and CHAUVET Professional Help Republic Celebrate Boros:60 in Budapest

The worst band in Hungry! The popular quintet, Republic, has, on occasion, introduced themselves as such, tongue planted firmly in cheek. Of course, anyone familiar with this legendary group knows that this sort of ironic, self-deprecating humor, is in keeping with the freewheeling, let’s-not-take-things-(or ourselves)-too seriously attitude that has marked their stellar career.Read More »András Praksch and CHAUVET Professional Help Republic Celebrate Boros:60 in Budapest

Fineline Lighting and CHAUVET Professional Help Will Furze Reflect Energy of Skid Row on Tour

More than 30 years after they became the very first metal band to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard charts with 1991’s “Slave To The Grind,” Skid Row still has plenty of highly combustible fuel left in the tank. This was breathtakingly evident on the last leg of the band’s 2022 Gangs All Here tour in support of their new album, and their first with their new lead singer, winner of Swedish Idol, Erik Gronwall.Read More »Fineline Lighting and CHAUVET Professional Help Will Furze Reflect Energy of Skid Row on Tour

Reflections on Touring with Jeff Beck

After British rock guitarist Jeff Beck died unexpectedly on Jan. 10, 2023, Debi Moen touched base with three lighting professionals, David “Gurn” Kaniski, Michael Keller, and Chris Stuba, who were all involved with Beck’s last tour. They share their thoughts with Designer Watch about working with the rock legend.

Claypaky Partners with the Donizetti Festival and Illuminates ‘Chiara e Serafina’ with Sinfonya Profiles

The Teatro Donizetti is a true institution in the city of Bergamo. It was built in the late 18th century and was originally named Teatro Nuovo (new theatre). It has been the city’s most important opera house for more than two centuries and hosts an extremely intense schedule of plays, operas, and symphonic music. In November 2022, Claypaky signed an agreement with the Teatro Donizetti to supply its new Sinfonya Profile 600 moving heads, specially designed for use in theatres.Read More »Claypaky Partners with the Donizetti Festival and Illuminates ‘Chiara e Serafina’ with Sinfonya Profiles

ChamSys Powers Luciano’s Majestic Tour

He’s had six albums chart in the Top 10 and sold out Germany’s leading concert venues. Last year, in September, he became the first German rapper to reach over seven million Spotify listeners. But through it all, musical phenom Luciano hasn’t lost touch with the creative forces rising from the streets of the Schöneberg district of Berlin; they continue to drive his music today, just as they did when he burst upon the scene in 2012.Read More »ChamSys Powers Luciano’s Majestic Tour

PRG Invests in New LED Innovations from INFiLED to Advance the Live Entertainment Experience

Revolutionary LED gear TITAN-X and Deep Black Series from INFiLED now accessible to PRG clients and partners

INFiLED’s TITAN-X, which was co-developed with PRG.

Production Resource Group, LLC (PRG), a leading provider of production solutions for entertainment and live events, announced that it is making a significant investment in two new LED products from INFiLED. The new products, the Deep Black (DB) 2.3 Series for high-performance indoor displays, and the TITAN-X Series, the rental LED system designed with unique transparency and acoustic permeability for outdoor touring, will be added to PRG’s rental inventory for customers and partners beginning Q2 of 2023.Read More »PRG Invests in New LED Innovations from INFiLED to Advance the Live Entertainment Experience

INFiLED’s LED Screens Power iQIYI to Create a Musical Metaverse with ‘Memoon Player’

The main lobby set with a curved 32m x 8m T-shaped LED screen using INFiLED’s EZ series LED panels that featured a high-resolution pixel pitch of 2.6mm.

In November, the virtual reality variety show Memoon Player produced by iQIYI was officially launched in China. In this innovative show, the dedicated performance of the players and the immersive virtual reality scenes made a real impression on the audience when it aired its first episode on December 9th. Show participants put on their motion capture suits and entered their avatars into a virtual landscape, where the avatars interacted, competed in games, and even performed on a virtual stage.Read More »INFiLED’s LED Screens Power iQIYI to Create a Musical Metaverse with ‘Memoon Player’

Ecom Events Adds to the Enchantment of Fiers à Cheval with CHAUVET Professional

“We think of our creations as an invitation to dream,” Jean-Baptiste Duperray, founder and artistic director of La Compagnie des Quidams has said. This invitation was eagerly accepted recently by all who visited the historic Château des ducs de Bretagne on the banks of the Loire to see the talented street art group’s “Fiers à Cheval” performance.  There, as the show’s large, self-lit inflatable horses floated in the air, flowing in harmony with metamorphic human artists,  the imagination of spectators took flight.  Read More »Ecom Events Adds to the Enchantment of Fiers à Cheval with CHAUVET Professional