Riedel Communications announced that Race Of Champions (ROC), a yearly international motorsport event featuring some of the world’s best racing and rally drivers, has now used Riedel’s solutions for over 12 years, beginning with radios and transitioning to intercom communications across departments.Read More »Race Of Champions Gears Up with Riedel MediorNet, Artist and Bolero
PLSN presents the lighting and video solutions provided by CT and Ayrton for the recent Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, England.
Physicists tell us that light makes no sound. That may be technically true, but when a lighting design wraps itself around ferocious metal music and a theatrical stage show to the point where they all merge into one experience, it’s easy to see how fans (and even music critics) can feel that they “heard” the light. Just asked the reviewer who wrote about Avatar’s show at the Manchester Academy during the just-concluded EU-leg of the Swedish metal band’s Dance Devil Dance tour. He described the experience as seeing “bright shafts of musical light passing before your eyes!”Read More »Jimmy Olausson Creates Theatrics for Avatar Tour with CHAUVET Professional
At the USITT 23 Conference in St. Louis, USITT honored Elynmarie Kazle with The Joel E. Rubin Founder’s Award, which is presented to a USITT member in recognition of outstanding and continued service to the Institute. This award was named in honor of Dr. Joel E. Rubin, co-founder and the second president of the Institute. Given to USITT members in recognition of extraordinary and continued service to the Institute, the award is presented as an important highlight of the Annual Conference & Stage Expo.Read More »Elynmarie Kazle Honored with the USITT Joel E. Rubin Founders Award at USITT23
Automation and a Kinesys system were right at the heart of Palle Palme’s spectacular lighting and video design for Swedish pop supergroup GES’s popular 2022 tour, which culminated in a month-long residency at Stockholm’s famous Cirkus venue.Read More »Kinesys Gets Around with GES
The first season of the 1% Quiz TV quiz show in the Netherlands was recorded at EMG’s Mediahaven Studio in Amsterdam with a stylish lighting design by Henk-Jan van Beek of design studio Light-H-Art. This featured 110 Robe ESPRITES, 98 LEDBeam 350s, 46 LEDBeam 150s, and 20 T1 Profile moving lights, all delivered by Eventec.Read More »Robe Provides a 100% Solution for 1% Quiz
Elation Professional is pleased to announce that Scandinavia’s leading distribution company for dynamic lighting, LiteNordic, will take over distribution of Elation Professional and Obsidian Control Systems products in Sweden, Norway and Denmark effective 15 September 2022.Read More »LiteNordic New Elation Distributor for Sweden, Norway and Denmark
Green Wall Designs, a Sweden-based company that creates visuals, sets, and lighting designs for stage performances, TV, and events, were responsible to light up the national song contest that decided who would be the winning group to participate in the Eurovision. The event was held in April 22 at the Avicii Arena in Stockholm.Read More »ProLights SunBlast 3000FC at Swedish Eurovision
To make the Shopping Center, Norsborg, south of Stockholm in Sweden, livelier and brighter, Sylvania Lighting used the Studio Due SLIMBAR PLUS RGBW with 100° filter diffusers. Being really slim (just 40mm wide), it was the perfect choice to fit between the acrylic material and the façade. The separate 20 Pilot Max drivers were pre-addressed and made it very easy for the installers to program the lighting scenes. Everything worked as designed, without losing light output, even with -17˚C temperatures.Read More »Studio Due Slimbar Plus RGBW Used to Brighten Swedish Shopping Center
GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Kreative Teknik AB used Martin Professional Exterior 400 light fixtures to light the concrete pillars near the entrance to Ullevi Stadium here. The venue recently underwent a series of renovations that included a dramatic increase in overall capacity, to 75,000 seated and standing spectators.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Stageroom, a technical installation and rental company based here, has been acquired by the Espoo, Finland-based Bright Group, a major entertainment technology services company serving the Nordic region. Stageroom will continue to operate as a separate company and becomes affiliated with Starlight and Lagom & Gott in Sweden, two other companies acquired by the Bright Group.
BALINGEN Germany — The Christmas Metal Symphony 2013 European tour, which made its way through Sweden, the Czech Republic and Germany, featured a lighting design by LD Nick van Balen. The rig centered on Robe LED Wash moving lights, including 44 LEDWash 300s and 12 LEDWash 600s.