Lighting Designer Jo Kilgour created edgy and graceful lighting for Hatupatu / Kurungaituku: a forbidden love, a breathtaking new aerial dance work produced by Aotearoa’s boundary-pushing kaupapa Māori theatre company, Taki Rua Productions. The work, written by creative director Tānemahuta Gray and Kapa Haka by Wētini Mītai-Ngātai, premiered at the Tãwhiri Warehouse in Wellington as part of the 2024 Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts. Eighteen Robe T1 PCs and 10 x LEDWash 600 wash beams made up an integral part of Jo’s lighting rig, which was supplied to this thrilling production by We ..read more

From June 12-14, INFiLED will be present at the InfoComm Show held at the Las Vegas Convention Center. With a diverse range of recently launched products and inventive display solutions for both indoor and outdoor applications, INFiLED’s global teams will be stationed at booth W1633 to showcase their cutting-edge technological exhibits to customers. At the exhibition booth, a range of screen series will be on display for outdoor use. The AMT series, in particular, is a transparent LED screen product that is well-suited for music festivals, sporting events, and live concerts. This series is di ..read more

Don’s Seafood is an institution around Ascension Parish, famous for its Zydeco Shrimp, Fried Allegator, and other Cajun delicacies. But it’s been a long time since Don’s did the kind of business it did on April 5th and 6th. According to its owner, the 90-year old restaurant saw more than $20,000 in additional sales that weekend. The story at Don’s was repeated throughout Gonzales, a town of roughly 13,000 people, as every place from the local hotel to the service station and cowboy boots store did more business. That’s exactly just what the folks at 46 Entertainment and Peach Tree Entert ..read more

Working with Lighting Designer Roger Gant, Montreal-based visual design company Lüz studio oversaw the lighting design, creative design and video content for Billy Strings’ ongoing US tour and festival dates, which feature Ayrton fixtures, grandMA3 consoles, and MDG theONE atmospheric generators provided by Bandit Lites, Inc. in Nashville. ACT Entertainment exclusively distributes all three product brands in North America. The singer, songwriter, and bluegrass star’s current tour commenced in Asheville, NC in February. Dates are booked nationwide through April and May, there’s a break in June ..read more

After participating in Sanremo 2024, the Roman singer-songwriter Gazzelle, exponent of Italian indie pop, left for the Inside X always tour, with a total of 12 dates throughout Italy. For the lighting design, Lighting Designer Andrea Arlotti chose the innovative and powerful Ayrton Rivale Profile, the most versatile fixture in the Ayrton range, equipped with continuous rotation of the pan and tilt movement. “I chose Ayrton because it is top of the range equipment, and supplied by Mister X,” he says. “I positioned the Rivale Profile in the hanging trusses and use them mainly for effect li ..read more

Seamless AV has chosen PROLIGHTS’ Astra Wash19PixIP to update its inventory in response to the increased demand for outdoor installations. Alex Moffat, Director of Seamless AV, consulted Show Technology, the PROLIGHTS distributor in Australia, for the selection of new IP projectors to be included in the inventory. The choice fell on PROLIGHTS’ Astra Wash19PixIP. The Astra Wash19PixIP was designed to be a workhorse for any large, outdoor stage or installation, offering a robust and sealed mechanical assembly but keeping the same features and performance as its indoor version. “W ..read more

Signaling and indicator lights, switches, and buttons—elements that hardly any machine can do without. The new JW Winco cabinet U-handle EN 6284 integrates all these functions into a single, compact element. The new U-handle is designed to enhance the operation of systems and machines. It features an integrated button and a large, colored, backlit area on the back of the handle. These elements can be used individually or in combination, providing a versatile tool for system control and process monitoring. The EN 6284 prioritizes safety in its design. The two-channel switch element, availa ..read more

Video walls and lights work hand-in-hand in production design, but sometimes, like when your goal is to create a seamless look for a broadcast recording, you might want to lose the LED panels and rely solely on lighting fixtures to generate visual energy.  This was the strategy that Matt Hemmele followed recently when lighting the widely acclaimed Elevation Church Night of Worship. Elevation Church’s Broadcast Designer, Hemmele employed a bold, innovative solution for creating dynamic looks in his “no video wall” production. Rather than including a variety of different fixture types i ..read more

‘¡Azúcar!’ with a lighting design by: Elba Emicente Sanchez Lighting design students explore dynamic interplay of movement and light using Proteus Lucius and Fuze luminaires Three lighting design students from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) recently had the opportunity to work with Elation Proteus Lucius and Fuze Wash Z350 moving head luminaires on Winter Works, a dance production featuring three original works by three professional choreographers from the UCSD dance faculty. ‘Open Your Eyes’ with a Lighting Design by Taylor Olson Produced yearly by the school’s Theatre & ..read more

It’s been said that until people sprout wings and fly, there will never be anything quite as thrilling as freestyle jumping. Anyone who attended the Big Air Show at the Blue Mountain Resort in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada. knows that feeling well. This year, instead of simply flying through the air the skiers and snowboarders who competed in the popular three-day event were able to work their magic in a field of light, thanks to a fast moving and colorful lighting design created with CHAUVET Professional fixtures supplied by Production Service Industries (PSI). Lighting Designer Andrew D ..read more