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The AILD's mission statement says it aims "to give full recognition to the professional category of the Lighting Designer who operates in a cultural context and to the art of lighting in all its forms of expression: theatre, dance, opera, television, cinema, live events, direction of photography and architectural lighting", and "to protect the right of authorship" of lighting designs.

Giovanni Pinna, president of the AILD, says: "Our belief in this ambitious adventure, in the collaboration of our international colleagues and above all in the other Associations who have worked successfully in this field for some tim

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The building was previously a classic 1950s cinema, which has been completely gutted and rebuilt by Gomel-based Plaza-Invest who also own another successful club in the town. The Plaza has already become one of the hottest club tickets in town, partly due to it's spectacular lightshow.

The club features three bars and a dancefloor which is the heart of the space and a wide ranging music policy. The owners wanted to have one of the best lightshows in town so they approached Minsk based design, hire and sales company, Art Ramos Studio a.l.c. (ARS) to produce a design, and supply the gear. Art Ramos has been at the forefront of Belarus's professional entertainment industry lighting for 1

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The duo chose a gear package built around eight Power Spot 575IEs and 32 Power Wash 575Es moving heads from Elation Professional. Three truss arches were constructed over the stage, with the eight Power Spots being positioned on the centre arch. The Power Washes were placed eight each on four separate strips of trussing encircling the stage, two extending diagonally at the front, and two running along the sides of the stage perpendicular to the arches.

"Candace was looking for something d

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Speaking about the move, David Morgan of Lighting Partners commented: "This long-awaited relocation will increase efficiency throughout our operation from equipment servicing to dispatch. A huge increase in warehouse space plus a larger service area will enable us to meet our rapidly expanding used equipment needs and our increased stock levels of new equipment. For the first time since launching the business three years ago our sales and administration function will be integrated on site further increasing the speed of order fulfillment."

The 5,000sq.ft building, which is just four weeks old, is located off the Purley Way in Croydon with excellent links to Central London and

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The first Minim - which, LSC says, was the direct result of listening to customer requests and in-depth market research - rolled off the production line in 2003. Since its inception there has only ever been one software version of the Minim - testament to its clever design, say LSC. Based on a fader-style theatrical layout, the Minim can be used as a 12-channel twin preset manual control console, or with a tap of a single button, switched to memory recall mode. The Minim can also be used as a 24-channel console in wide mode and includes switchable mains power supply to ensure reliable operation anywhere in the world. The Minim has firmly established itself as a standard in the entertainm

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Bandit Lites UK is supplying full lighting production and crew for Pink's tour, a rig that includes Martin MAC 2000 Washes, MAC 2000 Profiles, Atomic strobes and Jem ZR fog machines.

The production and lighting design was created by Mark Fisher and Barry 'Baz' Halpin. With considerable input from Pink, they've woven lighting, video and scenic elements into a stimulating and provocative visual collage.

"This is not a standard pop show," says Halpin. "It's full of tricks and gimmicks and is highly choreographed. Pink is very versatile and is heavily involved in design and production of the show."

Some 110 MAC 200

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There are six available places per course. The course has been specifically designed to allow attendees sufficient attention time on each console - which will include the WholeHog 3 and Hog iPC.

"It's very much hands-on and practical in approach" says Abraham, who adds that the courses are being run due to popular demand after numerous requests form visiting crews and operators, and also because Adlib is keen to embrace the ongoing convergence between themselves and High End Systems.

The company has recently invested in new lighting consoles including a Hog iPC which is currently in ac

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"The grandMA was the most suitable due to all the different fixtures being used and its ease of programming," explains Leeds, "another important factor for choosing MA Lighting technology

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To achieve the dramatic lighting of Nelson's Column White Light's Simon Jones used a wide selection of equipment from White Light's extensive rental stock, including ETC Source Fours, White Light Exhibition Uplighters, Clay Paky Alpha Wash 1200s, StudioDue Citycolour 400s, Martin MAC2000 Profiles and Vari*Lite VL2000 Washes all controlled from an MA Lighting grandMA Lite console. The equipment was installed by a team led by Jones and production electrician Ben Cash.

The most challenging part of the project was lighting

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The company was contracted by Thomas Thomas Films and travelled to a freezing cold Prague for the location shoot. The brief was to project specially filmed video onto buildings surrounding the custom-built set. During the three nights of filming Stage Electrics carried out nine separate moves, projecting images up to 14m wide onto the buildings around Loretta Square.

Following a site visit to the location and subsequent tests at Pinewood Studios Greg Hughes, Video Department Manager from Stage Electrics chose to utilise the features of the Sanyo PLCXF46 12000 for the smaller projection area and a Christie Roadie 250,000 lumen projec

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G-LEC, a pioneer of low-resolution transparent LED graphics displays, has been widely specified by designers in the entertainment industry since the company's formation in Europe. It has been specified for use in projects as diverse as the Jay-Z and Friends tour and at Madison Square Gardens in New York and the NFL opening ceremonies in Foxboro, MA as well as a BMW showroom in Berlin. G-LEC products were also on display during the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

G-LEC managing director Lars

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The proposed conference will broadly examine the current practices of the production industry and look at how companies and organisations can take steps to minimise the carbon footprint of staging shows, supplying and touring equipment, catering for audiences, etc. The event will draw on the expertise of the team at The Eden Project, the popular tourist attraction in the South West of England, whose environmental policies underpin a series of 'green' gigs at the venue.

At this stage, PLASA is gauging the level of interest in such an event, so we want to hear from everyone in the industry who would like to be involved. If you w

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Ray Molony, editor of Lighting magazine commented that the Awards have gained increased global recognition this year. "I am particularly pleased to see the sheer volume of entries from British designers working on global projects," he said, after an initial review of the entries received. "Our lighting designers are really punching above their weight in the international arena."

Similar comments are expected from the judges when they review the entries in preparation for the site visit process. These visits will commence at the end of November and continue throughout the winter months.

Since the awards were launched a dec

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Aiming to create an exhibition which would illustrate the processes that lead to the production of hydroelectric power, the owners have built a subterranean environment, about 300m below the level of the power station. The site hosts many Japanese and foreign tourists, including many school trips.

Six Clay Paky CP Color 150-E projectors are used through the exhibition, both to make the visit more pleasant and to highlight some of the fundamental parts of the power station. "The use of projectors with IP65 protection became indispensable since the place, by its nature, is very damp and dusty," said architect Keiko Yonezawa, president of Strise, the company which implemented the project. "

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For this tour Ross, works alongside show and set designer Roy Bennett. An integral part of the design is a flat wall of 144 PixelPar 90s - 16 fixtures wide by 9 fixtures high upstage behind two Kabukis. Ross explains: "The band has very set ideas concerning the use of lighting and video and they are always keen to build their show gradually. And although the PixelPars are only really used for the last two songs

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The awards presentation will be held at a Gala dinner on the 21 May 2007 at the Al Murooj Rotana Hotel in Dubai. The Awards are fully supported by Jonathan Speirs, of Speirs and Major Associates, who believes this event will further encourage and stimulate creativity in the field of lighting design.

The eight award categories, including the prestigious Middle East Lighting Designer of the Year, will be judged by a broad based panel of industry experts, including Barry Hannaford IALD director of independent lighting design company dpa lighting consultants.

For full details of the event, award categories, sponsorship opportunities, and how to ent

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New Linkled IP expands the flexibility and performance of the original Linkledsystem and is compact, faster and easier to install than previously, and isdesigned for OEMs who require a simple plug and play solution.

Benefits include less fringing, it is ideal for direct view applications, stripsof six or 12 modules can be supplied preassembled, an integrated heatsink fordirect mounting to any surface is standard and cabling spacing can be suppliedat 100mm or 200mm.

Linkled IP is supplied ready to use

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"I find you never stop learning on the grandMA," says Nicol. "There's always something new to learn to use the console to the max. Shakira's tour is more of a rock show than I've been doing lately with a lot of flash and boom. We have an interesting set up of 134 moving lights run via SMPTE. The keyboard tech runs tracks, which are striped with SMPTE. He starts his tracks, which sends SMPTE out to me, and the grandMA runs the lighting cues. It's a very interesting concept."

The show's complement of moving lights consists of 34 Clay Paky Alpha spots with custom gobos, 40 MAC 2000 washes, 48 PC beams, and 12 Vari*Lite VL2402/2500s. Eight Atomic 3K strobes and hundre

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A dedicated seven-man project team was deployed by Hawthorn for the week-long conference, which included such events as an Opening Dinner, Conference and a Team Building activity room for the 200+ delegates. Matt Oscroft, the Hawthorn project manager said: "One of the most demanding aspects of the project was to create a stunning lighting effect at the entrance of the venue."

Diageo took the opportunity at the conference to highlight its sponsor

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The GDST is a group of 28 independent schools operating in England and Wales and Blackheath High School was founded in 1880 as part of the Trust.

The school's business manager Tony Sutherland says the project appeared on the radar soon after the Senior Department relocated to its new premises in 1994, and by 1999 a decision to build a £1.5 million, 345-seat auditorium - principally to be used for performing arts, ballet and school assembly - was rubber sta

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"Everyone at Apollo welcomes the additional space," states company founder and president Joel Nichols. "Not only can we expand and breathe, it will also allow us to pursue additional opportunities within the entertainment industry."

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Rick Lawson of Funtime AV was given the challenge of lighting the main catwalk. He explains the design of the lighting, "The brief was to build a set incorporating lighting and effects from a basic design. Our aim was to achieve balanced coverage of white light on the catwalk with a pallet of sometimes dramatic backdrops to create a very different scene for each designer in the show."

The lights used for the event were MAC 700 Profiles, MAC 550s and MAC 250 Washes and Kryptons, plus the usual PARcans an

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"He wanted a real authentic 'feel' thing going on with the lighting, in line with his music" explains Rhodes, who is very happy to run the show in this spontaneous manner.

Rhodes has always been an Avolites fan - and the Pearl has always been the ultimate 'live' operational desk. The start of the Weller tour coincided with the launch of the Pearl Expert which offers additional live operational features, and so Rhodes thought this was an ideal opportunity to thoroughly road test the desk.

The desk is c

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Entrants have the chance to win a 1024-channel Vista S3 (with a list price of $9,244 / £4,200) or one of 100 free one-day vista training vouchers. The Vista S3 puts all the revolutionary features of the full-scale console into a desk that can fit under an arm. Jands provides the control surface and Vista software. Users install the software on their PC, connect it to the S3 via USB cable and it becomes a fully operational Vista console.

Entry to the competition is free. For full details and to submit your entry, vi