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When the newly-built St Edmund's Church in Temple Hill, Dartford was planned, a bold statement was wanted. So instead of the conventional crucifix, the church commissioned Japanese artist Tomoya Yamaguchi to paint two giant Christ figures - one in a crucifixion scene, the other depicting Christ as risen - on large scale white cross backgrounds.

Lighting for the feature was designed by Peter Moore of local company PM Lighting Services, in collaboration with lighting designer John Roffey. They planned to light the crosses at night, giving them a very different ambience to how they appear by day. However, the crosses were to be lit in blue, whereas the figures and their halos needed to be lit in white.

"We did experiment w

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In addition to large church and theatre installations, Hawthorns have been successful in securing contracts for the Government initiative of City Academies. Having already done the installations of lighting, sound and other theatre equipment at Lambeth and Northampton Academies, it has just completed the Marlow Academy and is currently working at the Reading and Paddington Academies. They are due to start a further three Academies in the New Year. Tony Blair announced last week that the government is to double its initiative to 400 Academies by the end of the decade.

Tracey Hughes, a consultant to one of the key suppliers on the Academy build programme says: "We have worked with Hawthorns on two Ac

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Leading lighting designers from around the world will take part in the conference as well as architects from the Royal Institute of British Architects.

To book your place at any of these sessions please visit the website address below, and click on 'Register Now'. The conference is charged at £20 per session, plus VAT, allowing delegates to hand pick the sessions of interest. Refreshments courtesy of IALD can then be enjoyed at their coffee lounge area within the main exhibition.

The ARC show will open late on Monday 12 February with drinks served within the exhibition

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Lighting designer was Martin Kubanka, one of the country's highest profile TV lighting designer and also LD for the last four series' of the popular programme for the independent TV channel JOJ.

Velky Hrac (known as PokerFace in the UK where it was created and presented by Ant & Dec) is based on the bluffing aspect of poker games and was recorded at Koliba Studios in Bratislava with a live audience. The series is licenced by UK-based Freemantle.

Kubanka explains that the terms of the licence contained certain lighting references which had to be followed. He took t

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14 March 2016

With the new DMXPWM/RGB DMX decoder, VLM has expanded its range of DMX-controlled RGB solutions. No longer limited to 3-digit addresses like its predecessors but freely addressable, the new decoder is capable of controlling up to 99 operating devices using up to 511 addressable channels, the previous limit having been 93. This opens the door to a wide range of uses, covering virtually all DMX-controlled RGB applications.

The DMXPWM/RGB converts signals based on the DMX 512/2000 protocol into PWM (pulse width modulation) signals that can be interpreted and processed by VLM's own DLDC(C)/RGB/SLX colour control system, which was designed for use by all professional lighting designers and is especially suitable for t

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Love features HD video projections with 100-foot digital, moving images and a panoramic surround sound system. The grandMA's control an array of equipment for the show, including 28 Green Hippo Hippotizer media servers which permit eight different layers of HD images on a curved, translucent screen, a lighting rig featuring more than 200 Vari*Lite spots and washes, 200 Color Kinetics LED fixtures and 22 MDG foggers.

During the production period, Aucoin assisted by

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He designed four upstage/downstage 'claw' trusses as the key architectural elements of the lighting rig, and these moved constantly during the show into different positions, adding depth and dynamics to the overhead stage rig.

Each claw truss - two at 40ft long and two at 38ft - was suspended by five motors - two static Lodestar hoists downstage and three Kinesys vari-speed Liftkets on the upstage hinges, which moved them in and out via a Kinesys Vector control system.

Hung on the claws was the majority of Legg's lighting rig - including five High End Studio Command 1200 fixtures, four X-Spo

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The three-roomed tented venue - with a capacity up to 3000 - is being run by catering and hospitality specialists Dish. It's hosting a series of parties and events throughout the run up to the festive season, aimed at attracting locally based Canary Wharf companies keen on capitalising on the convenience of having corporate festivities on their doorstep.

Renegade is supplying the creative lighting design by Gray, plus co-ordinating supply of all the technical infrastructure and hardware including lighting, sound, video, staging, set and power. Sculptivate are looking after all the set, scenic and dressing elements, with a design by Andy Cobb.

When it came to sourcing the lighting gear, Renegade came to Entec

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Neo-Neon is a China-based, 25-year established manufacturer of decorative and entertainment lighting products that include a growing number of LED-based offerings. Through the agreement, Neo-Neon will be able to offer its customers the capabilities of digital intelligence as protected by Color Kinetics' patents. The license will apply to sales of numerous Neo-Neon products in all markets covered by Color Kinetics' patent portfolio.

"We believe that demand for LED-based lighting products will continue to increase as the technology progresses and becomes even more competitive with traditional light sourc

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In most cases, the MR RGB 12V and MR RGB E27 can be used with existing fixtures. Since the lamps don't require the user to run cable or DMX, bar and restaurant owners won't have to make costly electrical wiring changes to integrate them into their venue - they can simply install them in, say, an ordinary track lighting setup. Even the mounting hardware is user-friendly: The E27 model attaches to a standard medium screw base E27 socket from 90-240v power, while the 12V model attaches with an ordinary b

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The signing, which follows an agreement reached at the 2006 PLASA show in London, brings together ADB's growing product line-up and the expertise and resources of Koto Lighting, a subsidiary of Koto Electric Co., a major supplier to the professional lighting market in Japan.

The Koto Group has grown from its origins as a light bulb specialist with interests in manufacturing, distribution and sales of lighting products throughout Japan. It will handle the ADB Lighting product range, from the award-winning WARP zoom profile spotlight range to the MENTOR and PHOENIX control desks.

ADB's products have already enjoyed considerable success in Japan, with the NIETHAMMER range of profile spotlights installed in major Japane

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The company supplies all the major Russian TV channels including ORT, NTV, RUSSIA and many others, and is also engaged in staging concerts, festivals and other events nationwide and throughout the CIS.

Rental Capital was founded in 2000, and now employs eighty staff. The company purchased the Robe kit to compliment its existing generic and moving light ranges.

The sales deal was completed through local distributor Sofitlight, following intense negotiations by director Arcady Chakhidjanov, with support from Robe HQ in the Czech Republic, International sales manager Harry von den Stemmen and Boris Krylov from Robe's Russian office.

Krylov comments, "

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Forty-five nations competed during fourteen days to win gold, silver and bronze medals. Network and Console Technician Paul Collison and programmers Jim Beagley, Romain Labat, Roger Ray and Maran Persoons did their very best to give the competitions a good start. They divided the grandMA system into four sessions: Alpha Spots and Conventionals; VL3000 spots, Cameleon Lyre and TP6 projectors; Searchlights; Mac 2K Washes. Each grandMA console had an identical console as a backup which was also used for pre-programming.

The Element Labs LED video-screen that towered over Khalifa Stadium was 165 metre

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The award recognises the sales and promotional achievements of the most active dealer for each Manfrotto division and was announced at the company's recent product managers annual meeting in Venice.

The annual meeting is a key opportunity for Manfrotto to meet face to face with its dealers to exchange feedback, review sales performance and market trends, and announce new products coming next year.

Vitec Photographic Div. regional sales manager (E.ME.A.I.) Fabio Prada, who presented the award, says: "Adam has proved to be particularly dedicated to the Manfrotto & Avenger brands and really got behind the launch of some of their key new products this year, such as the Avenger CrossPole, providing a level of dealer promotional support in

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Marenghi required dramatic floodlighting of the central pyramid and powerful aerial effects, so he approached Jack Calmes at Syncrolite in the USA, and 16 of the new 10kW dichroic searchlights and 12 8kW units were flown in from Dallas. The 10kW Syncro

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The last time the 62-year-old theatre underwent renovation was in 1953 - after weathering a challenging early history. The original architectural design for the massive neoclassical complex was chosen at a competition in Paris in 1930. Construction began the following year, but was halted during WWII. During the war, the partially completed building was used to house famous works of art

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Besides the obvious advantage of longevity, low power consumption and low heat emission afforded by the use of LEDs, the Q-Wash LED also offers the convenience of remote reset, vector speed control, and the functionality of full dimming and automatic pan and tilt correction. Users can program and store up to 100 steps for later recall without the need for a controller.

The Q-Wash LED comes equipped with standard lenses that create a 30-degree beam angle. Optional lenses are also available to create a wider, 45-degree beam angle.

Movement is extremely smooth and fast, within a range of 540 degrees of pan by 270 degrees of tilt. Pan and tilt are reversible. Users can access built in automated and sound-activated p

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The new 27,000 square metre MFCC venue is located on a purpose built site at the centre of the Island, with a large parking area and easy access from all directions. It's the largest performance/convention/exhibition space in the country and the only indoor venue offering full production facilities to accommodate medium to large concerts, tours and shows. It is intended to generate a whole new level of commercial fairs, concert, conference, corporate event and live music business in the county, attracting world class performers and leading destination management companies.

The structure is th

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Lighting designer Dave Sherwin wanted to move some of his trusses, while video director Blue Leach's design was based on having five differently shaped moving high resolution video screens (supplied by XL Video), so HSL decided it was the right time to buy a system.

"We'd been looking into this for some time," says HSL's technical director Howard Dean. "We explored the options and reckoned that it's the best automation system on the market, so it was really just a question of 'when?'."

Kinesys, complete with its proprietary PC-based Vector software, seemed to be the most flexible and user-friend

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They are currently near the end of the UK leg of Just Doin' It tour, playing to a mixture of theatres and arenas, which will then continue in July 2007.

Pat Marks, who has been lighting designer to Status Quo for the last 18 years says: "I'm usually given 'carte blanche' when designing Quo rigs, so I'm never given a brief, as such. However, I fancied going 'retro' this tour as I'd been dabbling with some high tech stuff over the last few years. I'd played around with loads of PixelLine and Pixel Pars last year and felt I was losing sight of the archetypal Quo rig i.e. big and brash!"

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Wilson's position has seen her move to Le Mark's Export office and tasked to give close support their international dealer network. "The position is a demanding one," says managing director Stuart Gibbons. "Donna has worked hard at all levels within the Company and has shown a true 'flair' for overseas development and export support."

Wilson starts 2007 with her first 'solo' trip to Scandinavia. Supplying both 'product support' and training with the Multitechnic team at the LLB exhibition (Lyd Lys & Bilde) in Oslo. From LLB, she flies to Sweden for further dealer product training before returning to the UK.

"2007 is set to be an exciting year for Le Mark," continued Gibbons. "Le Mark has always prided itself

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A redesign of the Graphical User Interface (GUI) provides more flexible control including saveable GUI configurations, new window docking and 16 views per touchscreen. Martin's Maxxyz and Maxedia Media Composer now share the same User Interface, making programming and operation easy and logical between different Martin Professional controller products.

Cloning allows users to copy fixtures for expanded lighting systems or to replace fixtures within the showfile between different types. Clones show content like cues, presets

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Locklin spec'ed an all MAC 700 Profile rig with a handful of conventionals available for support. Lighting control is from a Martin Maxxyz. "I wanted to take out the latest fixture and learn a new console; it's been a good exercise."

Specifying a rig that is all spot fixtures is unique in the world of show touring. "A wash fixture, that's all it can do, but a profile can do so mu

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