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Turkey - The meeting and party areas of the resort of Mardan Palace in Antalya features top-of-the-range lighting supplied by Coemar. The style of the resort combines the Ottoman-flavour gold colours and finishes with the clean-cut lines of European design, creating spaces with attention to every detail, where luxury is expressed to the full.

To achieve a more harmonious blend of the lighting equipment with the architecture of Mardan Palace, Coemar has customised its projectors where necessary, colouring them gold or white according to their use.

In the jazz bar, the stage is entirely lit by Coemar LED products, which produce a high output in limited dimensions, without heating the surrounding area. Thirty-six Pinlite LEDS provide the basic lighting, each with 12 1.2 W Luxeon LEDs, four red, four green and four blue. Six I Wash Leds moving heads are installed for the moving li

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USA - "For me the imperative was it had to be transformational," says Doug 'Spike' Brant of Performance Environment Design Group (PEDG), the conceptual force behind Bon Jovi's latest tour. "The show essentially starts with nothing and then morphs and changes throughout - there's always the unexpected."

Encompassing the unexpected fell to Tait Towers. "We've worked with Doug many times before and he always challenges us," said Adam Davies Tait Towers VP. "His designs are theatrical in that they are complex underneath, but always look simple in execution and never detract from the artist."

Played 360 wherever possible, the stage is an ellipse within a circular walkway with automated lighting towers and robotic LED platforms to the rear. A video screen sits above. "These shows are even more elaborate than the last tour," said Bon

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UK - Through the countdown to the end of arguably one of the BBC's most controversial chat shows, Richard Martin Lighting continues to support lighting designer Chris Kempton on Friday Night with Jonathon Ross.

The show's rig includes Stage Zooms, MAC 250s, MAC 500s, MAC 700s, VL2000, Chroma Strips, Stage Bars, Pixel Pars, MR16 Battens with extras as and when required since 2002. This time it was the turn of the GLP Impressions/ XL which were the main focus whilst Groove Armada performed.

The chrome GLP Impression XL offers 240 LEDs. When asked about his choice of specification Kempton said, "I was delighted with the performance of the GLP units on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. We always try to achieve fresh and distinctive lighting looks on the show and the GLPs are a very powerful unit both in light output and visual impact.

(Jim Evans)

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Greece/China - Telmaco, the Greek AV systems integration company, has partnered with Barco to equip the Greek pavilion during the Shanghai Expo 2010. With a combination of 21 events projectors and 16 near seamless LCD displays, they present visitors with a day in the life of a Greek city.

Telmaco is responsible for the design, equipment supply and commissioning of the Greek pavilion. To create this environment, Telmaco used a total of 18 RLM-W6 6,000 lumens WUXGA three-chip DLP projectors and three CLM HD8 8,000 lumens single-chip DLP projectors to create images on screens of various sizes, formats and curves.

"We have been a Barco distributor for Greece and Cyprus since 1978," says Athan Velouzos, market manager museums, VR, simulation from Telmaco S.A.. "We chose to use the RLM-W6 primarily for this installation, because it is the most silent projector availab

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UK - Entertainment lighting supplier White Light and manufacturer ETC recently hosted a successful 'refresher course' training day covering ETC's Eos and Ion console ranges.

Held at London's Duke of York's Theatre, the course was divided into two parts. The first was designed to provide an update as to the new and changed functionality in the recently released Eos software version 1.9, including changes to the behaviour of the Update command and the new locked, absolute and by-device palette types. The second part covered configuring and using the many remote devices that are now available as part of the Eos system, including networking consoles to remote video interfaces and PC/Mac client software, and connecting both the standard RFR Radio Remote and the iRFR iPhone/iPod Touch Remote.

Hosted by ETC's Luke Delwiche and White Light's Roger Hennigan, the day was enjoyed by arou

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South Africa - Lighting designer Mauritz Neethling of LCD Productions used Robe moving lights at the core of his rig for the much hyped finale of Survivor South Africa Santa Carolina, which was broadcast from M-Net's Studio 6 in Johannesburg.

The brief was to recreate the "rustic" feel of Paradise Island in Mozambique, where the bulk of the action took place, complete with a technical team and equipment from sister company Blond Productions who were supplying lighting for the location episodes of the series.

The studio measures 18m deep by 30m wide, with 10m of headroom, and the Robe fixtures used were 12 ColorSpot 700E ATs, 12 ColorSpot 250 ATs and 12 Scan 575 XTs.

The 700s were used as front light for the 'tribal' area, and to create realistic fire effects across the set, for which the animation wheels proved the perfect tool.

The Scan 575 XTs were used

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UK / North America - PLASA, the lead body for those working in the live events, entertainment and communication industries worldwide and ESTA, the principal trade association for the entertainment services and technology industries in North America, have voted to merge their two organisations.

The announcement comes on the back of lengthy consultations with both sets of memberships which concluded recently in a formal vote of Members - PLASA via its annual AGM, which took place on Wednesday 2 June in London, and ESTA via a month-long electronic ballot which ran throughout May.

Well over 90% of Members from each Association voted in support of the move, which will see ESTA and PLASA integrated to create a single international trade association operating under the PLASA name.

"The merger is a significant development for the industry as it will effectively create the first

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South Africa - Lighting, set and visuals for the 2010 MTN SAMAs broadcast from Sun City Superbowl were designed by Tim Dunn and the conclusion of a collaborative effort between show producers, Vertical Limit Productions, Gearhouse SA, The Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA), Elmir Arnautovic of The Project and the SAMAs Executive Creative Director, Andrew Wessels.

The team took the style, presentation and aesthetics up a few notches from previous years, setting a new benchmark and delivering an extravaganza fitting to the stature and profile of the occasion, which included 13 live performances plus numerous awards.

All technical production elements were supplied by Gearhouse South Africa. It was broadcast live by SABC1, and the event was project managed for Gearhouse by Bonni Meyer.

The 46 metre wide by 27 metre deep set featured multiple performance areas. "It is

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USA - Strong Entertainment Lighting has announced the promotion of John Luhrs to the position of national sales manager. John has been with Strong for over 18 years and most recently held the position of Southern regional sales manager.

John will continue to have direct responsibility for the company's sales efforts in that region, and will also be responsible for sales planning throughout the US and in Canada. Paul Rabinovitz, vice-president of Strong observed: "John's promotion comes at an exciting time for Strong with the addition of several new products and distribution items to the Strong line up. I am sure that John will do a great job".

On the promotion Luhrs commented: "Strong represents the highest standards in the products it manufactures and distributes, we have greatly increased our offerings and I am looking forward to incredible growth."

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USA - Martin Professional heads to InfoComm 2010 in Las Vegas from 9-11 June with a complete range of all new visual solution products.

Spread across three booths, Martin US will also have on the show floor its Brighter World road show trailer, which is half way through a successful 30-city national education tour that is exposing lighting professionals to the latest Martin gear through local on-site presentations.

The EC series represents the new generation of indoor and outdoor LED screens and combines the image quality and precision of conventional high resolution screens (20 mm pixel pitch) with the creativity and low weight of mesh type screens. The EC-20 is designed for rapid setup and teardown in combination with maximum flexibility and easy serviceability.

The LC Plus is a modular system of semi-transparent LED video panels (40 mm pixel pitch) with new generat

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USA - Tegan and Sara lighting designer Benjamin Price was given a challenge - fit the entire lighting rig for the duo's current tour into a 10 x 7ft trailer without exceeding the 5,000 lb weight limit. The limitations put significant constraints on gear specification and ultimately helped to shape the lighting design.

"It meant of course that I needed to design lightweight and small but still assemble a lighting package capable of a dynamic show. Ultimately it led me to the MAC 401 Dual," Price says. "We wanted to carry a comprehensive lighting package so we could consistently evoke the same kind of energy and look to the show whether playing in a small or large venue.

"I knew that some element of this design was going to incorporate an LED product, however I wasn't really happy with most of the LED wash fixtures out in the market, mostly because of the pix

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Georgia - Built in 1971, the 2000-capacity Philharmonic Concert Hall in the Georgian capital Tbilisi hosts many of the city's highest profile live concerts, operas, ballets and theatre productions. Recently the venue has undergone a major facelift, which has included the installation of a large exterior Lighthouse LED screen.

Located above the venue's main doors, the screen comprises 63 panels of Lighthouse P12-ER screen, in a 9 x 7 panel (14.4 9(w) x 8.4m (h)) landscape format. It is mounted on a steel framework, which was designed and installed by local company Stage Design, with Lighthouse Europe installing the screen itself.

"The Concert Hall's management had seen Lighthouse P12-ER panels at other installations and knew about its tremendous potential as an advertising medium," says Lighthouse project engineer Olaf Mineo, who oversaw the installation together with

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New Zealand / Netherlands - Philips Selecon has announced the release of a new generation of tungsten halogen ellipsoidal luminaires. SPX represents "a fresh new look at the ellipsoidal profile, taking advantage of the advances in manufacturing technologies and the core technology of Philips Specialised Lamps".

SPX has been designed to complement the existing Philips Entertainment ellipsoidal inventories (Pacific and Acclaim), while at the same time offering a more efficient, reliable and safer solution for everyone working in a hands-on capacity in a theatre lighting environment regardless of age, experience, amateur or professional status. Available in 15°-35° and 25°-50° Zoomspot and 14°, 19°, 26°, 36° and 50° Fixed Beam models the SPX is the first ERS to fully exploit the output and successfully deal with the high heat associated

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Canada - At Canada Place in downtown Vancouver a special Annual Light Show on the Canada Place Sails plays nightly courtesy of Martin Professional and Moment Factory. Visible from multiple points across the city, the Canada Place Sails light up in a dynamic display of imagery, light, colour, texture and animation.

Designers of the visual event are Moment Factory of Montreal. The installation consists of 10 Martin Exterior 1200 Image Projectors illuminating five sails; two carefully aligned Exterior 1200 projectors for each of the 90ft tall by 160ft wide sails. The Exterior 1200s, which were supplied locally by Christie Lites, are mounted on 10ft poles at a distance of approximately 90-100 ft from each sail.

"It was an eight month process to design and realize the light show on the sails but the result has exceeded my expectations," comments Gabriel Pontbriand,

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USA - The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (MSI), lets guests understand the science behind some of nature's most compelling phenomena in the new 26,000sq.ft Science Storms exhibit, which opened in March 2010. For two of the massive interactive elements in the exhibit - a 40ft tornado and 20ft avalanche disk - Production Resource Group (PRG), working closely with Christopher Wilson, senior project manager at MSI and the exhibit's general contractor, Norcon of Chicago, engineered, fabricated and installed the designs of environmental artist Ned Kahn; and Architect Jack Pascarosa, AIA, of New York-based firm Evidence Design.

At 60ft tall, 27ft diameter and 75,000lbs, the tornado display is the largest effect in the hall. The 40ft vortex of swirling air and vapour rises continuously from the floor and is able to be controlled by guests through a series of dampers that

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The Netherlands - Elation Light Shaping Filters attach to a gel frame or the inside of an LED's casing in minutes - to add 10°, 20°, 30° or a linear beam shape effect to its beam angle that's suitable for stage or wall grazing, without requiring complicated or permanent alterations to the fixture.

Dirk Kast, general manager for Elation Europe, comments, "Customers have been asking for wider diffused LED lighting fixtures without losing a lot of output, and our new Lighting Shaping Filters provide an easy, cost-efficient way to attain this. Using one of these filters, you can widen the beam of a narrow beam angle LED par like our Opti Tri 30 and convert it into a fixture suitable for a stage or wall wash."

Elation Light Shaping Filters have been designed to preserve as much power as possible while dispersing light. The Elation products provide up to 92% li

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UK - Pixled has launched the F-37L - a flexible 37mm LED mesh display offering the benefits of being able to create LED displays of any shape whilst also being suitable for wide flat screen backdrops.

The quick roll-out design enables "ultra fast installation/breakdown with minimal labour", and the 2300 Nit light output delivers mega-bright, high-impact, full-colour video images, says the company.

The high transparency factor enables video and lighting effects to be layered, as the surface becomes near invisible with lights shining through from behind.

The product is robustly engineered and has been developed to extend the already extensive Pixled range which is popular for music concerts, trade and fashion shows, product launches and presentations of all types as well as theme parks, visitor attractions and other permanent installations.

Combining the key featur

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USA - The week of June 7-11, the Wybron Mobile Showroom begins its ninth leg, hitting New York-city area locations.

The Mobile Showroom presents a survey of Wybron's stable of products, including the new Cygnus LED Wash Light, in a environment more intimate than a trade show. "The challenge of this industry is to actually get information to the people who will benefit from it," said Wybron, Inc. CEO Keny Whitright. "A trade show is terrific, sure, but you're often lacking time to connect with all the folks you would like to."

The Mobile Showroom will continue with nearly two years of planned stops across North America, with the next being in Massachusetts and the Boston areas.

(Jim Evans)

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Denmark - The Black Diamond, a concert hall at the Royal Library in Copenhagen, has started using ETC Source Fours with enhanced definition lens tube (EDLT) to provide backdrops for the stage.

Purchased as part of an ongoing project to equip the venue with ETC equipment, the venue found that they could mount the two new luminaires in front of the backdrop and project a Rosco Fiery Sun gobo for a bright, precise effect.

The Black Diamond technician S°ren Jacobsen says, "I have worked with sound for over 25 years, but it's only in the past three years that I have started working in lighting. Our local ETC dealer, Bico Professionel, has been really useful in helping me select the products I need and assisting with design and set up of the systems. We only needed a couple ETC Source Fours equipped with a 36ยบ EDLT to provide a stunning effect. We projected the light from

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Europe - Alicia Keys' 2010 Freedom Tour of North America and Europe has seen a stunning set design from Baz Halpin, using multiple GLP impressions for the first time.

Running until early summer the tour was designed to promote Keys' 2009 album release, The Element Of Freedom.

Touring much the same production as on the American leg (the prime difference being the scaling down of the nine video screens to five), the show has been programmed by Bryan Barancik (of Luxious Design) who has been with the tour from the beginning, and has been tasked with bringing the best out of Halpin's creative concept.

The set designer was first shown the compact LED washlight by GLP's director of key global players, Mark Ravenhiil, when he was searching for small fixtures to be placed on top of the curved set pieces. "I needed something light and bright - and the impressions f

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Qatar - TechnoPro's fleet of PR Lighting fixtures were out in force for the Qatar Emir Cup 2010 at Khalifa International Stadium last month. Spectators - including His Highness the Emir, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani and other local dignitaries - saw Al Rayyan defeat Umm Salal 1-0 to claim the title.

The automated lighting was used in two locations. The event at the stadium itself was managed by Q Media Events, an events management company based in Qatar, with TechnoPro (Qatar) providing a multimedia light and laser show at the closing ceremony and installing light, lasers, LED screens, audio and truss structures.

They based their design around 40 fully-featured XL1200 automated Spots with 20 XL1200 Wash providing a colourful backdrop. These conventional moving lights were augmented by 40 XLED 590 moving LED colour wash fixtures (each housing 30 red, 30 green and 30 blue s

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Israel - Over 100 Robe moving lights were utilised for the Israeli Opera's production of Verdi's Nabucco, a site specific work staged in a purpose built open air arena at the foot of Masada Mountain at the Dead Sea in Israel.

Robe also made custom reflectors and special framing gobos for its ColorSpot 2500E AT fixtures, to facilitate the very specific requirements of Israeli lighting designer Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi), who wanted to have a super-tight beam to isolate different areas onstage, whilst retaining the intensity of the light path.

The 84 ColorSpot 2500E ATs, 20 new ColorBeam 2500E ATs and 24 REDWash 3-192s were supplied - together with all the other stage lighting equipment for the event - by UK-based HSL, working for Tel Aviv and Jerusalem based Stage Design, the event's overall technical provider.

It was a seriously tough operating environment for any piece o

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UK - White Light and Arcola Energy have announced the launch of HyLight, a new portable lighting and power supply that offers the ability to run lighting in locations away from the electrical grid silently and without the emissions of traditional noisy, polluting diesel generators.

Externally the first model, HyLight150, is a compact, wheeled flight-case, rugged for transportation and easy to deploy where required. Internally, it contains the new Hymera hydrogen fuel cell generator and two new lightweight hydrogen gas cylinders, both from global industrial gas supplier BOC; a choice of low energy LED lighting systems suitable for architectural, live event or safety applications completes the system.

White Light's HyLight150 packages will include either four Pulsar ChromaFlood fixtures, with wireless DMX remote control if required - suitable for creating stunning outdoor lighti

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UK - Lighting hire and sales company London Light Production Services continues to expand, with the appointment of a project manager. Tom Grant has been involved in the industry for over six years, working on all a wide range types of events from corporate functions and theatre to live music and touring.

He started his career in lighting as a casual electrician at his local theatre, becoming a freelance technician when he finished college. Although he will be working alongside directors Sam Crook and David Buffham, Grant will manage the projects that he is working on from concept to completion, so that his clients know they will have a single point of contact at all times.

Grant explains, "As a small company, we can offer a personal and friendly service for both rental and sales customers. Having previous experience as both a supplier and a client to the production indust

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