DTS’s Alchemy line already caught attention in the theatre and television industry in the last few years for its high quality of light, extended color palette and versatility. In fact, Alchemy’s 250 mm Fresnel lens and a 6-color LED source made it possible to label it a “new generation” Fresnel moving head.
Postponed from 2020, this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, its 65th edition, was held at the Rotterdam Ahoy in The Netherlands. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Nederlands Publieke Omroep (NPO), Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) and AVROTOS.
The inaugural Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) event – a European Union initiative to reform its policies and institutions – took place in May at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, at the very heart of EU politics and legislation.
The National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC) in Fustat is one of UNESCO’s projects to help safeguard and preserve Egypt’s cultural heritage. The April opening of the new museum was marked with a lavish ceremony, in anticipation of which the Egyptian government undertook a multi-million-dollar investment to decorate Cairo with sound.
In the early ‘90s, a vast expanse of farmland in central Zhejiang, China, was procured by the Hengdian Group. The goal was to build an expansive film studio and later adding attractions to turn it in a theme park that recreated thousands of years of Chinese history and culture.
AV Integrator AT&C installs K-array loudspeakers and Innosonix amplifiers at Browns newly launched Mayfair shopping experience; the client brief was for high quality audio – and they didn’t want to see it.
In 2016, Luxembourg City’s Philharmonie Luxembourg became the first European classical concert venue to permanently install a Yamaha RIVAGE PM10 digital mixing system. It proved such a success that, in 2020, it added a RIVAGE PM7.
Over the past six months, two German production companies have been working together to keep their creative juices flowing during the pandemic hiatus on in-person events. The Wharf is the latest in a series of three increasingly ambitious dedicated livestream studios that they have created using primarily ADJ lighting and video equipment.
Champaign, Illinois, is one of those magical spots in rock music’s geography. Almost every touring band in the last 50 years—as well as beloved local talent, including Alison Krauss, REO Speedwagon, Dan Fogelberg, and Michael McDonald—has passed through this heartland University town, situated midway between Indianapolis and Peoria.
Italy’s Camping Village Baia Domizia has been a great success since it was founded in 1965. Since 2017 it has been installing Yamaha audio systems in its facilities, helping it to maintain its acclaimed high ratings from guests and professional bodies alike.
The Austrian landmark par excellence, the Stephansdom cathedral in Vienna, was beaming not just with the enthusiasm of the countless helpers on the 28th May, but also due to the impressive usage of modern media play-out display technologies.
Audico Systems has installed 281 of Elation Professional’s dynamic Fuze Pendant LED downlights in Finland’s Tampere Hall in what is one of the most spectacular house lighting installations in the world.
ARTECHOUSE NYC, located in a never previously occupied boiler room beneath the iconic Chelsea Market, is one of the most unique art destinations and experiences in New York City. Despite its century-old confines, ARTECHOUSE rightly presents itself as the art organization for the digital age.
Attracting a high number of attendees in April, Yamaha’s online New Technology Showcase revealed the company’s latest professional audio technologies.
A large, illuminated Ox artwork created by Paul Wells from Sydney Props Specialists to celebrate the Chinese ‘Year of the Ox’ was illuminated with Astera Titan Tubes and NYX Bulbs and realised in collaboration with Sydney Event Services.
In February 1840, a group of local citizens, including a future prime minister, welcomed 10 students to what was Britain’s first purpose built teacher’s college. Over the ensuing 180-plus years, both the size of the institution and the scope of its mission have changed dramatically.
Private aviation specialist ACI Jet recently opened a new HQ facility in California, which incorporates large viewing windows to give customers a glimpse of jets on display in a dedicated showroom hanger. In order to exhibit the planes to their full potential, the company has installed a versatile lighting system comprised of ADJ Focus Spot 4Z luminaires.
