RUSH MH5 for Adelaide’s Intercontinental Ballroom

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Adelaide’s Intercontinental Ballroom has installed forty Martin Professional RUSH MH5 LED Profiles utilizing them for pin-spotting tables. With its’ super compact housing the RUSH MH5 is perfect for this installation which required a fixture with a small footprint and low weight. “Putting an automated system in allows us so much more flexibility,” said Tim Bormann, technical director and head of …

International Woman’s Day

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Cunard’s spectacular Queen Victoria liner helped kick off International Women’s Day activity around the globe by turning purple in Sydney. Wearing a 60-metre long banner on her hull sporting this year’s campaign message, ‪#‎PledgeForParity, Queen Victoria took on a purple hue as dusk fell in the city, reflecting the internationally recognised colour for women’s rights. Lasting until midnight, the illumination …

Australian of the Year Awards

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The Australian of the Year announcement has become a notable part of the annual Australia Day celebrations, televised live by the ABC from Canberra and watched by thousands. This year’s event was lit by Paul Collison, lighting supplied by Chameleon Touring Systems, with technical direction by 4412 and Out There Productions. The stage featured thirty Martin Professional MAC Aura XB …

CMG AV Grow with Mythos and MA dot 2

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Wollongong’s CMG Audio Visual has invested in an MA Lighting International dot2 console and eight Clay Paky Mythos. “The dot2 provides us with a cost-effective alternative to a full size lighting console with all the power of the MA family behind it,” remarked Tobi Pinazza, CMG AV’s general manager and technical director. “It’s simple enough for less experienced users to …

MA, Martin and Claypaky Star at the Event Centre

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The Star Event Centre in Sydney has taken delivery of some extra special lighting just in time for the busy summer period. An MA Lighting International MA2 full size, twelve Clay Paky Sharpy Wash PC, six Martin Professional MAC Viper Performers and six MAC Viper Profiles have given the venue new possibilities. The venue already housed an MA ultra-light console …

Just One Martin MAC Viper was All it Took

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October saw the United Nations’ 70th anniversary celebrated around the world with key global landmarks including the Empire State Building and the UN headquarters in New York, Tokyo’s SkyTree Tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Athens’ Temple of Zeus and Edinburgh Castle, lit in celebration. The international Turn the World #UNBlue campaign aimed to unite global citizens by promoting the …

Chameleon Touring Systems Take on UFC 193

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Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium hosted the much hyped UFC 193 event with the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship bout between then champion Ronda Rousey and former 18-time boxing world champion in three weight classes Holly Holm, the big drawcard. Chameleon Touring Systems supplied lighting and crew and it was a massive job for just thirteen fights in one day. Set up took …

Resolution X First in the World to Purchase Martin MH6

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Melbourne hire company Resolution X Pty. Ltd. are the first company in the world to purchase the new Martin RUSH MH 6 Wash, an exciting and innovative moving head, based on the popular RUSH™ PAR 2 RGBW Zoom, utilizing the same LED engine and zoom system. “Res X has over 120 Martin MAC Aura yet however many we purchase, they …

Adelaide Town Hall Switches to ShowPro

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Recently Adelaide City Council sought tender to replace the Town Hall auditorium stage lighting which comprised of 110v Par64’s. As these fixtures aged, they started to become hazardous and so the venue had resorted to hiring in forty-eight 575w Multipars. The original tender sought to order fifty ETC Source Four MCM, two Selecon Pacific Profiles and Global Truss F33 truss …

15th Pacific Games Delivers a Spectacular Opening Ceremony

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After years of preparation by Papua New Guinea and hundreds of regional athletes, the 15th Pacific Games opening ceremony was held at the nation’s capital, Port Moresby, early in July. Philip Lethlean designed a lighting rig that featured mainly Martin Professional and Clay Paky products with gear shipped in from Chameleon Touring Systems. The rig featured 20 x Clay Paky …