Perth’s Newman College recently constructed a new auditorium designed as a multi-purpose building for the use of all members of the College Community. While it will provides excellent facilities for the Performing Arts, it also contains spaces for such wider uses as Art Expo, Parent Teacher evenings, Music and Drama productions and Awards functions. The auditorium has a maximum seating …
New Zealand’s Oceania Productions have purchased twenty Martin Professional MAC Quantum Profiles with Lighting Manager Simon Garrett commenting that he immediately recognised them as a good, solid workhorse. “That’s really what we need over here in New Zealand,” said Simon. “I had also been looking for a fixture for theatre shows, something in that medium price, medium weight and medium …
Alistair Lambie, managing director of New Zealand’s Lampros Sound, has been steadily building up quite a collection of ShowPro lighting including LED PAR Quad12’s, Quad7’s and Hex7’s. “They form the base of our LED colour light,” began Alistair. “We bought our first lot close to three years ago and we’ve never had any failures despite them doing thousands of hours. …
As part of their on-going inventory upgrades Entertainment Installations have purchased eight of the new Martin Professional RUSH MH7 Hybrid moving lights. “Our touring / production inventory comprises many fixtures from Martin and their products always stand out especially for their quality and performance,” remarked Neale Mace, managing director of Entertainment Installations. “The Martin Rush MH7 is no exception.” The …
Every year for the past seven years, Sydney’s streets and skyline have come alight with the beautiful, inspiring, interactive festival that is Vivid Sydney. The lights and installations of Vivid Sydney illuminate some of Sydney’s most iconic landmarks, including the Sydney Opera House, Customs House, Maritime Museum and The Star casino. In fact during Vivid Sydney 2016 The Star never …
Sydney’s William Clarke College has upgraded its auditorium with the installation of four Martin Professional RUSH MH6, four RUSH MH1 and an MA Lighting International dot2 core for control. “Most of our rig is made up of conventional fixtures and we needed a fixture that gave us flexibility to go between assemblies and performing arts,” commented Kyle Christie, Music and …
The Australian Maritime Museum’s rooftop is once again the canvas for a bold lightshow as part of Vivid Sydney 2016. Projected on the vast rooftop of the museum, The Nautilus and the Sea tells the story of Norbert the Nautilus and his search for a new home. All the characters and creatures from the film come to life as glittering …
To celebrate the opening of the Björk Digital exhibition as part of Vivid Sydney 2016, Björk traveled to Sydney to curate two nights of music at Carriageworks, where she performed a DJ set for five hours. Michael ‘Simmo’ Simpson was given the opportunity to light this musical legend using a Chameleon rig of 25 x Martin Professional MAC Viper Profile, …
Creative Lighting & Audio took delivery of 24 x Martin RUSH MH6 Washes and 8 x RUSH MH3 Beams (to add to the four they already own) just in time for the illumination madness that is VIVID Sydney 2016. Creative worked with lighting designer Mark Hammer on two installations The Con In A New Light and Electric Garden. The RUSH …
For the first time Vivid has reached out to Taronga Zoo, lit up with an illuminated trail comprised of giant animal multimedia light sculptures. Be the Light for the Wild features ten critical species from Australia and Sumatra, ranging from the magnificent Asian elephant to the brightly coloured Corroboree frogs, species that Taronga is committed to protecting. Created by Ample …
