32 Hundred Lighting used 12 x Clay Paky Alpha HPE 1500s and 8 x Aleda K20s to light Chatswood Mall during Vivid, saying that Clay Paky are quality instruments which make their job a breeze!
Mission Control with Claypaky, MA and coolux
Vivid Sydney is the largest festival of light, music and ideas in the Southern Hemisphere and this year, Pyrmont’s harbourside has been transformed into a buzzing multi-sensory, engaging zone where you control the entertainment. The precinct features a number of interactive installations including ‘Mission Control’ which gives the public the opportunity to create their own two-minute light show. Once you’ve …
SuperSharpys in Domes Light Spire
Production designer Tom Rohan of Eventco has used the phenomenal power yet lightweight versatility of 12 Clay Paky SuperSharpys to light the ‘Spire’, the iconic 120-metre stainless steel monument in the centre of Dublin. For the ‘inSpire’ lighting project, which launched Ireland’s celebrations of the UNESCO International Year of Light (IYOL) 2015 and coincided with the St. Patrick’s festival, Rohan …
Ricky Martin Tours With …… the Clue is in the Name!
Latin super star Ricky Martin and his One World show has been touring Australia with production, lighting and video design by Richard Neville and Alex Grierson of Mandylights. Essential to the rig are thirty-two Martin MAC Viper AirFX which more than hold their own against the large amount of other lights and video in the rig. “The Martin MAC Viper …
Rohan Thornton Uses coolux to Light HSBC Building
The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, known more commonly as HSBC, was established and based in Hong Kong since 1865. To celebrate their 150th anniversary HSBC commissioned a light show for their headquarters to tell the story of the bank and explore how HSBC’s history is linked with the fortunes of the city where it was founded. Seventeen …
Show Technology Keeping it in the Family
The Family nightclub in Brisbane is definitely not a nighttime destination to pass up. Dubbed one of the best in the world by Carl Cox himself, Family single handedly threw Brisbane into the dance music scene in Australia and worldwide. Spread out over four individually styled floors consisting of five unique and luxurious bars, large dance floors, deluxe VIP areas …
Wireless DMX & Quad-12’s Win Together
Jason Goodwin, Operations Manager for Blue Shadow Group, is thrilled with his twenty LED PAR Quad-12 and a Wireless DMX System that made their debut at a corporate event held in Jupiter’s Casino. “I used the same lights at my past role at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre and so I knew how they performed,” he commented. “The light fixtures themselves …
Kylie Tours to Australia with 120 MAC Viper AirFX!
Australian pop sensation Kylie Minogue brings her Kiss Me Once tour to Australia this week. Lighting Designer is Rob Sinclair and Lighting Director Louisa Smurthwaite. Very early in the process, even before the new music was available, Sinclair had a meeting with Creative Director William Baker and Set Designer Alan Macdonald, during which it was decided that ‘precise geometry’ and …
Foo Fighters Rock Stadiums with Martin MAC Viper AirFX
One of the most anticipated rock tours of 2015, The Foo Fighters’ Sonic Highways Tour has just blasted its way through Australia and New Zealand. The band delivered many of their mammoth stadium anthems, as well as new songs from the Sonic Highways album, in two and a half hours of pure unadulterated, legendary stadium rock. Lighting designer Dan Hadley …
800 Martin VC-Dot 4 on a Hair Raising Ride
Sydney’s Luna Park has a new ride that raises you 50 meters above sea level for a bird’s eye view of the magical city before unceremoniously dropping you over 80 km’s an hour back to earth via an edge of your seat, white knuckle experience. Appropriately called the Hair Raiser, the ride has been lit in spectacular style acting as …