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George Cannon and 4Wall DC Production Work Magic at National Building Museum with CHAUVET Professional
WASHINGTON, DC – It’s been said that every great building has a personality. The massive Renaissance Revival structure, located just a little over a mile from The White House, hosts many of them within its towering walls. Home of The National Building Museum, it features multiple exhibits of architectural brilliance, but in terms of “personality,” […]
CHAUVET Professional Bridges Worlds at ISE
BARCELONA – ISE has a new home for its 20th anniversary 2024 show, as it moves for the first time to the just-expanded Gran Via Fira de Barcelona. Although ISE has been held at the Fira for the past three years, this is the first time, there is a Lighting and Staging Hall in Hall […]
CHAUVET Professional UK Road Show Offers Incredible Journey
LONDON – All roads lead to somewhere. Technically, the CHAUVET Professional UK Road Show that begins on 6 February will wind its way through 11 cities in England, Wales, and Scotland. On another level, however, this road show goes far beyond conventional geography to “Reach Across Worlds,” as is showcases a wide range of products […]
Evan Kirkendall and Harford Sound Have Big Night with 175 CHAUVET Professional Fixtures & Tiles
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD – Talk about truth in advertising! Big Nite DC, which bills itself as the largest NYE convention hall party is indeed “big” in every way. The event draws around 10,000 party goers, spread out over two ballrooms and 12 additional spaces. The main ballroom, which serves as the hub of the evening’s […]
OneDot Lights Jonathan Roy Life Distortions Tour with CHAUVET Professional
QUEBEC – Life sometimes has a way of pulling us into unexpected places. We may find ourselves on one course, when suddenly, the winds of fate or circumstance carry us in a new direction. How well this change works out for us often depends on how honestly and authentically we embrace it. This theme runs […]
CHAUVET Professional Explores New Worlds at CUE Rotterdam
ROTTERDAM – CHAUVET Professional and ChamSys continue to “Reach Across Worlds” in 2024, with a CUE Rotterdam exhibit that defies so-called “realistic” expectations to push theatre, event and touring design to new, unexpected places. Visitors to booth 1.521 at Ahoy Rotterdam from 15-17 January, will have the opportunity to experience firsthand lighting and control products […]
Hayden Borgars The Musicality of Lighting Fixtures
“I am part of light, and it is the music,” wrote Nickola Tesla, who once likened a single lightning bolt to a sonata. All lighting designers would likely agree, attuned, as they are, to hearing the transformative sound made by infinite photons every night on stage. Inspired by this magical harmony, Hayden Borgars strives to […]
I’m With The Band Tom Campbell and Maisie Peters
Today, the 23-year-old from Steyning, UK, is accustomed to performing before much larger audiences, as she draws energy and enthusiasm, not just from family, but from a rapidly growing group of fans around the world. Tom Campbell has enjoyed witnessing this young star’s rapid rise. As her lighting designer, he’s been there as his client […]
Jeff Mathews Nimble Light
Like the Greek philosopher Heraclitus’ “mythical man,” who can never step in the same river twice, lighting design can never go back to where it was just a short time ago. This Nashville-based lighting designer wouldn’t have it any other way. In his view, the need to adapt to the constant changes surrounding design, from […]
Shining Light on Rock & Roll Hall
Four hours and twenty-two minutes is quite a long time; about an hour longer than it takes to fly from New York to Miami, almost twice as long as the average NBA game, and even longer than Bruce Springsteen’s longest show, a four hour and six-minute performance that took place in Helsinki in 2012. Yet […]
Andrew Cass Balances Looks for Slightly Stoopid’s Closer to the Sun With CHAUVET Professional
RIVIERA MAYA, MEXICO – As a rule, Andrew Cass prefers to stay away from having a single massive video wall behind the band, but like all rules, this one can be bent, especially in the interest of collaboration. Such was the case this December when Cass served as lighting designer and programmer for Closer to […]
Christopher Wren Accents Culture Creative’s Lightscape with CHAUVET Professional
CHICAGO – The six botanical gardens featured in the 2023 edition of Lightscape share much in common. All are highly regarded in their communities; all support important botanical research, and all are home to stunning collections of beautiful, and sometimes rare or endangered, species of plants. But there is also much that separates them. From […]