Björk DJ Set for Vivid

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…

Mandylights illuminate Taronga Zoo for Vivid

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…

PAV Events project onto Perth with Coolux

Perth’s PAV Events has been wowing the good people of Western Australia with some amazing 3D projection mapping driven by a back end of coolux media server hardware and presentation software. Part of the Perth International Arts Festival, ‘Home’ was a theatrical spectacular featuring over 500 performers live on stage in one night! PAV was…

Planetshakers Awakening 2016

Planetshakers Awakening 2016 was held over four days at Melbourne’s Hisense Arena. The theme was Overflow with lighting designer Paul Collison taking up that theme with spectacular results. “I wanted to create a design that was all encompassing as with these events it’s not just a band on stage and an audience watching,” explained Paul.…

Clay Paky Scenius makes it Australian Debut

The CMC Music Awards 2016 were held at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), with some of the biggest names in country music including superstars Jason Aldean and Florida Georgia Line, Australia’s own Adam Harvey, and rising country star Kelsea Ballerini taking to the stage to perform. Broadcast live on Foxtel’s Country Music Channel the…

RUSH MH5 for Adelaide’s Intercontinental Ballroom

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,…