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…
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…
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…
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…
Electro-Tech Services (E.T.S) is based in central Christchurch, New Zealnd close to all major venues within the Christchurch city region. Being the ‘South Island’s largest supplier of moving head intelligent light fixtures’ it was no surprise that they added 24 x Martin MAC Viper Profiles to their inventory. “We purchased the MAC Vipers to keep…
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…
Robert Juliat Merlins star in New Zealand When MJF Lighting in Wellington, New Zealand, knew they would be supplying the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo they decided it was time to purchase some new followspots. Managing Director Michael Farrand wanted the best and so he immediately turned to Robert Juliat, eventually deciding upon four Merlin 2500W…
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.…