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…
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,…
Cunard’s spectacular Queen Victoria liner helped kick off International Women’s Day activity around the globe by turning purple in Sydney. Wearing a 60-metre long banner on her hull sporting this year’s campaign message, #PledgeForParity, Queen Victoria took on a purple hue as dusk fell in the city, reflecting the internationally recognised colour for women’s rights.…
The Australian of the Year announcement has become a notable part of the annual Australia Day celebrations, televised live by the ABC from Canberra and watched by thousands. This year’s event was lit by Paul Collison, lighting supplied by Chameleon Touring Systems, with technical direction by 4412 and Out There Productions. The stage featured thirty…
Wollongong’s CMG Audio Visual has invested in an MA Lighting International dot2 console and eight Clay Paky Mythos. “The dot2 provides us with a cost-effective alternative to a full size lighting console with all the power of the MA family behind it,” remarked Tobi Pinazza, CMG AV’s general manager and technical director. “It’s simple enough…
The Star Event Centre in Sydney has taken delivery of some extra special lighting just in time for the busy summer period. An MA Lighting International MA2 full size, twelve Clay Paky Sharpy Wash PC, six Martin Professional MAC Viper Performers and six MAC Viper Profiles have given the venue new possibilities. The venue already…
October saw the United Nations’ 70th anniversary celebrated around the world with key global landmarks including the Empire State Building and the UN headquarters in New York, Tokyo’s SkyTree Tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Athens’ Temple of Zeus and Edinburgh Castle, lit in celebration. The international Turn the World #UNBlue campaign aimed to unite…
Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium hosted the much hyped UFC 193 event with the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship bout between then champion Ronda Rousey and former 18-time boxing world champion in three weight classes Holly Holm, the big drawcard. Chameleon Touring Systems supplied lighting and crew and it was a massive job for just thirteen fights in…