The beautiful city of Zadar lies on Croatia’s Dalmatian coast, and is renowned for the Roman and Venetian ruins that characterise its Old Town peninsula. For all its historic architecture, the city could never be accused of living in the past, hosting a vibrant progressive culture centred around its bustling shops, cafés and nightspots. Located within a refurbished, revitalised old cinema building in the heart of the city sits GUMA, a flexible 300-capacity venue that combines traditional hospitality with a lively atmosphere, and describes itself as the ‘living room’ of Zadar’s cultural community. GUMA’s attractive interior design is complemented by…
Author: James Robertson
Visionary Solutions, a leader in high-quality network AV solutions, has announced the release of the PacketAV DUET 2 Encoder and Decoder, the world’s first AV-over-IP endpoints with built-in USB-C connectivity for distributing 4K UHD Video and Dante/AES67 over Gigabit Ethernet. Boasting significant new updates to Visionary’s acclaimed PacketAV DUET Series, the new DUET 2 encoders and decoders deliver 4K UHD video, Dante/AES67 connectivity and control, all via a single Main Gigabit LAN port. USB-C connectivity is standard, offering easy connection for sharing media via laptop, tablet, phone, or other USB-C connected devices, as well as enabling soft-codec integration via driverless…
#WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART and #ExtendPUA represent a major call to action, imploring the US Congress to pass the RESTART Act (S.3814) as quickly as possible, offering economic relief to the Live Events Industry, which has been shuttered since March, 2020, putting millions of people out of work. Additionally, the movement is to support ExtendPUA.org in their efforts towards continuation and extension of the Pandemic Unemployment Act to provide relief to those without work due to COVID-19. To call attention to the deep financial plight of the Live Event Industry, a nationwide event will take place on Tuesday, 1 September 2020, from…
COLOSSAL is a lively, dynamic, and inventive street theatre and performing arts company based in Wellington, New Zealand, founded by three highly creative individuals, brothers Zane and Degge Jarvie and Imogen Stone, with backgrounds in circus, architecture, and design. Over the last three years, COLOSSAL has started working light in various different forms into their pieces which have become popular at light festivals, a path that’s highlighted their passion for detail and innovation combined with fun and audience connection that lies at the heart of all their performance concepts. For the 2019 HighLight Carnival of Lights in Lower Hutt, the…
Orlando-based Evolve Technology, which partners with clients to provide an extensive range of customised video rental, sales and training solutions, has launched Immerse to develop immersive technology solutions and services for systems integrators, production companies and consultants. “It’s been apparent that immersive technologies were coming; a lot of clients had been talking about immersive solutions this year. Then COVID-19 hit and accelerated the conversation,” said Evolve CEO, Tyler Mayne. “We realised that live events would be the last business segment to come back after the pandemic, so that got us thinking about how to provide immersive solutions to this sector…
Following the successful launch and positive feedback from the industry on its new Hydra measurement tool for LED panels, Brompton Technology is pleased to announce that the highly anticipated system is now shipping globally. Among the first wave of systems to arrive with customers, a number have reached Shenzhen, where Brompton has recently opened its new larger China office. These Hydras are already being used for panel calibrations by Brompton’s many panel manufacturer partners, assisted by a team of Calibration Support Engineers. The Hydra is an advanced measurement system custom-designed for LED panels fitted with a Tessera R2 receiver card.…
Christie laser projectors and image processing solutions have raised the level of excitement and sense of immersion with spectacular projections at the newly opened Xpark Aquarium in Taipei City. Located in the northwestern municipality of Taoyuan, Xpark is touted as Taiwan’s first world-class “super Xtra-sensory” aquarium. It occupies a total area of 15,000 square metres, houses some 30,000 fishes from more than 300 species and consists of 13 exhibition areas. Modelled after the famous Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Japan, it leverages visual technology solutions extensively to create the wow factor and enhance the overall visitor experience. Recognising that projection…
The South African entertainment industry unified en mass for their August 5th #LightSARed ‘Code Red’ activation … to shout out the critical state of the live entertainment industry and its support infrastructure, which has had no work, no cashflow – and no meaningful government support – for 5 months since mass gatherings were banned on March 15th due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Over 500 buildings, structures, monuments, venues, spaces and places all over the country were lit including the side of Cape Town’s most famous natural landmark Table Mountain. Robe moving lights were used on many of the installations, and…
Despite the current pandemic hitting the AV industry particularly hard, some organisations are making the most of the mandatory downtime by carrying out system upgrades that would have otherwise been challenging during regular event scheduling. This was certainly the case for The Selwyn Outreach Center in Peterborough, ON., which recently pushed forward with some much-needed audio system upgrades. A DiGiCo S31 console, plus a KLANG:fabrik immersive in-ear system and KLANG:quelle headphone amps, purchased through DiGiCo’s Canadian distributor GerrAudio, are central to the solution. The organization engaged Jason Reynolds, lead installation advisor at AV integrator; Production Service Industries, to design and…
Audiologic, the award-winning provider of professional audio solutions is delighted to announce that it has recently appointed Andrew Matthews as Business Manager for Ireland and Scotland. This is a critical role that directly focuses on elevating Audiologic’s presence to the highest service level, in both sales and support for both territories – whilst discovering and developing opportunities for exponential growth. Ireland and Scotland both have a rich cultural heritage and strong central economic support. In an industry built around innovation, Andrew’s experience ensures he is well-placed to focus on what can be done to encourage new collaborations, build on existing…
