Closed to the public since 2004, the Archeology and Ethnography Museum of Elvas (Museu de Arqueologia e Etnografia de Elvas) is the largest museum of its type in Portugal’s Alentejo region. For its reopening, the administrators found a new location – a fully restored military maintenance building – and created a new exhibition that combined the collection of the António Tomás Pires Museum with the collection of the Farmers’ Guild of Elvas. “For this project, we were asked to base the proposal on three fundamental pillars: history, time and people,” said Pedro Pereira from byAR, which oversaw the entire project.…
Author: James Robertson
Founded in 1836, Emory & Henry College is consistently ranked among the nation’s best private liberal arts institutions. Central to the College’s beautiful southwestern Virginia campus is Memorial Chapel, a 500-seat church building that has served as host to thousands of worship services, hundreds of weddings and funerals, and immeasurable special moments in the lives of students and alumni of Emory & Henry College. This past summer, Memorial Chapel was host to renovation with the installation of a new Danley Sound Labs point source sound reinforcement system. “The previous installation used ceiling speakers that were installed 35 – 40 feet…
Australian codec experts Tieline based in Perth, Western Australia, have become the latest manufacturer to join the RAVENNA community; a move which follows hard on the heels of the announcement of a new firmware release that adds RAVENNA support to their Gateway family of codecs. Tieline codecs specialize in streaming low latency, high quality audio over a range of wired and wireless IP transports and facilitate the integration of compressed and uncompressed IP audio streams around the broadcast plant. The codecs are often gateway devices in IP networks bridging between wide area network (WAN) nodes that may include the broadcast…
When officials at Oaklawn Racing Casino greenlighted a multi-phased expansion project, one of the big ticket items they wanted to add to the resort was a versatile event space that could host conferences, concerts and more. As the vision came to fruition, the recently opened 15,000-square-foot event center features the latest in state-of-the-art technology, including an ADAPTive PA system comprising 20 Anna loudspeakers and 12 Otto subwoofers from Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW). In addition, EAW monitors and side-fills were also employed on the project. The task of equipping the 1,500-seat venue with the latest in AV technology, including a 1,900-square-foot…
Riedel Communications has appointed William Wong as Sales Manager for Southeast Asia. Wong joins the company with more than 20 years of experience in the broadcast video industry. He will be responsible for leading both direct and channel sales across the region. “With years of experience in broadcast technology sales in Southeast Asia, William has a terrific understanding of markets across region, an impressive network of connections across channel partners and direct clients, and a reputation as a knowledgeable and personable sales professional,” said Simon Roehrs, Director APAC at Riedel. “We’re very pleased to welcome him to Riedel.” Wong joins Riedel…
Lectrosonics has released new silicone covers for protection of a wide variety of their popular transmitters, receivers and recorders including the DCHT digital camera hop, DPR, DPR-A digital plug on and LT transmitters as well as the DCHR digital portable, IFBR1B multi-frequency IFB and M2RIEM/IFB receivers. New silicone covers for the recorders include the MTCRminiature time code and PDR portable digital recorders. The new silicone covers join the HM/HMa plug-on and SSM micro belt-pack transmitter covers already available. All of the new Lectrosonics covers are available in clear silicone, while some models are also available in black, including the DPR,…
Expo 2020 Dubai opened its doors to the world on 1 October 2021, and it will welcome millions from across the globe until March 31, 2022. The operational hub for the event is the Expo Operations Centre (EOC) which co-ordinates activities for the key operational team and is home to three video walls powered by Christie products, including twelve 4K 30,000 lumen projectors and Christie Terra transport, processing and control solutions, as well as support from Christie Professional Services. Visitors to Expo 2020 Dubai are invited to join the making of a new world in a 182-day celebration of human…
Juan Jose Vila, CMO and COO of Spanish AV manufacturer Equipson, has become the latest recipient of the Harald Thiel Volunteer of the Year Award. Presented each year by AVXA, the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association, this prestigious Award is bestowed by AVIXA staff in recognition of those who go above and beyond normal duties to contribute to the Association’s mission. “AVIXA is able to make a difference in the AV industry due to the dedication of our volunteers,” said David Labuskes, CTS, CAE, RCDD, CEO of AVIXA. “Juan is a shining example of someone who is generous with his…
The Old Time Temecula Community Theatre in California recently completed an extensive upgrade of its lighting system using almost exclusively LED-powered ADJ fixtures. Now featuring in excess of 100 ADJ moving head luminaries, the venue’s lighting rig offers the versatility required by a busy venue hosting a varied calendar of theatrical, musical and dance productions. Located in the downtown area of Temecula, CA, the Old Town Community Theatre is a 354-seat proscenium stage venue with an adjacent 48-seat intimate ‘black box’ performance space known as The Merc. Having recently celebrated its sixteenth anniversary, the theatre is well established at the…
The National Theater of Korea has upgraded its dimming control to a range of products from Strand – a Signify entertainment lighting brand – to add functionality for its diverse range of luminaires. A recent remodelling of the multi-theater complex saw a Strand EC21 Advanced Technology Dimmer Rack installed by Total Plus – the Vari-Lite and Strand distributor for Korea. Total Plus also deployed an EC21 Advanced Control Electronics Processor Assembly with Dual processor, an EC21 Dual 25A Powerthru Module 435us Dim/ND/Bypass, an EC21 Dual 25A 200us Single Pole module and a Dual 20A CD80SV Non-Dim C21-style module and housing.…
