Christie laser projectors are illuminating a new immersive water show celebrating the 900th birth anniversary of renowned Southern Song Dynasty poet Lu You. Staged at the Lu You Hometown Scenic Area in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, the grand spectacle features close to 20 Christie Griffyn Series, M 4K RGB Series, and HS Series laser projectors. Titled “The Wonders of Lu You,” the show officially opened to the public on February 17, coinciding with the first day of the Lunar New Year. The Lu You Hometown Scenic Area carefully designed a guided route that leads visitors from Lu You Museum, through the…
Author: Todd Staszko
RCF has announced the appointment of Adam Wong as Business Developer for Southeast Asia, reinforcing the company’s commercial presence across one of the most dynamic regions for professional audio and installed sound. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wong is a seasoned industry professional with long experience across professional audio, building technology, and channel-driven sales. Wong’s previous experience includes APAC-focused growth initiatives for professional sound, sales and partner program development, product demonstrations, roadshows, and landmark projects in the Southeast Asian market. His deep understanding of the principal-distributor framework, combined with his fluency in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Bahasa Malaysia, makes him…
Ayrton has announced the release of Nando 1202, a bold, powerful and extraordinarily versatile hybrid addition to the Nando family. Embracing a minimalist design philosophy and focusing on the delivery of a spectacular quality of light and sublime colours, Nando 1202 is a precision machine with a fast linear zoom, a 3.5° – 53° beam aperture and, like its smaller sibling, Nando 502, its IP65 rating makes it purpose-built for hybrid use, indoors or out. Nando 1202 is equipped with 28 high-performance 50W RGB-L LEDs delivering a remarkable output of 25,000 lumens, and a high quality, flicker-free beam. The addition…
Years after the earthquake that devastated the city, Christchurch’s Court Theatre has reopened with a state-of-the-art home in the newly developed Performing Arts Precinct, complete with power management and data solutions from LSC Control Systems. When Christchurch’s Arts Centre was damaged by the earthquake of 2011, the Court Theatre was forced to relocate to a temporary home – an old grain storehouse in the nearby suburb of Addington, called “The Shed”. This ‘temporary’ measure was to be the theatre’s home for the next 14 years, while the city progressed ambitious plans for a brand-new cultural hub in the city centre,…
Riedel Communications has announced that Berliner Ensemble, one of Berlin’s five major theatre companies, has expanded its backstage communications and technical production workflows with Riedel Stage Systems. In collaboration with planning office MMT, the theatre has implemented an integrated infrastructure that brings together intercom, signal distribution, recording and playout, and centralised operation and control capabilities for day-to-day theatre production. Located in the historic Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, which dates back to 1892, Berliner Ensemble presents around 600 performances each year in addition to numerous guest performances in Germany and abroad. This demanding production schedule places high requirements on communication, coordination, and…
Optimal Audio has announced the launch of the Column Series, a pair of passive column loudspeakers designed for indoor and outdoor commercial installations. Column 8 and Column 16 extend the brand’s versatile loudspeaker range centred on three things integrators have asked for: a complete installation kit in the box; IP54 rating as standard; and native integration with the wider Optimal Audio ecosystem. Column 8 features eight 2.2-inch full-range drivers in a slim cabinet 610mm in length, delivering 150-degree horizontal by 7-degree vertical dispersion making it ideal for even coverage without spill onto ceilings or floors. Column 16 steps up with…
Experience technology company Sysco has rebranded as The Story Engineers after nearly three decades in the industry. The name change captures a discipline the company has spent many years developing and refining. The Story Engineers have designed and delivered experiences across museums, visitor attractions, brand spaces, major events and entertainment venues, wherever a story needs to be told and the experience has to perform. Story Engineering is the discipline that holds those two things together: understanding what an experience needs to achieve, and engineering the technology in precise service of that. The rebrand also marks a wider shift in how…
Since 2018, the French city of Lille has been reimagined through light and creativity as the Lille Video Mapping Festival transforms its most iconic architecture into large-scale digital artworks. Across a two-day event spanning more than 11 sites along a 2km route imagined by the association Rencontres Audiovisuelles, the 2026 festival once again drew over 200,000 visitors and the huge crowds were treated to a shared experience of visual storytelling, with the Opéra de Lille standing as both the iconic centrepiece and the biggest technical challenge. With spellbinding displays of what is possible with projection mapping, the association Rencontres…
Genelec is continuing to enhance the experience of its Smart IP loudspeaker series with the release of Smart IP Controller 2.0 mobile app for audio control. Featuring a completely new user interface, the new app simplifies control of small-scale installations, making operation faster, clearer and more accessible. Smart IP Controller 2.0 has been significantly updated to deliver a more robust, responsive, and intuitive interface for end users as well as integrators. Developed from the ground up, version 2.0 creates a more streamlined interface that prioritises ease of use. Available for download on smartphones and tablets (iOS or Android), the app…
KV2 Audio has announced that its ESD Series loudspeakers have been formally certified to IEC 60 529 – the international standard defining the degree of protection provided by mechanical casings and electrical enclosures. This classification provides independent confirmation of the durability and quality that KV2’s loudspeakers have demonstrated in international installations for almost three decades. The IP rating, defined within IEC 60 529, classifies the level of protection an electrical enclosure provides against the ingress of water and solid particles. Following rigorous laboratory testing, KV2’s ESD Series has been certified to IP55. The enclosures are dust-protected, preventing harmful deposits from…
