Greek football club Olympiacos celebrated the 45th championship title in its history by sending a message of hope and optimism to its supporters in Piraeus, all of Greece and around the world. A spectacular televised show, filled with light and music, was staged in the empty G. Karaiskakis Stadium where the team demolished a coronavirus pandemic “wall” and fans joined players virtually to raise...
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Volt Lites Co-founders Matthew Shimamoto and Harrison Lippman and Lulu Creative Director Michael Zinman of Zinman Company have launched the 3by3 Space on the premises of entertainment production services company Volt Lites in Burbank. The three partners have created a safe stage for the COVID-19 era that’s equipped with a trio of lighting, video and xR capabilities. Sixty-four active Claypaky Mini...
Seriate, Bergamo, Italy - Audiosales and Claypaky are pleased to announce that the distribution of Claypaky products in Italy was completely handed over to Audiosales on 1 October 2020. Stefano Rocchi, Managing Director of Audiosales, had this to say: "In recent months, we have had the chance to showcase Claypaky products in special online webinars, which we followed up with guided tours organized...
Electronic music artists Alex Kislov and Arvi Mala prerecorded a dynamic set to live stream at multiple festivals from the new xR Stage at LEC Event Technology, Inc. Their immersive one-hour performance featured HY B-EYE K25 LED wash lights provided by Claypaky. The duo was one of the first to use LEC’s xR Stage, Chicago’s only xR stage designed to accommodate virtual events. LEC Owner and...
When Nike introduced its new Alpha Menace football cleat Lighting Designer Matt Ardine chose Claypaky Scenius and Sharpy fixtures to deliver a real ‘being there’ feeling to a commercial showing how Alpha Menace-wearing players can dodge – wait for it – roller-skating opponents. Ardine teamed with cinematographer Larkin Seiple to achieve the vision of director Hiro Murai of Doomsday. The shoot took...
At the last big event in Las Vegas before the lockdown, Bobby Grey of Notan Creative used 60 Claypaky Mythos 2 fixtures to deliver a variety of looks for the 102 songs that rock band 311 performed in three marathon shows at the Park MGM’s Park Theater. Felix Lighting in Los Angeles was the lighting vendor for the concerts. Grey did the full production design for the series of concerts, March 11-13...
The Afterlife series of worldwide electronic music festivals arrived in Dubai, UAE for the first time in February at the Hangar 4 industrial warehouse event space. Lighting Designer Pascal Bach of VEM Visionemotion GmbH utilized 100 Claypaky Sharpy fixtures to deliver the evening’s signature Afterlife look within the monumental space. Italian DJ duo Tale of Us were the hosts of the show, which...
Eventlive-Group, a leading AV equipment and service supplier in Biarritz, France, has added a complement of Claypaky Mini-B fixtures to its extensive lighting inventory. Eventlive-Group has a wide range of clients from seminars of all sizes, public events and big music festivals to permanent installations in bars, clubs, shops and sports venues. “Clients come to us for our technical skills as well...
South Korea’s FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS, an entertainment lighting company founded in 2013, has added 70 Claypaky Sharpy Plus fixtures to its inventory. The firm designs and operates lights for numerous concerts, festivals and television programs. As the K-pop phenomenon has gone global FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS has also done overseas tours for Korean musical artists. Its comprehensive services range from...
Cube Entertainment in Rostock, Germany selected Claypaky Mini-B fixtures for the Forest Showcase with psytrance DJ Morten Heuer at the Housersten electronic dance music club tour in northeast Germany. Due to COVID-19, this year’s Houserasten events consisted of videos and livestreams targeted to fans instead of in-person shows at clubs in various German cities. Cube Entertainment supplied the...