Chauvet displayed a variety of LED fixtures with French distributor Algam at the SIEL trade show in Paris, Feb. 4-6. CHAUVET Professional lights included six Legend 230 SR Beam moving yokes on center circle trussing, 16 PVP S5 high-definition video panels on each sides of the center round trussing, 18 MVP 12 video panels with three screens of different lengths handing on each side of the stand, four Q-Wash 436Z-LED and six Q-Wash 560Z-LED wash lights, six Legend 412 pixel-mapping moving yokes, Ovation E-190WW and Ovation F-165WW theatrical fixtures, COLORdash Par-Quad 7, COLORado 4 IP linear wash light, COLORado Zoom WW Tour, COLORado 1-Quad Tour, COLORado 1 Tour and COLORado 2 Tour fixtures.
Chauvet recently traveled to Orlando for the Kempke’s Music Florida 2013 music conference held at the Wyndham Orlando Resort. Jeremy Pace, southeast territory manager for CHAUVET DJ, and Corey Silverman, president of Kor media & lighting, showcased both CHAUVET Professional and CHAUVET DJ gear to more than 300 church executives from all over the nation. Among the fixtures on display was CHAUVET Professional COLORdash Par-Quad 7 PAR-style fixture, powered by seven quad-colored RGBA LEDs projecting a deeply saturated output and any variation of white, without multi-colored shadows.
CHAUVET Professional and its French distributor Algam recently participated in the 16th Salon International des Techniques du Spectacle in Paris. A variety of fixtures were on display, such as eye-candy pixel-mapping Nexus 4×4, luminaires for theater and stage Ovation E-190WW LED and Ovation F-165WW LED, sharp and bright moving yoke Legend 230SR Beam, versatile wash lights Q-Wash 436Z-LED and Q-Wash 560Z-LED, moving yoke spot Q-Spot 460-LED, pixel-mapping Legend 412, linear light COLORdash Batten-Quad 6, PAR-style fixtures COLORdash Par-Quad 7 and COLORdash Par-Quad 18.
Sharp beams, suspended truss and mesmerizing video displays acted like a magnet for hundreds of attendees who visited all three booths of CHAUVET Professional at LDI 2012. Featuring a dominant middle section flanked by two smaller stands, the show carried the creative touch of an amazing team: Lighting Designer Seth Jackson, Co-lighting Designer Nathan W. Scheuer, Programmer Nate Alves, Project Manager Jack Rushen and of the entire CHAUVET Professional team.
Three helixes added to the dramatic height, one placed at the center of the main booth and two suspended above the secondary CHAUVET Professional stands. Designed by Jackson and Scheuer, these truss structures acted as unifying elements for all three areas. “The idea was to have a unique shape tying all three booths together,” Jackson said. Each helix was made of curved trussing, carrying three CHAUVET Professional EPIX Strip fixtures placed end-to-end, next to CHAUVET Professional Legend 412 and CHAUVET Professional Legend 412 VW pixel-mapping moving yokes, CHAUVET Professional Ovation F-165WW Fresnel-style luminaires, CHAUVET Professional Ovation E-190WW ellipsoidal-style spot lights, and CHAUVET Professional COLORado 1-Quad Tour wash lights as truss warmers.
“We were asked to unify all of Chauvet’s booths in an elegant manner while fully displaying the versatility and ability of each product,” Scheuer said. “In a show like LDI, where everything has seemingly been tried once, Seth and I wanted something that was simple, as to not distract from the products themselves, but was also intriguing and enticing at any distance.”
At 30-feet in height, the center booth was loaded with CHAUVET Professional Nexus 4×4 eye-candy LED wash lights that stole the show.
“I find the Nexus 4×4 to be amazing: the flexibility, the unique look,” Jackson said. “I haven’t seen a product on this floor show that resembles these fixtures. And they’re so easy to address!”
Additionally, CHAUVET Professional PVP S5 and CHAUVET Professional PVP S7 high-resolution video panels, CHAUVET Professional MVP Ta8 Curve modular video panels, CHAUVET Professional Xeno 2500 high-impact strobe lights and CHAUVET Professional Q-Wash 436Z-LED wash lights. CHAUVET Professional Legend 230SR Beam moving head fixtures cut through the air with punchy bright beams from an ACS, Autonomous Cart System, incorporated into the booth. Parasol Systems of Canada and CHAUVET Professional partnered to display ACS, built of independent, motorized and programmable carts that move fixtures on specially designed tracks. ACS held eight Legend 230SR Beam lights, which were an integral part of the show.
“Once we found out that Parasol Systems was involved, we added the system into the integration,” Jackson said. “It brings great energy because of the motion and there is nothing else in any other booth like it.”
The team programmed 145 cues over 12 minutes for an amazing show, also using wireless DMX. “I definitely think we’re playing with some geometries that no done else is using,” said Programmer Nate Alves. “We had to work with more open, exposed space, and because of that I think we showed the products more than everyone else.”
Some of the challenges the team faced while building the booths were the limitations of the space and trying to fit power, storage, the products all in the allotted footprint of the venue. “However, the most challenging thing from a design aspect was making sure that we were truly showing off Chauvet’s diverse product line while being original,” Scheuer said. “LDI is a visually striking and overwhelming stage to be on, and the desire to bring something new and innovative was the driving force behind our decisions.”
Hot behind-the-scenes action. Photos of our awesome team working on four striking Chauvet booths at LDI 2012: 2263, 2056, 2357 and 2351. All four brands will be shown: CHAUVET DJ, CHAUVET Professional, TRUSST and ILUMINARC. We look forward to seeing you at the show!
CHAUVET Professional at Stage Electrics Open Day in Manchester, U.K., which is one of three open days scheduled this month.
We showed CHAUVET Professional Q-Wash 436Z-LED and Q-Spot 360-LED moving heads, COLORado 1-Quad Tour, COLORdash Batten-Quad 6, COLORado Déco Quad-1 Tour and COLORado 2 Zoom Tour static wash lights, Ovation E-190WW and Ovation F-165WW LED-fitted theatrical fixtures, and CHAUVET DJ PiXPar 24 pixel mapping wash and LED Followspot 75ST. Additionally shown is the new trussing line, TRUSST.
Here are a couple of photos below. Stay tuned for more.
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional
Superstitions surround everything that we do. Silly as they are, *knock on wood*, we all have them. For me, I guess that I am a creature of habit more than superstitious, but at some point, those habits become superstitions. For trade shows, I have a few that may seem totally ridiculous, but without them, I can’t seem to function.
I don’t shave for about two weeks before a show. I then shave on the morning of the opening day. It drives my wife crazy, but I have been doing this forever. I guess it has something to do with starting a clean slate on the first morning, or the fact that it is an excuse not to shave.
I wear the same t-shirt for the first day of pack up and the first day of load in, my Live Design t-shirt. In actuality, I wore out my first one and the editors at Live Design graciously rummaged through closets and old boxes to find me another one. Since I think my chances of getting a third replacement are pretty slim, I guess I had better take good care of this one.
Another one of my O.C.D./habitual/superstitious things is zip tie color for tagging broken gear. At shows, if by chance we run into a device that is not up to our standards, instead of putting tape on it that could fall off, we put an iridescent yellow zip tie on it. Not black, not white, not even orange-ish yellow, it has to be iridescent yellow—and it can’t be clipped off until the device is perfectly functional again. I recently drove our trade show coordinator crazy with that one. I can’t explain it, but I have been doing this since high school.
Oddly enough, even the standard theatrical superstitions follow me to this day. I never whistle on stage. I will never wish anyone good luck. And by no means do I mention the “Scottish” play.
So laugh if you must, but I have officially stopped shaving in preparation for LDI. Sorry honey, it’s that time of year.
We received positive feedback about all of our products displayed at WFX Atlanta 2012, notably our bright and compact Legend 230SR Beam moving yoke, pixel-mapping Legend 412, high-resolution video panels PVP S7 and fixtures from our COLORado family of static wash lights. Additionally, our booth was built using our TRUSST line of truss and we showed fixtures from ILUMINARC, our line of architainment and architectural lighting.
Here are a couple photos of the booth, both finished product and set up.
