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    CHAUVET Professional: Imposing Presence at LDI 2012

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    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.”

    CHAUVET Professional fixtures displayed:
    COLORado 1-Quad Tour
    COLORado 4 IP
    COLORdash Batten Quad-6
    COLORdash Par-Quad 7
    COLORdash Par-Quad 18
    EPIX Strip
    Legend 230SR Beam
    Legend 412
    Legend 412 VW
    MVP Ta8 Curve
    Nexus 4×4
    PVP S5
    PVP S7
    Q-Spot 360-LED
    Q-Spot 460-LED
    Q-Wash 436Z-LED
    Ovation F-165WW
    Ovation E-190WW
    Ovation C-1280FC
    Xeno 2500

    ILUMINARC fixtures displayed:
    Ilumipanel 40 IP
    Ilumiline 21g2 IP
    Ilumipod 18g2 IP

    Additionally shown, in all three booths, were TRUSST products.

    COLORdash Batten TRI Lights TV Studio in Sweden

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    CHAUVET Professional lights the new sports TV studio of C-More Entertainment channel in Stockholm, Sweden. Seventy-four COLORdash Batten TRI lights were installed by  Key Light AB and provided by Starfelt Company, CHAUVET exclusive distributor in Sweden. Lighting Designer Martin Grafström placed the lights inside two curved borders each about 62-feet (19 meters) wide, 1 foot tall (30 centimeters) and one foot deep. The fixtures stand on the double-bracket yoke in the back of the covered edges. Every light is in 24-channel mode with separate addresses, which makes for 1,776 addresses over four universes. Here are some cool shots:

    Stage Electrics Open Day | Manchester, U.K.

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    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.

    CHAUVET Sponsors CHC at the Grammys Fund-raiser

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    CHAUVET was a gold sponsor for the yearly fund-raiser organized by Community Habilitation Center, a facility that supports and serves 150 adults with developmental disabilities from Miami-Dade County, ranging in ages from 21 to 71. This year’s theme was CHC at the Grammys. CHC members participated in a fashion show, and guests bid in live auctions, raising funds for the center. CHAUVET Professional WELL wireless wash lights lit the stage and washed the walls of the room. CHAUVET Professional COLORado 1 VW Tour wash lights, CHAUVET DJ SlimPAR Pro RGBA fixtures and Intimidator Spot LED 150 moving yokes lit the stage and catwalk from pipe truss. Here are some vivid shots from the event:

    LDI 2012: Very Superstitious

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    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.

    LD Profile: Andres Chamorro

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    Six questions with Colombian Lighting Designer Andres Chamorro, who designed the stage for “Colombia Tiene Talento” TV show (“Colombia Has Talent”).

    1. How did you get into this field? 
    Ever since I was very little I was fascinated by lights; I remember playing with colored bulbs in the house, trying color combinations. As far as getting into the industry, I actually started doing small concerts when I was about 20, and now I own Andres Chamorro Iluminacion, events and rental company in Bogota.

    2. What do you think is the next big thing in the lighting industry?
    I can definitely say that the LED technology is helping us a lot today. LEDs have brought us different usages, different effects—especially in the TV world. I like working with LED fixtures—in staging and video applications—because they offer good resolution, and low consumption of electricity.

    3. Do you have a favorite fixture (and why)?
    I like the Mac 101 and CHAUVET COLORado 1-Tri Tour for its output, zoom and intensity of light.

    4. What has been your favorite design/project?
    Throughout the years we have done so many shows, and I have enjoyed working on all of them. But from the most recent ones, I have to mention “Colombia Tiene Talento” TV reality show. I liked using the SparkliteLED from CHAUVET to create an effect of deep sky, which came out very elegant.

    5. What was the biggest unforeseen obstacle that you’ve faced in one of your designs, and how did you overcome it?
    One challenge for us has been making clients understand that our top products —such as CHAUVET lights—will perform well and are reliable in any type of application, as opposed to lower-priced fixtures that don’t offer the same quality and assurance of functionality.

    6. Complete this thought: A show without light is …
    … without color, emotion or life.

    CHAUVET Professional at WFX Atlanta 2012

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    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.

     

    Distributor Equipo Presents CHAUVET Gear at Expomusic in Brazil

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    Brazilian distributor Equipo displayed a variety of CHAUVET fixtures at Expomusic 2012 in Sao Paulo. Among the CHAUVET Professional lights on display were Legend 412 pixel-mapping moving yokes, compact and super bright Legend 230 SR Beam, COLORado 2 Zoom Tour static wash lights, COLORado 1-Tri Tour fixtures, COLORado Range IP luminaires, and COLORado Batten 144 Tour linear wash lights. The 6,400-square-feet stand also featured CHAUVET DJ gear and was built entirely of truss from TRUSST, brand backed by CHAUVET.