Posts by DanGr
Road Crew – What to do with your skills?
by John O’Brien. If nothing else, life in the high intensity, prolonged stress environment of live production is character building. Prosper at this and you’re good for anything. However, it can be difficult to sell this as a virtue if you transition to another career or industry. I’ve just finished Stuart Coupe’s excellent book “Roadies”…
Read MoreThe Electric Canvas – White Night Reimagined
PROJECTION by Jason Allen. Visit Victoria’s popular festival White Night Melbourne was ‘Reimagined’ in August 2019 from a one-night, all-night event in summer to a three-night festival in late winter. Peter Milne, Managing and Technical Director of creative projection company The Electric Canvas spoke to CX about what it takes to get 10 major projection…
Read MoreSpin Off Festival 2019
NEWS Novatech Brings It All for Splendour Offshoot The Spin Off Festival rocked 20,000 attendees at the Adelaide Showgrounds on Friday July 19. Cheekily named for its partnership with Splendour in the Grass to bring sideshows to SA, the single-day event brought Splendour headliner Childish Gambino to town [CX Mag production review here], along with…
Read MoreShure Axient Digital
ROADTEST Shure Axient Digital by Marcello Lo Ricco. Marcello Lo Ricco is the director of LSS productions. LSS was formed in early 2000 to service the musical theatre market, with a range of clients across independent theatre companies, school performing arts as well as community theatre groups. When LSS was engaged for a touring production…
Read MoreCry havoc and let slip the junkyard dogs
DUNK’S WORLD Cry havoc and let slip the junkyard dogs by Duncan Fry. According to Jim Croce, Bad Bad Leroy Brown was meaner than a junkyard dog. That’s a bit harsh on junkyard dogs – we had one next door to us at ARX for quite a few years, so draw close you youngsters, and…
Read MoreTravelling Light
PROJECTION Travelling Light by Cat Strom. Illuminart bring their projections to the people of South Australia Illuminart are a team of artists who bring communities together to experience after-dark light shows through permanent projections and temporary installations. Their mission is to bring the art of storytelling to light and to bring people together to share…
Read MoreIntegrating The Outsider
INTEGRATE 2019 by Dr. Catherine Wolf. Dr. Catherine Wolf of Hidden Technology wears many hats, including office management and freelance writer. But no matter how many hats she wears, her passion for stationery will always be foremost in her heart. I attended the Integrate AV Expo in Melbourne in late August. I came to this…
Read MoreDrones in Drag
Drones are not just busy conducting military strikes, spying on far off countries or, on good days, transporting medicine to isolated populations. They are also firmly establishing themselves in live entertainment. And we’re not talking capturing footage. These days drones are getting in on the act itself. Katie Cullen Montgomerie, Kiwi born and bred, is…
Read MoreIntegrate 2019
Tech round-up from the show floor by Jason Allen. Integrate 2019 was back in Melbourne’s MCEC from 27 to 29 August, with a slightly less exuberant floorplan showing some restraint on the part of the big international screen brands. Not so much with the two-storey stands with their own cafes, more with the product and…
Read MoreClipped Music Video Festival
PROJECTION Clipped Music Video Festival presented by Digital Projection. Clipped.TV hosted its annual Clipped Music Video Festival in June as part of Vivid Festival, Sydney. This Festival showcases music videos produced by local talent with screenings, talks, exhibitions and a trade show for the industry, along with an awards evening. To create an outstanding, visually…
Read MoreHilltop Hoods
ROADSKILLS by Cat Strom.Photo Credits: Troy Constable Australian hip hop group Hilltop Hoods formed in 1994 in Adelaide, South Australia, and over two and a half decades later they are one of the country’s most popular live acts. In support of the release of their eighth studio album The Great Expanse, which debuted at #1…
Read MoreOmega Tech Stage Boxes
ROAD TEST Omega Tech Stage Boxes – Stopping the Show Stoppers by Simon Byrne. Omega Tech is a small West Australian manufacturer specialising primarily in power distribution products for the live event production industry. Their Stage Box series power products have been designed as a robust distribution system for stage power and getting power into…
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