Through its ongoing collaboration with media artist Refik Anadol, Absen’s COB LED technology forms the visual backbone of ‘Dataland’, the world’s first AI-themed museum of fine arts, housed within Frank Gehry’s THE GRAND LA in downtown Los Angeles. Dataland, co-founded by media artist Refik Anadol and his wife and partner Efsun Erkilic, opened its doors on 20th June as the world’s first museum dedicated entirely to AI-driven fine art. Located within THE GRAND LA, the architecturally celebrated mixed-use complex designed by Frank Gehry, the museum spans approximately 35,000 sq ft, including five galleries totalling around 25,000 sq ft and roughly 10,000…
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Austrian opera house, Volksoper Wien, is one of Vienna’s most sophisticated venues for musical entertainment. Hosting thirty productions throughout its annual season, the theatre is renowned for its exceptional opera, operetta, musicals, and ballet performances. The 2025/2026 program features Mozart’s opera, The Magic Flute – the classic tale of the prince on a quest to rescue a princess. While the story may be a familiar one, Volksoper’s immersive production offers a fresh experience. From the minds of artistic director Lotte de Beer, The Magic Flute blends traditional storytelling with innovative technology, using video projection to create an array of fantastical…
Vanessa Paradis and her team put Spectera handheld to the test Vanessa Paradis’ 2026 tour, the audio team around monitor engineer Matthieu Speck have adopted Sennheiser’s Spectera wireless system, including the new SKM handheld transmitter. The tour is visiting an exciting mix of big arenas, large indoor venues and festivals, so the team was looking for a system that would be reliable, with stable RF and transparent audio – in brief: capable of building complete trust with the artist from the very first soundchecks.The set-up for this tour includes two Sennheiser Spectera Base Stations, complemented by a backup unit, and…
Absen has announced a full upgrade to its global showroom booking system, making it easier for customers and partners to schedule visits to the company’s growing international network of showrooms. Designed to deliver an intuitive and user-friendly experience, the refreshed platform supports Absen’s wider strategy of deepening brand localisation and strengthening offline service capabilities in key markets worldwide. Over the past year, Absen has continued to expand its global showroom footprint, opening new sites and brand factory stores across the Americas, EMEA and APAC. Newly added locations include Los Angeles, Mexico and Denver in the Americas; Morocco and Saudi Arabia…
TriTec AV marked a major milestone in Jordan’s live event production industry by deploying their d&b audiotechnik XSL System for the first time in the Kingdom during the official celebration of Jordan’s 80th Independence Day. Featuring live orchestral music, choir performances, playback video elements and a keynote address by His Majesty King Abdullah II, the production needed a sound system capable of delivering exceptional speech intelligibility, musical clarity, consistent audience coverage and high gain-before-feedback – all in a demanding live broadcast environment. TriTec AV deployed a left/right main system of d&b XSL hangs, with 10 XSL8 per side, supported by…
Technical Direction Company has helped bring Vivid Sydney’s biggest artworks to life through unforgettable large-scale projection and technology experiences for millions of Sydneysiders and visitors. At Vivid Sydney 2026, as well as powering 11 installations with the most advanced projection and LED display technology, the company stepped into the spotlight itself with The Daydream Machine, an AI-powered interactive installation by creative technologist Harrison Dow, Alex Rendell and Drew Ferors that transformed Darling Harbour’s Pier Street Underpass into a living digital artwork. Harrison Dow said the work explores how emerging technology is giving artists entirely new ways to create public experiences…
The South African premiere of Pretty Woman: The Musical, produced by Showtime Entertainment, has officially marked the regional debut of d&b audiotechnik’s highly anticipated CL-Series, deploying the brand-new CCL compact cardioid line array system. Supplied by Cape Town-based rental premier Eastern Acoustics and supported by local distributor Stage Audio Works (SAW), the cutting-edge system has set a new benchmark for theatrical sound reinforcement in the country. Brought to South African stages by Showtime Entertainment, the high-energy musical production features a rock-infused score by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance. To deliver the power, clarity, and precision required for a production of…
This project was undertaken for a multinational company with a diverse portfolio, headquartered in the UK. The project started during their recent London relocation and included the implementation of new workplace technology including video and collaboration systems, a room booking solution, client experience spaces and building-wide digital signage across 5 floors and an outdoor space. The client goals were to better support their dynamic work environment by significantly enhancing operational efficiency, improving the user experience, whilst ensuring their sustainability objectives were achieved by implementing a centralised remote management and monitoring system. They requested a remote AV management system that allows…
QSC has advanced the Q-SYS workplace portfolio with the launch of the Q-SYS RoomSuite Collaboration Bar and Q SYS Scheduling Panel. QSC also announces that Q-SYS now integrates into Microsoft Places as a data integration partner. Together with recent expansion from earlier this year, the Q-SYS Full Stack AV Platform extends across the entire modern high-performance workplace including collaboration solutions, high-impact spaces, and communal spaces, and creates new opportunities for cloud-enabled standardization, space intelligence and user experience. The Q SYS RoomSuite Collaboration Bar is a Windows-based device for Microsoft Teams Rooms, designed for simple configuration and deployment across common, repeatable…
BrightSign has announced BrightSign Control Plus, a premium tier of its device management solution for digital signage players, BrightSign Control (previously bsn.Control). It comes in response to integrators and end-users needing greater management and visibility capabilities across distributed signage networks to maintain consistent experiences that are critical to business and operational performance. Control Plus is cloud-based, allowing users to scale, configure, monitor, update, and schedule actions for fleets of players, no matter where they are, with a single, easy-to-use dashboard. BrightSign Control Plus was purpose-built for IT managers, multisite operators, system integrators, and anyone who prioritises real-time visibility and ease of device management at scale…