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Elation gear installed at Hollywood’s Academy nightclub

In 2018, the Academy nightclub in Hollywood opened its 1400-capacity space that has been renovated, rebranded and updated with new sound and lighting technology, including lighting effects from Elation Professional Platinum Beam 5R moving head beam lights and Pixel Bar LED battens.

Academy, formerly the nightclub Create and before that Vanguard, is a joint venture between Exchange L.A. and Insomniac, the Pasquale Rotella-led event production company behind some of music’s leading EDM festivals, most notably Electric Daisy Carnival.

Between rows of overhead LED panels, Southern California-based production design specialists SJ Lighting - with Steve Lieberman at the helm - mounted the Platinum Beam 5R narrow-beam fixtures while the Pixel Bars provide a dynamic visual detail running down each side of the space.

Linear lines of LED video panels extend over the audience then fold down the back wall with more LED panels decking the side walls to paint the entire room in a visual surround feel. “Everywhere but the floor,” Lieberman says. “We then put 32 Platinum Beams in the ceiling between the panels. We wanted something with power that could keep up with the 600+ video tiles.”

Also playing a key role in the design and running down the sides of the room from stage to rear are rows of Pixel Bars. “They frame out the ceiling design and are there for balance,” the LD says. All of the Pixel Bars are pixel mapped through a Madrix LED lighting controller, which allows video looks to run through the lights or lighting looks through the video.

Not all of the lighting gear in Academy is new however. Lieberman repurposed some existing fixtures from Create to use in the new club and again Elation fixtures play a role with some older Opti Par lights providing color over the stage.

(Photos: Daniel Boot)

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