Claypaky Scenius Unico backs Katy Perry tour
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Designed by production designer Es Devlin and lighting designer Baz Halpin, who also produced the tour, Witness hooks in audiences with its whirlwind of rich video content, large-scale props and wide-eyed lighting effects, delivered in part by the powerful capabilities of the Claypaky Scenius Unico.
"The production is large format and makes a bold statement with its enormous 'eye-shaped' LED screen," says Halpin, "I wanted to make sure that the lighting design complemented not just the screen's shape, but was also able to compete with the incredible amount of light emitting from it."
After discussion with associate LD, Eric Marchwinski, Halpin chose the Claypaky Scenius Profile alongside the newest addition to the Scenius range, the Scenius Unico as the key fixtures in the Witness rig.
"The Scenius Unico has a wide application as a spot, wash and beam with great framing capabilities," says Joseph Gan, director of ShowCo, technical partner for the tour in Singapore. ShowCo invested in the Scenius Unico fixtures ahead of the show date to ensure that Halpin's lighting team did not have to settle for less than ideal alternatives. "Discussion about investing in the Scenius Unico fixtures started some time ago and the Katy Perry show was the deciding factor in making that next step," he says.
Halpin's design calls for large amounts of the single fixture type arranged in 140ft (43m) spans across the 'upper lid' of the production's central eye-shaped video screen.
(Jim Evans)
