Chauvet gives varied looks to Pinksterfeesten
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"One of the main challenges with this festival is to keep the visuals and the energy fresh and interesting year after year," comments Mercury. "The Rogues were the perfect tools. They provided surprisingly large and intense output for a fixture of such compact size and weight."
To craft a number of energy-inducing looks for headliners such as the Dirty Daddies and Buren van de Brandweer, Mercury positioned the Rogue R1 Spot units on a lattice of trussing pillars behind the stage. As a result of this formation, Mercury was able to create the illusion of depth and contrast. Drawing on the fixture’s 3-facet prism and two gobo wheels, Mercury energized his lightshow with crisp gobo projections and atmosphere-shaping coloured runs. Additionally, output from the punchy 140W LED fixture ensured that the DJs on stage were supported with pure visual clout.
"The R1's speed and output were perfect for creating an immersive festival atmosphere," adds Mercury. "Throughout the two days, we could rely on the fixtures to provide non-stop and varied visuals, which we tailored for each individual act performing on stage."
Providing an interesting visual counterpoint to the banks of R1 Spot fixtures were eight Rogue RH1 Hybrid fixtures, which were hung from circular trussing suspended over the audience. Thanks to the beam and spot combination, the spherical formation of Hybrids provided a number of interesting visual counterpoints above the audience.
"The RH1s gave us another extremely versatile lighting tool," explains Mercury. "Despite the fact that we were running many effects such as prisms and the colour wheels, the output was still extremely high.”
(Jim Evans)
