Professional Lighting & Production - Fall 2017 | Page 46
Nearly 50 Chroma-Q Color Force II 48s
were a central feature of the Pyramid Stage
lighting rig at this year’s Glastonbury
Festival. They were used during sets by
high-profile artists such as Foo Fighters, Ed
Sheeran, Katy Perry, and many more. Andy
“Fraggle” Porter, the Pyramid Stage’s head
of lighting from rental supplier Neg Earth
Lights, flew the Color Force II 48 1.2 m
RGBA colour-changing LED battens above
artists on the stage. Six of the Chroma-Q
Space Force soft lights provided TV key
lighting during the performances.
“I’ve used the Chroma-Q Color Force
IIs on a number of TV productions and I
absolutely love them. They’re bright, well
lensed, and put out some great colour.
Here, even in full daylight, they make a
huge dent. Glad to see them in the rig,” says
Kirk J. Miller, lighting director for Katy Perry.
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The mandate for a clean design drove all pro-
duction decisions for OneRepublic’s Honda
Civic 2017 tour. VER provided a turnkey solu-
tion by supplying audio, video, and lighting,
and tying it together with automated rigging
on the North American run.
Show designer Raj Kapoor and co-pro-
duction designer/lighting designer Mark
Butts of Preset Productions discussed their
design dilemma with VER’s rigging project
managers, David Martin and Richard Cano.
The solution was an automated rigging sys-
tem of eight Kinesys Elevation +1 systems to
safely and precisely move trusses with 70,000
lbs. of lighting, audio, and LED video panels.
Using Vector software, the system allows
the movement of any rigged pieces to be
triggered by timecode cues.
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FOO FIGHTERS HEADLINING GLASTONBURY’S PYRAMID STAGE
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Arka Lounge operated for 16 years as one of the more successful night-
spots in the Washington Heights area of upper Manhattan. Rebranded
last December as Arka Room, owners of this intimate, 200-capacity
club are hoping for the same run of success.
Arka’s owners seek to engage old and new patrons alike with
an updated design that features an Elation Professional lighting
system. The room’s small size required a compact moving light effect
and Tirso Pelaez, owner of Tirso Lighting, found it in the Elation E Spot
III LED moving head, 12 of which are in the venue, primarily over the
dance floor. “Its brightness is a good match for the size of the room,”
says Pelaez, whose company was responsible for the design makeover.
“I consider it a hybrid because not only can we get gobos and a nice
sharp spot, but it also has an iris and I can also frost it. It lets me go from
a nice broad wide wash to a very narrow pinpoint. I think it is extremely
versatile for the type of environment it is in.” Also used were 14 Sniper
2Rs, three ACL 360is, and six SixPar 200s.