Lighting designer Jan Van Lindt from PRSPKTIV DESIGN has been working with Belgian-Egyptian singer songwriter Tamino. Van Lindt recently lit three evenings at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels where he used five Robe MegaPointes on the floor behind the artists as the main dramatic lighting tools.
He chose the MegaPointe – sourced from the venue’s 24 new house fixtures – to accent the intensity and drama of Tamino’s performance. Van Lindt commented: “It’s all about the music with him and my job as LD is to support with interesting visuals that don’t distract from what he’s singing”.
The AB show was the culmination of a series of one-off’s for which Van Lindt specified a floor specials package delivered by dEvents, including the five MegaPointes, a crunched fabric drape upstage, some moving LED battens and LED wash / strobes, together with a grid of vintage filament bulbs which were hung just in front of the backdrop.
Vabn Lindt also works as part of the AB venue’s lighting crew as well as doing his own freelance designs, and they all really pushed to get the new MegaPointes delivered in time for the gig by Robe’s Benelux distributor, Controllux.
“The prisms are great used in combination to produce the craziest results” Van Lindt commented, adding that: “MegaPointes are in a class of their own when it comes to creating some of these effects”.
Although the Tamino show wasn’t driven by effects, Jan was able to weave some into a very theatrical-style show replete with intricacies and subtlety.
Tamino takes an interest and offers his opinion about certain lighting aspects, which is great as a starting point, but he also respects Jan’s expertise, skills and imagination.
“It’s very exciting to be working with a new artist” Van Lindt stated, “especially one with a long, successful and interesting career ahead. “He’s great fun to work with and always open to new ideas for stage presentation”.