Senior Technical Director Ola Melzig and his team, including designer by Florian Wieder, accented the lines of the Eurovision Song Contest stage at the Malmö Arena with 524 COLORado PXL Bar 16 motorised battens from CHAUVET Professional.
Acquired through the company’s Swedish distributor Interlite, and supplied by Niclen through Creative Technologies, the IP65 rated, pixel mappable RGBW battens were “pretty much everywhere,” according to Melzig. Lighting Designer Frederik Stormby used the fixtures to outline the arena on three different levels, in addition to accenting the contours of the set from the ground to the ceiling and providing backlighting for the acts.
“Fredrik’s design was all straight lines, so these fixtures were perfect to outline it with lovely colours and dynamic looks,” continued Melzig. “We looked at a number of battens. The PXL Bar 16 was our choice because of its size, power efficiency, and output. This is a very bright fixture that produces lovely colours.”
Melzig added that the design used 700 universes, plus another 700 universes pixel mapped through media servers. Managing a production of this size presents challenges, but Melzig relished meeting them, noting that because of the scope and size of this rig, his creative team is able to meet the demands of creating captivating shows for 37 contestant songs, three openings and six interval acts.
“My job is to put together a tool chest that’s as big as possible for my creative team,” he concluded.
