Eventures was responsible for the lighting, sound, and video equipment on the three largest stages at Open Beatz festival where Tobias Reinartz (visualprime) was responsible for the lighting design, working with the new Cameo ORON H2 Hybrid Phosphor Laser Moving Heads for the first time.
The ORON H2 IP65 Hybrid Phosphor Laser Moving Head, which Eventures sourced entirely from NicLen’s dry hire stock, was the central element of the lighting design this year. “The ORON H2 is the brightest and most powerful beam moving head I’ve seen to date,” said Reinartz. “It offers everything you need for a festival like this: an excellent colour mixing system that doesn’t lose any of its assertiveness even with dark colours, plus fast movements, great gobos, and much more.” Even during the programming phase, it became clear that the ORON® H2 could fulfil the high demands. “The lights are always pushed to their limits during programming,” explained Reinartz. “Here we can already see whether a model fulfils the requirements or not. There was absolutely nothing to criticise about the ORON® H2.”
The Open Beatz Stages have little in common with a traditional stage. Instead, they are presented as individually constructed themed structures (in this case realised by Stageventure) that offer lighting and video designers a great deal of creative freedom. “Keep it simple”! “We have numerous guest lighting designers and lighting teams at Open Beatz who need to be able to quickly get to grips with a lighting set-up on-site,” Reinartz added. “This aspect is often underestimated. It’s therefore important that not only I, but also all the other designers, can get the same quality out of the set-up quickly and efficiently.”
Reinartz used the ZENIT W600 Outdoor LED Wash Lights to illuminate the stages and audience areas. Here, too, the lighting designer proves that there is much more to consider in 2024 than just what is happening on stage: “Our aim is to work with the audience as part of the lighting design and to offer the many social media teams on-site the opportunity to take great pictures and videos. That’s also important,” he concluded.
