Astera is a winner at ArtMasters Championship
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One of last year’s ArtMasters Champions, lighting designer ‘Roma Robot’, was invited to light this year’s gala ceremony, and he chose Astera Titan Tubes to be a major part of the production lighting design.
Lighting challenges included facilitating super-quick changeovers. The Bolshoi’s stage was in use for classic theatrical performances the night before the event, so this had to be transformed into a show-space for all the different finale competition pieces, and then again for the razzmatazz of the awards’ gala presentation. Lighting also needed to be fine-tuned for TV broadcast, as ArtMasters was aired on Channel One Russia.
Each championship finale work comprised a short show with its own costumes; scenery, orchestra, scenography, etc., and dynamic lighting had to be created within a few minutes and suited to the mood of several dramatically different performances. The entire stage was then completely re-set for the Awards.
With 50 x Titan Tubes at his disposal, Roma Robot was confident in delivering the range of vibrant looks and atmospheric variety needed to suit all the competition pieces plus the glamour and glitz of the Awards element.
Using the standard vertical mounting stands, he utilised the Asteras to decorate the orchestra, to create a series of beautiful backgrounds and as set pieces placing Titan Tubes around artists and musicians. Some Titan fixtures were used as hand-held kinetic light props by dancers who connected the output into spectacular glowing figures and shapes.
“These fixtures were absolutely instrumental to being able to deliver memorable lighting for each finalist,” stated Roma Robot.
He is currently Svetlana Loboda’s LD, and Titan Tubes are on her tour rider. “The artist absolutely loves them as well,” Roma Robot explained. “She definitely does not want to swap her Titans out to any other LED tube.”
