Bertil Mark and GLP on tour with Adel Tawil
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The man responsible for the lighting design is Bertil Mark, who wanted to implement a symbiosis of clear spaces and chaos. Production rehearsals took place over three days at Black Box Music in Berlin, where most of the band now resides, and where the lighting designer now runs his own studio.
"Since the band is well-rehearsed, we were able to use the three days in the rehearsal studio almost exclusively for the design," reports Bertil Mark with satisfaction. "I had listened to the album in advance and wanted to try and implement my ideas and thoughts, using the nobility of Tawil’s songs to trigger these ideas." Together with the artist, a modern and intense lighting design evolved, which is both minimalist and elegant in creating moods and pictures.
As with many previous designs, Bertil Mark has drawn heavily on GLP's portfolio. Other than a few conventional fixtures, the rest of the design comprises 90 GLP X4 atoms, 170 GLP impression X4 Bars and additional 40 GLP JDC1 hybrid strobes.
Over the course of the evening, an imposing chandelier, made of 90 GLP X4 atoms, shines above the stage, which at first glance is spartan and without visible technology. The fragile construction was made durable and road-worthy in advance by lighting crew chief Andre Nordhoff, along with Steffen Haas.
In addition, in the stage background is a 4m diameter circle, equipped with a matrix of 50 GLP impression X4 Bar 20 - adapted to the circular shape with black wrap, and responsible for part of the 32 DMX universes that Bertil Mark required for control. At first concealed behind the gauze, the circle appears impressively later in the show and embodies the qualities of enlightenment, strength and elegance, which inspired Bertil Mark while listening to Adel Tawil's songs.
In contrast to the imposing and emotional installation above and behind the stage, is the stage itself. This is framed on all sides by GLP impression X4 Bars.
(Jim Evans)
