Chauvet creates versatile looks for Jan Smit
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For his current theatre tour of the Benelux, Smit's long-term creative collaborator Martijn Steman was once again tasked with providing refreshing and versatile tour visuals. After much pre-tour deliberation, Triple Showtechniek supplied Steman and his team with 30 Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures, which were incorporated within Steman's lighting concept to award Smit’s energetic rock ’n roll songs with an explosive visual energy.
Positioned in three horizontal rows running the width of the entire stage, the R1 FX-Bs play a pivotal role in creating energetic bursts of colour and energy in between the video content played from large LED screens.
"The idea was to create a rough-and-ready look for Smit's tour," commented Steman. "The R1 FX-B allows me to punctuate the video wall with some very cool effects, which has the effect of making the back wall look larger while making full use of the space on stage."
In reflection of Smit's energetic back catalogue - both as a solo performer and with The Toppers and KLUbbb3 - Steman utilised the individually controllable 15W beams of R1 FX-Bs to create a number of interesting visual juxtapositions between various songs, further accentuated by the fixture's ability to rotate 360°.
"I'm able to exploit the FX-B's many control elements, from the tilt and pan movements to the individually controllable RGBW pixels, to create a number of eye candy moments during Smit's performance," continued Steman.
"One of the advantages of having the R1 FX-B on our rig is that it is easily transportable and simple to set up. Considering the high level of versatility of the fixture, they're comparatively easy to handle, which certainly makes our life a lot easier during preparation."
(Jim Evans)
