The consoles of choice for controlling these complex lighting systems were grandMA multimedia consoles. Lighting designer Giovanni Pinna used a grandMA full-size and two grandMA light desks to control the large lighting system for Medal Plaza. He had to control more than 300 moving lights, countless Pars, fresnels, profiles, strobes and LED fixtures for the different areas on and off stage. One grandMA light served as backup while the second one took control of the LED fixture installation on stage.
But Medal Plaza was not the only place where grandMA multimedia consoles were in use. Lighting designer Giovanni Pinna also designed the lighting for the location at Palavela, where the figure skating competitions took place, as well as the sky jump area at Pragelato and the Freestyle area at Sauze D'Oulx.
For Palavela, operator Marco Denardi made good use of a grandMA full-size including an NSP and a grandMA Light as backup. Two grandMA micros met all requirements of the other two outdoor locations. GrandMA multimedia consoles were supplied by Italian MA distributor GMep Molpass srl.
(Lee Baldock)
