High Scream hits Hï in Ibiza with Robe
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Over 200 Robe moving lights helped Romain define Hï’s two spaces – the Theatre and the Club. These included 72 x Pointes, 24 x Spiiders and 36 x Spikies in the Theatre and 100 x Spikies and another 20 Spiiders in the Club, all supplied by their regular lighting rental partner, France based the SLS Group, who also supplied all Hï’s video.
The building was previously known as Space for years by the clubbing fraternity, so a major aesthetic objective was the total transformation involving everything apart from the exterior walls.
Romain teamed up with acclaimed show, lighting, set and video designer Willie Williams, whose clients in the concert touring sector include U2, REM, George Michael and Robbie Williams.
The team also included technical directors Bertrand De Saint Pern and Philippe Monlong, technical manager Ian Woodall and production manager Caroline Harrington.
Operating seven nights a week with the season at full tilt, they also wanted to be able to radically change the look of the theatre each night, so multiple motors, moving trusses and pods were installed in the roof, together with a custom tracking rail system that allowed whole groups of lights to be moved and re-shaped.
With these rigging aspects in place, the environment was structurally fluid and infinitely changeable.
Twenty-four of the 72 Pointes were all on this track runner system and shifted around depending on the chosen configuration for that night.
The Pointes were the main effects lighting in the theatre and were used extensively every night through the season which saw Hï host an impressive run of 206 shows back-to-back!
Romain first used Robe’s newest Spiider LED wash beam fixtures for a DJ Snake show he designed in Paris late last year, since which they have become another favourite. He also used them extensively for his Ushuaïa Ibiza design this year.
“It’s an amazing light either as a beam or a wash, the colour system is smooth and very precise, the zoom is fantastic and the central flower effect is something you can hold back and then throw into the mix unexpectedly. Like the Pointe it is great for dance music shows.”
In the Club room at Hï, a 10 x 10 matrix of Spikies – 100 in total - was created and ensconced high in the roof. This allowed it to be hidden as the place warmed up, then revealed as the vibes and atmosphere got pumping.
Also in the club were 20 x Spiiders used for general wash illumination, run in wide mode for full pixel control, unleashing another whole layer of effects. Control in both rooms was grandMA2.
(Jim Evans)
