Twelve new Pointes were bought especially for the start of the tour and they join 12 of Morkol's existing stock of MMX Spots right at the essence of the eye-catching lighting scheme designed by Amit Freeman, himself a rising star on the ever-active Israeli live performance scene.
Tel Aviv based freelance LD Amit has worked with the artist for the last five years and his tours will typically last three years playing several high profile gigs per month in a variety of venues, for which the lighting needs to be adaptable and scalable to deal with the different stage spaces.
The Pointes are all positioned on the floor - dotted around in between the 10-piece band, with eight MMXs overhead on trusses and another four on the floor for cross lighting. This gives Amit plenty of options and a near infinite amount of colour, gobo and effects combinations.
"I love the way - especially with the Pointe - that I can zoom right out with a gobo look and it still looks incredible," says Amit who uses plenty of imaginative gobo work in the show.
His first encounter with Pointes was a concert in Berlin two years ago, when he used 48 to light a performance by Shiri Maimon, also a well-known Israeli singer and frequent collaborator with Shimon Buskila.
(Jim Evans)
