Robe for Innibos Festival 2017
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The fixtures were part of a striking visual design by Johan Ferreira of BF Production Services. There were 151 Robes on the rig, all supplied by Johannesburg-based MGG Productions, delivering full technical production and crew for the main sage for the third year. These fixtures were hung on a series of trusses in the roof including three 4-metre diameter circles hung mid-stage, all staggered in heights from upstage to downstage.
12 Robe Spiider wash beams were on the upstage truss; 24 x Spikies were on six side totems (vertical truss towers) together with 30 x LEDBeam 100s; 24 x LEDWash 1200s and 27 x LEDWash 600s were rigged on the circles and the FOH truss and used for general washing; 12 x Squares were positioned on two back truss totems and 22 x CycFX 8s were in the footlights position around the front of the stage thrust.
Lighting was designed to work harmoniously with the video design which comprised two 12mm portrait format side screens, each 8m high and 4m wide, utilised mainly for IMAG camera feeds.
Onstage were also two stacks of 5 mm screen upstage at the sides - concealing the drum kits - which were alternated with LED panels for contrast. Upstage, 66 panels of 5 mm screen were divided into three pillars with both horizontal and vertical runs of LED panels in between, breaking up the geometry.
Playback content for the side and back video surfaces was produced by Prifactor from Pretoria and MGG Productions.
The challenges of lighting five days and evenings of Main Stage entertainment at Innibos included dealing with the range and versatility of music in a festival style atmosphere. The only rehearsals were for the Saturday evening performance. “There’s a great creative team on-board at Innibos … and that’s what makes it rock”.
Ferreira used a grandMA2 full size for control at Innibos 2017, undertaking all the programming and running of shows himself.
(Jim Evans)
