Rock history evoked at Capitol Theatre with Chauvet
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Eric Clapton performed here; so did Bob Dylan, David Bowie and the Rolling Stones. The Grateful Dead played 13 dates here in a one-year span, and Janis Joplin debuted her signature Mercedes Benz song on its stage, much to the surprise of her band, after writing it in a hurry at a local bar.
History wasn’t the only thing glowing at the 1,800-seat theatre on Saturday night 10 February, when Pink Talking Fish paid tribute to some iconic music from Capitol Theatre alumni with a concert that ran through Pink Floyd’s The Wall album, along with some juicy tunes from The Talking Heads and Phish. Transforming the entire room with evocative images was a video show designed by Vin Pugliese that included projection mapped images and a bright, massive LED wall created with Chauvet Professional PVP X3 LED tiles, supplied by Image Production Services.
Using Resolume Arena 6, Pugliese served up a mixture of custom-designed visuals and live camera feeds to envelop the stage and the room from walls to ceiling with a blissful procession of images that captured the spirit of the music. Working in visual harmony with the video images was a vividly coloured lightshow by Victor Cornette that utilised the theatre’s house rig and a floor package of eight Chauvet DJ Intimidator Hybrid 140SR fixtures.
Pugliese’s video wall, which was flown about 4’ over the deck and ran almost the entire width of the stage, was made up of 124 PVP X3 tiles.
“The panels were super bright and clear,” said Pugliese. “We had a lot going on throughout the evening, since visuals are a big part of the show. The massive video wall was obviously a focal point of the design, and the panels were definitely bright enough to stand out.”
(Jim Evans)
