This year, the famed festival's Red Bull Elektropedia Room delivered a high-energy club-like feel with a Ignace D'haese, Jonas Weyn and Tijs Coene (Arf & Yes) designed light show that featured 100 Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 FX-B fixtures supplied by Phlippo.
D'haese and Weyn of Arf & Yes drew on 500 individually controlled moving heads in the collection of Rogues to create a mesmerizing multi-dimensional look on the festival stage. He fixed the fixtures around all four sides of the large industrial-style indoor space to form an unbroken chain of Rogue R1 FX-Bs. The result was an impressive onslaught of light and energy, which could be experienced in any part of the dance floor and bar area.
"This year, we wanted to create something really unique for the Red Bull Elektropedia Room; something which would really give the festivalgoers a lot of variety in terms of atmosphere," commented Weyn.
"After trying out the FX-Bs in the run up to the festival, I realised that we could create both spectacular, versatile and beautiful looks by utilising the various features of the fixture and its classic five beam aesthetic throughout the whole 10 days of the festival. Thanks to the FX-Bs, we were able to successfully recreate a club atmosphere, all the while inducing a kind of installation like aesthetic, something which was extremely interesting for the festivalgoers."
He continued, "The possibilities of using a large number of the FX-Bs are virtually endless: crucially important given the fact that the stage was open until 5 am throughout all 10 days of the festival. In the horizontal position, we were able to create an uninterrupted line of lighting to encircle the entire room. Then to create a completely different atmosphere, we suddenly changed the fixture to the vertical position, which triggers an absolutely crazy reaction from people."
(Jim Evans)
