The venue features three bars and a dining room with a capacity of nearly 1400. The decor introduces large black & white chequered tiles and semi circular booths, bringing a chic 1970's society feel to the environment.
The Robe fixtures were specified by Craig Burridge, technical director for St James Holdings, the parent company of Bellini Grande and the project's AV systems and lighting designer.
The lights were supplied by Robe South East Asia, and follow on from the successful installation of over 200 Robe moving lights and LED fixtures into leading Singapore nightclub St James Power Station in 2007, also spec'd by Burridge.
The main stage at the Bellini Grande has the eight DigitalSpot 3000DTs, eight ColorSpot 700E ATs, eight ColorWash 750AT Tungstens and six Robe Scan 575XTs. The level 2 lounge has six recessed ColorSpot 170 ATs in the ceiling.
Burridge chose the ColorSpot 700E ATs because of their extra wide zoom, which he says is "great" for the room's low rigging height of 3.1m. The warm tones of the ColorWash 750 AT Tungstens are appropriate for the theatrical nature of many of their live shows.
The DigitalSpot 3000DTs were selected primarily to be utilised as an eight-element edge blended projection system for the screen backdrop. With the low ceiling and a relatively shallow stage, he needed a short throw projection system that would add depth and dimension to the space, and comments that the DT3000s are "perfect" for this application.
The fixtures are controlled via a grandMA Light console, with the DigitalSpots running via ArtNet, and the rest of the units via DMX from the two MA NSPs. A Hog3 PC is running the six ColorSpot 170 ATs up in the lounge.
(Jim Evans)
