MIAMI – AG Light and Sound provided lighting designer Stephen Lieberman with Coemar Infinity Spot XL and Infinity Wash XL fixtures for the main stage at the two-day Ultra Music Festival. The outdoor celebration of techno and electronica music marked the first time AG Light and Sound's new Infinity Spots were used. The 12th annual Ultra Music Festival was held March 26 and 27 at Miami's Bicentennial Park. The sold-out event featured more than 200 DJs, bands and producers.
"We supplied Stephen with more of a dance lighting/concert rig," said AG Light and Sound's Andrew Gumper. "Two fixtures lit the DJ, and everything else was dedicated to making the stage look like a giant nightclub."
Lieberman, the president of SJ Lighting Inc. in Agoura Hills, Calif., has worked on 11 consecutive Ultra Music Festivals. The event, he noted, has "always been an electronic-based, cutting-edge environment," adding "this year was the biggest and most successful. It definitely raised the bar for this kind of show."
Lieberman explained "the primary purpose of the fixtures was a visual experience, to create a light show for the audience. It wasn't about lighting the monstrous stage.
"The Coemar fixtures performed very well and there was no shortage of power," he added. "I used the texture in the Spots, but mostly the Coemars provided big, fat beams of light. Even during some rain on Friday, everything held up.
"When you're doing a show for 30,000-plus people, the lights need to have a lot of impact," Lieberman added. "We mixed the Coemar Infinity Spots and Washes with a lot of other lights, and they all complemented each other very well. Everything was high intensity and high impact, and the Coemars fit in perfectly."
Gumper agreed, noting that even with inclement weather, "there were no problems and the lights held up really well. Everyone loved them."
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