MANNHEIM, Germany – Heidelberg-based set designer Valentin Ludicke of Atelier Kontrast used 112 Robe moving lights to illuminate Floor 2 of the 2013 Time Warp EDM event at the Maimarkt-Areal Arena in Mannheim, Germany.
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Ludicke’s imagineering followed the dynamic architecture of the specially designed ‘Tri-Arc’ curved roof structure, constructed from a series of interlocking triangles, which, combined with some clever lighting trickery, created an infinity perspective.
He chose 56 Robin LEDBeam 100s and 56 Robin MMX Spots to be at the hub of the lighting rig, together with a smattering of LED-PARs and a bunch of strobes, working closely on the lighting elements with programmer/operator Matthias “Lumpy” Vollrath.
About 15,000 revellers danced to the music from Ritchie Hawtin, Sven Väth, Dubfire, among others.
Vollrath is also LD for Ritchie Hawtin, who played a marathon 6.5 hour set on this floor of the event, during which Matthias had lots of fun using the Robes.
The MMX Spots were specified due to the “endless” possibilities afforded by using the dual graphics wheels, says Ludicke, while the LEDBeam 100s were picked for their “super-fast speed and movement” for high-energy EDM style lighting.
Keeping a show looking interesting, diverse and different over such a sustained period of time was a real challenge, but the fixtures gave them the flexibility they needed.
The Robe fixtures were chosen carefully, bearing in mind that the event ran non-stop from 9 p.m. through to 2 p.m. the next day, and also with the special requirements needed for electronic music.
This included no breaks in the music for 17 hours, and the freedom to operate ‘live’ on the fly and go with the rhythm of the music.
