Switzerland celebrates its Music Awards 2017 with a spectacular lighting design

For the lighting of this gala, hybrid moving heads and Wash Led were used., as well as effects with continuous 360º rotation from the specialist Elation Professional, according to the project designed by Thomas Gerdon and Nik Evers, and the production of specialist Habegger.

The Hallenstadion venue in the Swiss city of Zurich has been the setting chosen to bring together the music industry of this country at the Music Awards and award the most outstanding national and international artists of the year. An event produced by the local company Habberger, which has entrusted the lighting design to specialists Thomas Gerdon and Nik Evers.

Specifically, For this event a total of 68 manufacturer moving heads Elation Professional, supplied by Habegger. The set design has had large cubes formed by LED video screens and suspended above the stage as the main concept..

Located inside the main cube and directing their projections over the center of the stage and the audience, twenty units of the LED matrix have been deployed with continuous 360° rotation in Pan and Tilt Elation ACL 360 Matrix.

As Thomas Gerdon explains, “con ACL 360 Matrix we have created pixel-mapping programming for some of the musical performances of the gala, while at other times they have been used as backlight and for color washes on the stage.”.

Besides, Twelve Platinum FLX hybrid moving heads and an equal number of the Platinum HFX model from this manufacturer have been deployed.. "In my opinion, Platinum FLX is the most complete hybrid moving head on the market, with a luminosity and color mix superior to other devices in its range of technical characteristics”, Gerdon emphasizes.

These hybrid moving heads, that sells in the Spanish market Visualsvisuals, They have been distributed in groups of six units, in truss structures mounted vertically and surrounding the LED video screen cubes located on the sides from the rear of the stage. The use of these devices has been constant during all musical performances, with gobo and prism projection, general lighting in Wash mode and also spectacular Beam projections throughout the entire gala venue.

“This production has had three days since assembly, going through technical tests and rehearsals with the artists and until the day of the gala, broadcast live on television through the SRF channel throughout Switzerland - explains the designer -. Regarding musical performances, the lighting design has been very varied, since techno music DJs to rock and melodic music groups have participated. “With these hybrid moving heads we have provided the lighting design and visual treatment required for each of the performances.”.

Twenty-four Elation Fuze Wash Z350 moving heads have also been used for this lighting design., with a RGBW LED light source 350 watts of power, motorized zoom 10 55° aperture and a front diffuser lens. “This system, where the LED light source is not directly visible, it is something very useful and gives the design a great visual appearance., especially at events like this, with a television broadcast. Its diffuser lens does not cause any flicker problems and its color mixing and zoom range are excellent”, Gerdon points out..