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equally important. Bastian said: “The lighting (and sound) all had to blend into the project and be as un-intrusive as possible. This was made harder by uneven ceiling slabs and having to work around the entire buildings pipe work, and air conditioning.” When it came to selecting the right equipment for the job, Bastian called upon a company he had worked with on many occasions in the past, the ULA Group. A distributor well-known in Australia, for rep- resenting a number of good quality brands, and supplying equipment for many high profile events and installations. Bastian said: “Having a long standing relationship with ULA means we are always avid sup- porters of their products.”
Bastian chose four Robe Clubscan 250 mirror scanners, eight iLed 2000 moving heads, eight iRock 575S mirror scanners, two iMove 250W moving head wash lights, five Animator 1400mW RGB lasers, and three Clay Paky Raggi effects lights for the main lighting rig at Vanity. He continued: “We chose to have the Robe’s in a small dancefloor area due to their compact size yet impressive lighting show capability. A combination of scanners and mirrors from the price worthy iLed range were chosen to add a large variety of lighting options to the dancefloor. Aggressive mirrors could attack the outside while effects were happening with moving head lights in the middle. Overall the 16 intelligent lights combined with the three old-school Clay Paky Raggi’s make for a light show for all styles of music.” Lighting control is courtesy of AMX for the house lights, and e:cue for the intelligent fixures. Bastian explained: “Two e:cue systems are being used on this project. One system handles the LED matrix (a series of LED tiles, which line of the floor of an L-shaped dance podium), as e:cue is so well designed for matrix systems and its mathematical algorithm engine allows for unlimited design. e:cue, as with Showmagic (integrated software solution) used in the other venues (owned by Jamie and Craig) allow for club shows to be made with an easy interface for the DJs on the night.” There was an emphasis on making this venue stand out from its competitors, and this was achieved by extravagance. There are two extravagant lighting features in Bastian’s opinion. “The first are the 100 custom LED candles on display behind a golden bead curtain in the two bars. Each candlestick is hand lathed, the candles are real wax, and the LED circuitry was hand soldered. When linked together the candles flicker just like real ones would in a busy nightclub. The second custom project were large two metre by two metre light boxes. The boxes had to be low profile, capable of having special custom fabric printed photos hung inside, and be colour changing. Using light diffusers and a few tricks the lights are hidden in the base and top yet bathe the entire fabric with even light.” With highlights, also come low points, Bastian explained the lighting
“The owners were mainly concentrating on the
overall look of the place and left all the finer
details of how to make it work in my hands.” - Bastian Foersterling
www.mondodr.com
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