Lighting designer Marcus Krömer specified 330 Chroma-Q Color Block 2 LED fixtures to provide stage scenic elements backlighting for a large corporate event featuring some of Germany’s most popular bands.
The event was held at Cologne’s state of the art LANXESS arena, one of Europe’s largest all-purpose venues and host to concerts by an impressive range of international music stars.
Marcus needed a fixture that was bright enough to uplight a curved wall onstage reaching up to 5m high at its centre, whilst being compact enough to fit inside and follow the curvature of the 32m span. It also needed to feature built-in dimming, provide smooth colour changing effects and look good on camera as the whole event was being filmed in high definition.
Marcus used 330 Color Block 2 units mounted at the top and bottom inside the wall to light a bounce at the back of it. The wall was used in two different configurations – with an entrance opening for the daytime conference and awards, then fully closed off for the evening concert. He used soft colour static looks for the daytime events and then bold colour looks synchronised with the surrounding video panels and other effects lighting for the concert, which featured well known German bands Die Höhner, Drum Café and Pur.
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