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Corona: United We Stream chooses Chauvet for a series of online shows

Run in alliance with Arte Concert, United We Stream hosts a series of online shows from event organizers and artists that showcase the diversity of German club culture. In addition to streaming live DJ sets, live music and other performances, the initiative serves as a platform for discussion sessions, presentations and club culture-oriented films.

The alliance was started to support Berlin’s club culture and expanded internationally. Hamburg was the first city outside of Berlin. It was here that Koyo, the designer behind many Hamburg’s well-known clubs, a group that includes Uebel & Gefährlich, a venue located in an old World War II bunker, where the livestream show took place.

Aiding Koyo in her endeavor was a collection of Chauvet Professional fixtures. Key among them were 12 Épix Strip IP linear units. “It it was important to be able to show a very different image with every content, which is what our VJ Mateo did with the Épix Strips,” says Koyo. “They are a still fixture of course, but we made them look flexible and moving by having them floating behind the DJ playing.” A pair of Chauvet Professional Maverick MK Pyxis were placed behind the DJ area. These fixtures created a flow of images with their continuous 360° pan and tilt movement and ring of nine 15 W RGBW LEDs.

A challenge Koyo faced when lighting United We Stream was to fill the vast space in the empty club. A concrete “Smiley” hidden lonely in a corner served as the only “guest”. Still, Koyo knew her design had to convey the club’s vibrant vibe to engage viewers. She created this through her dynamic lighting design and with some help from the team at Uebel & Gefährlich, as well as the team behind the video collective Graien.

“For me it was a very unusual situation, since the spaces I light up are normally not empty,” says Koyo. “I had to pay very close attention to the preview monitor next to me, so I can visualize for the camera, not for the people dancing. For me it was very important that the audience is not looking into a black space.”

(Photos Dennis Poser)

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