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Lighting Art chooses Ayrton for Desmond Child tribute show in Athens

The “Desmond Child Rocks the Parthenon” show took place in front of a 5000-strong audience at the historic Roman amphitheatre of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens at the end of June 2022.

George Tellos and his team from Lighting Art in Athens created the lighting design for this evening of rock music that celebrated the songs of Desmond Child. Guest artists included Alice Cooper, Bonnie Tyler, Rita Wilson, Sakis Rouvas and The Rasmus, as well as Lena Hall, Kip Winger, Chris Willis, Tabitha Fair, Justin Benlolo and Andreas Carlsson.

Because the open air ancient theatre has no rigging options other than nine fixed up stage positions in the arches, Tellos and his team decided to place all the lighting fixtures on the floor. “We deployed and used them to give shape to the stage and define its basic elements, such as the semi-circular outline and the raked entrance ramp. We also focused as much as possible on the architecture of the Odeon by lighting the arches and columns”, he explains.

Tellos used twelve Ayrton Cobra fixtures to light the main entrance of the artists on the raked catwalk stage. He also placed twenty Eurus Profile S from Ayrton around the edge of the semi-circular stage to create an outline, either as aerial beams or as floor “enhanced footlights”. “Last but not least, we placed twelve Ayrton Perseo Beam behind the band and used them as punch light and for aerial effects. It was the workhorse in our rig”, adds Tellos.

The show was directed by Fokas Evangelinos and produced by Renos Papapashos. Besides George Tellos, the Lighting Art team comprised lighting programmers Panagiotis Tsevrenis and George Mavronas, lighting coordinator Eirini Samartzi, lighting assistant Christina Kitsiou, and video content chief Ionee Waterhouse. Lighting Art was supported by local Ayrton dealer Immex.

(Photos: D. Koutsis/Patroklos Skafidas - pskafidas.com)

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