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Transmission’s “Elysium” in Arnhem lit with Robe

Trance music festival Transmission transposed to the Gelredome in Arnhem in the Netherlands for the first time, presenting its newest “Elysium” show concept at the end of 2023 and keeping the international production and supply teams that have helped make the event a success in its native Czech Republic and globally.

Organisers United Music turned to their long-term lighting, audio and LED screen supplier Ministry Rentals to supply the production kit - every bit of the kit came from Banska Bystrica in Slovakia - and lighting designer Bas Kempers to create a visual environment to work in conjunction with their scenic design. The first Transmission NL was the final event of a busy year for the brand which also staged sold out events in Australia, Poland and Thailand.

Kempers’ lighting scheme included over 250 Robe moving lights, a dynamic combination of Fortes, MegaPointes, Pointes and BMFL WashBeams, together with strobes and LED washes. He started with United Music’s creative team’s vision of 400 square metres or so of LED screen - masked into a spherical shape upstage evoking a large modern pros arch. Kempers specified 66 Fortes, 96 Mega Pointes, 96 Pointes and six BMFL WashBeams.

To complement the stage set up and LED and give the design a bit extra, he added six vertical trussing towers positioned along the arena floor which were scenically clad. In addition to injecting some structural form into the space, they created prime lighting positions in the middle of the action. MegaPointes rigged to the towers offered a contrasting perspective to lights on the ceiling flown trusses and enabled beams to be layered and crisscrossed to fill the space with density and texture, immersing the audience in light.

Each column comprised two 6-metre-high sections - top and bottom - with 1.25 diameter circles on both the end sections that met in the middle. The top halves of the towers were on an automation system and lifted higher into the ceiling. Eight MegaPointes were rigged to the top circle and eight to the bottom, giving sixteen fixtures per tower, totalling 96.

The 66 Fortes were rigged on the over-stage and audience trusses and used to highlight the arch and for the big signature beamy looks filling the space, with 24 luminaires on additional audience trusses. A mixture of Fortes and iFortes featured, and while the IP rated iForte wasn’t needed as it was an indoor show, Kempers wanted to be able to mix both types of Fortes in the same design as they are identical both physically and in features.

Forty-eight of the Pointes were positioned on the arch, with the rest on the over-stage trusses with 24 on the floor and 24 on side trusses. They shot beams all over the place and worked with the MegaPointes for beamy trancey drops, accents and punctuative moments. The six BMFL WashBeams were used as front light for the DJs.

Kempers worked closely with his regular Transmission programmers, Zis Ankone and Martijn Deenen. Rudo Tucek, owner of Ministry Rentals, states that having mostly their own crew on site ensured everything went “smoothly and with no glitches”. For this first Netherlands show, United Music together with High Energy events, Ministry Rentals and the Transmission technical crew worked alongside local production company Axiom.

(Photos: Palci)

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