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Painting With Light helps Clouseau look vibrant at 40 with Chauvet Professional

“Clouseau 40”, the year-long tour throughout Benelux that celebrated Belgian band Clouseau’s forty years of making music, featured 137 Chauvet Professional fixtures, supplied by Ampli, on the rig. Lighting design was by Luc Peumans, head of Painting With Light (PWL).

Peumans had started with Clouseau back in 1995 on the “Oker Tour” as a light tech and became the duo’s lighting and production designer in 2001. Since that time, he has worked on all Clouseau tours and Sportpaleis shows. Peumans took on a somewhat different role in the “Clouseau 40” tour, handing the role of touring designer and programmer to Jeroen Opsteyn from PWL, so he could focus his attention exclusively on the stage and lighting designs.

Framing the band in a jewel box of coloured light, the design was creating multi-dimensional looks in a variety of venues regardless of their size. “Our set was highly adaptable in size, an essential feature for Clouseau’s long-running tours, as they strive to bring fresh, innovative elements to each show by incorporating new technologies”, says Peumans. “With the tour appearing in venues and festivals of varying sizes, this flexibility was key to preserving the show’s unique identity. The lighting setup featured a range of fixtures to create dynamic effects.”

Twenty-four Strike Bolt 1C units were used as strobe and colour accent lights. While the Strike Bolts created eye-popping looks, a group of 41 Colorado PXL Curve 12 motorized units created a variety of pixel mapped effects. The titling battens were arranged in three lines - one on the back truss and two on the floor.

Also featured on the rig were 48 Maverick Storm 1 Hybrid fixtures, which served as spotlights for beam and effect lighting that connected the band to the audience. Adding more power to the rig were 24 Strike Array 2C units, which served as blinders and also provided colour accents.

Given the wide range of venues on the 30-city tour, including festivals, the lighting setup was created for flexibility and adaptability. Custom-built dollies helped make load-ins as quick as possible. The setup also included a back truss that could be assembled behind the backdrop for festival performances.

(Photos: Picturesk/Frank Lambrechts)

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