Nearly 250 Robe moving lights helped shape the drama and magic at the high
energy 2016 Reverze spectacular produced by Bass Events and staged at Antwerp’s
Sportpalais in Belgium, which was packed to its 20,000 capacity with hard dance
music fans.

The theme for Europe’s largest indoor hard style event this year was “Deception’
(nothing is what it seems) … and an ingenious show design ensured that the guest
experience met the brief in all dimensions.

A spectacular lighting, set and visuals design was imagineered by Kristof van
Mensel, Patrick Bellens and others from Belgian visual design practice, TCF. Playing
on the theme – which offered some serious latitude for invention – their starting
point for both lighting and video designs was having lots of unpredictable visual
tricks up their sleeves …which could be revealed as the night unfolded.

The lighting equipment was delivered by rental company Phlippo Showlight and
included 180 x Robe Pointes – all fitted with the TV colour wheel offering an
enhanced selection of camera-optimised colours including a 2700 CTO, a lavender, a
pink and a laser green together with 36 x LEDWash 1200s and 20 x LEDWash 600s.

A trussing mother grid was installed into the roof of the Sportpalais with the
technical production overseen by Kristof Devrise, and this facilitated all the
automation elements from WIcreations, and positioning for lighting, audio and video
kit.

Twenty-four of the Pointes were on the stage deck, with 24 above a large LED wall
onstage behind the DJ booth and a third set of 24 on eight moving pods over the
stage. The other 108 were positioned in groups of 12 rigged on 9 automated video
pods which flew up and down the length of the venue above the audience.

The Pointes were used for a heterogeneity of functions – creating high speed
movement effects, for punchy beams, for eye-catching gobo looks and for
spectacular prism moments. By grouping the fixtures together inside the venue,
both onstage and on the moving pods, they increased the perceived depth in the
space presenting a myriad of alternative optical “deceptions’ with mind-boggling
colour combinations and zoom effects.

The TV colour wheel was specified as they believe the colours are more intense and
give a greater range of different options, enabling them to combine saturated reds,
blues and greens with subtle pastels.

The LEDWash 1200s were on the moving audience lighting pods, chosen for their
high output, good zoom range and the ergonomics of the fixture which really
matched the overall look and feel of the show design.

The LEDWash 600s were upstage on the stage floor behind the DJ booth, creating a
powerful glow from the back utilizing the wide zoom options and “Fabulous’ colour
saturations.

Devrise operated the show using a ChamSys MQ100 Pro 1024 with two Execute
wings.