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OPPORTUNITY
Rhythm & Alps Festival organizers wanted
to enhance the festival’s Pyramid Stage with
an immersive and unique lighting design.
SOLUTION
TomTom Productions created an innovative
lighting rig to enhance the festival’s Pyramid
Stage using Martin VDO Sceptron and Martin
MAC 101 fixtures.
TOMTOM PRODUCTIONS AT RHYTHM & ALPS FEST, NEW ZEALAND
Located amid New Zealand’s stunning Southern Alps mountain range, the 2018 edition
of Rhythm & Alps attracted 10,000 fans to Cardrona Valley for a three-day lineup of top
international performing artists and DJs. The music festival took place on December
29 – 31, 2018, and featured performances by Vince Staples, Action Bronson, Nightmares
On Wax, The Cat Empire and more. Festival organizers hired leading New Zealand-based
event production company TomTom Productions to enhance the festival’s Pyramid Stage
with an immersive and unique lighting design. With the help of local lighting vendor Show
Technology, TomTom created an innovative lighting rig featuring Martin VDO Sceptron 20
LED video fixtures.
“The festival organizers gave us a lot of creative freedom to experiment with unique
designs and new solutions for Rhythm & Alps 2018,” said Hamish Edh, Managing
Director, TomTom Productions. “The Martin VDO Sceptron fixtures helped us achieve
a wide range of looks with intuitive control and high-quality color, both of which are
essential for creating a powerful and immersive stage design.”
The stage design for Rhythm & Alps’ Pyramid Stage included a large projection-mapped
pyramid centerpiece. TomTom used the VDO Sceptron 20 fixtures to provide more than
650 feet-worth of backlit illumination behind and around the impressive Pyramid set
piece. The VDO Sceptrons’ integrated power and data cabling enabled the TomTom team
to place the power supply more than 160 feet backstage, and to daisy-chain many fixtures
with long cable runs, making for an exceptionally clean setup without messy cabling and
driver boxes on stage.
“We were asked to provide an innovative lighting rig which was both powerful and
impressive,” said Nick Reeves, Auckland Branch Manager Show Technology. “In order to
satisfy the client’s expectations, we selected Martin VDO Sceptron LED video fixtures, one
of the most versatile LED solutions on the market today.”
“ The Martin VDO Sceptron
fixtures helped us achieve a
wide range of looks with intuitive
control and high-quality color,
both of which are essential
for creating a powerful and
immersive stage design.”
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“ In order to satisfy the client’s
expectations, we selected Martin
VDO Sceptron LED video fixtures,
one of the most versatile LED
solutions on the market today.”
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In addition to the VDO Sceptron fixtures, TomTom also included Martin MAC 101 moving
head wash fixtures to simultaneously provide extra dimension to the giant pyramid
structure and deliver enhanced colors and moving textures on the dance floor. Together
with the revolutionary VDO Sceptron fixtures, the MAC 101 fixtures helped TomTom
deliver the perfect lighting compliment to the unique stage design.
“We were pleased to provide outstanding lighting solutions for New Zealand’s fabulous
Rhythm & Alps festival,” said Ramesh Jayaraman, VP & GM, HARMAN Professional
Solutions, APAC. “We thank TomTom Productions and Show Technology for their
confidence in Martin by HARMAN lighting solutions, and for delivering an immersive
experience for the audience and performers alike.”
PRODUCTS USED
MARTIN VDO SCEPTRON FIXTURES
MARTIN MAC 101 FIXTURES
