As New Yorkers
celebrated the arrival of 2016, several thousand EDM fans rocked out at Big
Week NYC, a series of concerts produced by RPM Presents and staged at Pier 94
and Pier 36 in the city’s famous waterfront area. Performances by international
artists like Rudimental, Nicky Romero, Knife Party, Future, Travis Scott, local
heroes Chainsmokers, and young Dutch rising star Oliver Heldens were
illuminated by Robe fixtures selected by Kevin Mignone, owner of New York-based
KM Productions.
Kevin, searching
for a new look to the lighting and a change from the moving light brand that
had been used in the past, decided Big Week NYC was an ideal chance to give Robe’s
BMFL Spots and Pointes a center stage
position for all the action.
He credits lighting
designer Michael Gionfriddo with the high-energy display featuring Robe BMFL
Spots and Pointes that accompanied the truly amazing music.
Pier 94 has a
capacity of approximately 10,000 and the 48 x BMFL Spots were the “anchor” fixture
of the production lighting rig. They were positioned on five house trusses
running down the 200 ft. length of the venue with four BMFL Spots per truss, and
on another three over-stage trusses were each rigged with six units. Another
six BMFLs were on the deck behind the DJ booth.
Apart from the
intense brightness of the BMFLs, Kevin loved the zoom, the iris and the
super-quick and smooth color mixing.
One of the
challenges was filling the large space with atmosphere and getting as many
different looks out of a relatively expedient number of lights. The other one
was the ever-present parameter of a tight programming schedule! Kevin was
delighted with the results. “The BMFL Spots absolutely carried the lightshows
every night,” he concluded.
KM Productions owns
36 Pointes and these were deployed on the rig at – appropriately – Pier 36,
which has a capacity around 6000.
They were dotted
across a series of trusses flown over the stage, down the room and in the wings
areas of the venue. “Again, we needed something that would cut right across the
space, fill the air and create plenty of variation without needing tons of
fixtures,” explained Kevin.
KM Productions was brought on board by Jarrod Khoury of RPM
Presents and has been fortunate to collaborate on many of RPM’s biggest events
over the years. In 2015, the RPM team produced over 200 events in and around
New York City, including Pier of Fear – at Pier 94 – and the Electric Daisy
Carnival (EDC) New York.
KM Productions
first started investing in Robe products in 2014, “We love every Robe product
we’ve added to the inventory” stated Kevin, “and look forward to purchasing
many more as we grow and expand our inventory.”
Photos : courtesy RPM
Presents
