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Jakov Jozinovic shows in Ljubljana lit with Robe

Slovenian lighting and visual design studio Blackout created and delivered a 360-degree lighting show for Croatian singer Jakov Jozinovic, who played two sold-out nights at the Stozice Arena in Ljubljana. The team was led by Blackout’s Crt Birsa and included two of his colleagues, Klemen Krajnc and Anze Trstenjak.

They had sixteen days between getting a decision on the design from promoter Vigna PR and the first show. About to depart for a US tour with Lukas Sulic (formerly half of 2Cellos), Birsa handed over the completion and delivery of the project to Krajnc and Trstenjak who finalised everything, programmed the show and ran lighting - Krajnc doing the effects and Trstenjak the keys, white light and specials - for these two gigs.

Slovenian rental company Intralite supplied the thirteen Robe Fortes, 32 iEsprite LTLs, complete with two iEsprite LTL FS versions, 24 LEDBeam150s, 24 MegaPointes, 36 Pointes and 32 Spiider wash beams, together with other lights. Four of the iFortes and the two iEsprite LTL FS versions were used on the two RoboSpot systems, each operator controlling three luminaires and ensconced beneath one corner of the stage adjacent to Dimmer City.

Stozice Arena’s 4x4 central LED cube was utilised for IMAG video on these shows, and the cross-shaped floor comprised four square blocks of video with a centre section that included a stage lift. Thrust extensions at both ends were complemented with staggered level risers left and right of the stage, utilised by the band and for technical areas.

The trussing above the stage used for the lighting positions also shared - thanks to some cooperation - the same rigging points that had been installed two weeks previously for a Fight Nation Championship event. Given the tight timeframe, this was very fortunate. Installing points from scratch in this arena would not have been possible as only one day was available for pre-show access and setup.

Three box trusses provided the main over-stage lighting positions, hung below and within the outer borders of the LED screens, a setup that assisted in imagining the epic, wide-stage, extravaganza-style show that the artist’s management had envisioned. The iEsprite LTLs and MegaPointes were selected as the main effects fixtures, positioned all over the three box trusses, and Krajnc constructed the show’s building blocks relying on these two sets of fixtures. It was his first time using iEsprite LTLs.

The Pointes were used as general beam lights from the stage deck, providing contra-beams, plus plenty of eye-catching prism and gobo work. The LEDBeam 150s provided wash light across the stage centre and into the audience, also as support for the Spiiders when needed.

The majority of the Spiiders were installed on the audience trusses and used to bathe the arena with glowing ambient light and sometimes in beam mode going onto the stage. Eight units were positioned on the smallest box truss and used as front lights, specifically from that angle inside the cube, with four used as theatrical up-light below as the stage lift raised Jozinovic to the stage.

The Fortes key-lit Jozinovic and the band, with one rigged dead centre in the mother grid and used as a dramatic vertical down-beam. Robe’s Forte has been a first choice for key lighting by Birsa, Krajnc and Trstenjak since the fixtures were launched. “They are great for front and top lighting”, says Trstenjak.

While the team did an amount of groundwork in pre-viz, time on site was still essential to make final adjustments and finessing. “As a programmer you must be flexible and adaptable when under this pressure”, notes Krajnc, “and also be able to accommodate changes to the show production right up until the last minute”, which, on this occasion, included additional cryo, pyro and audience LED bracelets, all coming under the lighting department’s control.

(Photos: Simone Di Luca Photography)

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