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Jakov Jozinovic’s Zagreb shows lit with Robe GigaPointes

Mojo Rental Southeast Europe from Croatia were the first company in the Balkans to invest in Robe’s new GigaPointe laser-phosphor source multipurpose luminaire, with a purchase of 24 fixtures. These were delivered - direct from the factory in Czechia - to the get-in of two massive shows at Zagreb Arena for Croatia’s latest pop and internet sensation, Jakov Jozinovic.

The GigaPointes were at the heart of a dynamic lighting and stage design by Sven Kucinic from LumiLas LLC who also used 173 other Robe products on the rig. The show was the largest that Jozinovic has played to date. Due to last-minute changes in the production requirements, the whole lighting rig for the 360-degree show was fully reimagined - completely from scratch - in just six days ahead of the show. Kucinic created a multi-dimensional interactive environment to connect the young star with his fans.

In addition to the GigaPointes, Kucinic’s design utilised 32 Robe Fortes, 32 CycFX 8s, sixteen Paintes, 24 LedPointes, 32 Spiiders and 32 Tetra2s. Four Robe BMFL WashBeams were the follow spots, ensconced high up at the back of the audience bleachers. They were manually operated using Robe’s LightMaster side handle kits, with pan and tilt controlled by the operators and all other parameters run from Kucinic’s lighting console. The rectangular-shaped stage - with thrusts emanating from the two short sides - was positioned in the middle of the arena, and above it was a rectangular-shaped video cube with screens on four sides, primarily dedicated to an IMAG mix.

When he knew that the GigaPointes would arrive in time for these shows, Kucinic made them central to the design, and they were used for everything apart from key lighting, and especially for all the large scale looks, plus an array of mesmeric effects. “It’s always exciting to use a new product”, he states, adding that for several years MegaPointes had been a go-to for most of his creative projects, so it was a logical progression to change up to this new luminaire. However, Kucinic also used ten MegaPointes as support to extend the high beam concept.

The GigaPointes were positioned on trusses above the long side of the video cube in positions giving the highest (16-metre) and longest throws for aerial effects, where they had big impact blasting out from the arena roof space. The MegaPointes were rigged on trusses in corresponding positions along the short side of the video rectangle.

Being “a bit of a laser nerd”, Kucinic appreciated “the way you can make GigaPointes emulate laser effects when needed”, adding that “they are the only laser source I’ve encountered to date that look like an LED light when in Spot mode”. The GDTF file for GigaPointes was already made available by Robe, simplifying Kucinic’s pre-viz work. The initial versions of the design were produced months in advance using Capture and based on MegaPointes, as at that stage, no-one could exactly pinpoint the GigaPointe delivery date.

The 32 Fortes were hung just below the video cube on a trussing grid formation. Running gobos and texturing on the stage with these Fortes seamlessly blended with the floor’s video effects, so it was impossible to tell between lighting and pixels. Kucinic also used the Fortes to shroud the stage in intense light combined with smoke for a dramatic entrance effect, as Jozinovic popped up from the centre on a lift.

Kucinic says he has always liked Tetra2s, and for the show used all 32 that Mojo Rental Southeast Europe has in stock for framing the edges of the stage - low profile fixtures were essential to preserve sightlines. He took all of the company’s CycFX 8s as well, used in the mirroring positions on the trusses above stage. Also on the floor were the 24 LedPointes, again picked due to their compact size and minimal impact on sightlines. 

All the time Kucinic had to be acutely aware of how the show would look live as well as later on thousands of smartphones and subsequent SoMe channels. The sixteen Paintes were his key lighting, rigged - together with the Spiiders - on four trusses further out from the video cube. These were ideal positions for lighting the band and Jozinovic, and for the Spiiders to bathe the audience in rich and sumptuous colours. In addition to lighting the fans, he used Spiiders for additional beam effects, working in conjunction with the GigaPointes.

Lighting crew chief Sven Grbec coordinated prepping all the Robe kit. In addition to these Robe lights, some strobes, 2-Lites, and around 30,000 LED bracelets (over the two nights) were also programmed via Kucinic’s lighting console.

(Photos: Jurica Cvitanic/Sven Kucinic/Mario Poje)

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