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4Wall supplies Chauvet fixtures for Mt. Joy tour

Max Lenox and Andrew Goedde created the lighting and production design for Mt. Joy on the band’s current world tour. The full spectrum design sometimes displays a rainbow of colors side by side. “For this new show, we really wanted to use bold, vibrant colors to capture the band’s energy and creativity”, says Lenox, of Wide Open Productions. “We used multiple colors to create a sense of chaos and movement that enhances the psychedelic feel.”

Creating many of the colors, while also contributing to the geometric shaping that helped the rainbow flow was a collection of fifty Chauvet Professional fixtures, which, like the rest of the lighting rig, was supplied by 4Wall Entertainment. The 32 Colorado PXL Bar 16 motorized tilting battens in the rig were instrumental in adding this structural element (along with an abundance of colors) to the design. Lenox and Goedde used 24 of these linear fixtures to frame the set’s 31.4-foot wide by 15.8-foot tall video wall. The remaining eight units were positioned on the stage deck.

“A major goal we had when designing this show was to draw the audience to the imagery on the upstage video wall that was created by Andrew Keyser”, says Lenox. “At the same time, we wanted to maintain a soft transition between the negative space around the room, the floor, and the flown lighting package, as well as the wall itself.”

Given this goal, the idea of throwing up just one big upstage video wall wasn’t in the cards for this design. “We had to get more creative with the way we incorporated the video wall”, says Goedde. “That is when we decided to create a box of light around the wall with the eight PXL Bar 16s that weren’t used to frame the walls themselves.”

“Having the PXL Bar 16s framed around the video wall and acting as floor side lights for the band led to a lot of ‘spill’ around the room”, adds Lenox. “Their home positions are ending up as happy little accidents, highlighting the architectural features of the venues every night.”

Also contributing to this look were the shapes and forms created with the rig’s sixteen Maverick MK3 Wash fixtures. “Jason Giafoo, our programmer, did an amazing job creating effects with these fixtures”, says Lenox. These fixtures were used to immerse the band in tight sheets of light, as well as silhouette them in wide punches of color. “We also used the two Rogue R2X washes as toe lights for Matt, the lead singer, to highlight him in special moments throughout the set.”

In addition to Giafoo and content creator Keyser, others contributing to the show were Cory Spery, tour lighting director; Mathew Penfound, tour video director; Joe Macario, video programmer; Jonathan Wuthrich, 4Wall project manager; and Phillips Harbarger, 4Wall sales agent.

(Photos: @allamma)

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