Professional Lighting & Production - Summer 2018 | Page 17

Canadian pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen counted on 14 High End Systems HEX fixtures for different stage lighting looks for her supporting act on Katy Perry’s Witness: The Tour across North America. LD Charles Ford’s challenge was creating a design in the space – or “iris” – of Perry’s cat’s eye-shaped set. Deploying eight HEXs vertically on trusses and another six on the floor positioned horizon- tally, Ford’s flexible rig gave an illusion of having more fixtures. With the winter season in full swing, Ontario production compa- ny Ottawa Special Events (OSE) increased the scope of its service to corporate clients by investing in 12 of GLP’s large Air Dome 850s supplied by GLP’s Canadian dis tributor, AVL Media Group. OSE Production Manager Joel Deslauriers says the Air Dome 850s were the only domes that could accommodate their larger Elation Platinum HFXs, and they were put to immediate use during the Ottawa Winterlude Festival. Summer 2018 | 17