Capture, ChamSys & CHAUVET Professional were selected by The Show Solution for the Stereo Nova concert at the opening ceremony of the Elefsis European Capital of Culture 2023

As part of the Opening Ceremony of the 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture, the Old Iris Factory opened for the first time its doors to the public to welcome a legendary group of the 90’s. Stereo Nova, one of the most influential and innovative groups of contemporary electronic sound in Greece, inspired an entire generation with its innovative music and poetic lyrics. Stereo Nova (Konstantinos Vita and Michalis Delta) returned on stage in the heart of Western Attica, Greece for an iconic reunion and a unique live performance.

The band appointed Philip Hills of The Show Solution (TSS) to undertake the lighting & stage design for the show.

The process began back in December 2022 with site visits to photograph & measure the old factory building. By utilizing this data, a model was created in Capture, combining forms and materials with real photo textures from the actual venue.

The next step was to position the roof truss system in front of the building and design the stage platform. This step went through 3 iterations before arriving at the final platform design seen.

Capture was then used to select the lighting fixtures. Thanks to the accuracy of beam angle and light output replication in the live view in Capture, it was fairly simple to select the lighting units, with CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE M being one of them.

Once everything was setup and patched in Capture, a ChamSys MagicQ MQ500M Stadium was added to the system. The patch was transferred directly from Capture to the console hassle free. The project required numerous simultaneous timecoded tracks to be played back hence the choice of console. ChamSys MagicQ MQ500M Stadium makes recording, editing and playing back cues in this manner relatively simple.

Then programming began, PA SOLUTIONS provided the ChamSys MagicQ Stadium 500M console and the previz studio for a week of programming, before moving to the TSS previz facility for another week, then finally relocating to the venue the day before the show.

For more information about the products, you can contact PA SOLUTIONS through our website, by phone 2106427500 and by email at sales@pasolutions.gr.

Project Credits

Lighting & Stage Design – Philip Hills

Lighting Programming – Alex Hills

Capture Previz Facilities – PA SOLUTIONS & TSS

ChamSys console provided by PA SOLUTIONS

Lighting Equipment & Roof provided by UTG

Concert Photography – Pavlos Mavridis