Bosse philosophises “About Dreaming” with GLP
When Aki Bosse sings about dreaming, living, loving and despairing, it often sounds surprisingly happy and danceable. Übers Traumen (‘About Dreaming’) is also the name of his latest album, for which he undertook a major arena tour in Germany. Lighting designer Rico Münzer has been lighting Bosse since 2018. For the current tour design, no fewer than 200 GLP fixtures combine to create a unique look. In total, the designer specified 86 GLP KNV Arc, 76 JDC Line 1000, 24 impression X5 Wash and 14 JDC1 in a structure to fill the stage space.
The KNV Arc and JDC Line 1000 were in the design from the beginning, without which the intended look would not have been possible, as Münzer explains: “It was when I was looking for a different way of creating the right expression that I remembered GLP’s KNV Arc,” he continues. “These devices aren’t brand new anymore, but they haven’t been seen in shows a thousand times, so they still offer a fresh look. I have used the KNV Cube once, but have never worked with the KNV Arc. In contrast to an LED wall, which looks like a grey block when switched off, the circles formed from the KNV Arc look impressive as purely physical objects. In combination with the stairs, they looked harmonious and stylish, even in working light; definitely a nice, fresh stage look.”
Münzer assembled the KNV Arc sections into a total of nine circles, set at three different stage depths and heights. In order to give the rings additional stability, the technical service provide AMBION also manufactured steel circles that held the clamps of the individual KNV Arc modules. In addition, each ring was supported at three points to avoid twisting and to achieve different angles of inclination if necessary.
The designer mainly used the KNV circles as a static look, but occasionally also as an effect, with “the strobe level putting great accents on the coloured LEDs”.
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