Lighting Company
Volt Lites
Venue
Various (Tour)
Crew
- Lighting Designer, Programmer & Director: Lusha Huang
- Creative Director: Javier Alcaraz
- Tour Manager: Walter Horne
- Production Manager: Vincent Beigel
- Stage Manager: Vincent Beigel
- Content Creator: Brendan Walter
- Lighting Tech: David Harutyunya
- Video Tech: Tess Wolsky
- Rigger: Tess Wolsky
- Video Company: Fuse Technical Group
- Trucking: Live International, LTD
Gear
Lighting:
- 1 MA Lighting grandMA2 light Console
- 8 Ayrton Mistral
- 14 GLP Impression X4 Bar 20
- 8 Chroma-Q Color Force II 48
- 2 Master FX Mystic Hazer
Video:
- 56 ROE Vanish V18 LED Panel
- 4 Sew What? Fabric Super Knit White Scrim (30’x10’)
Tour Notes
The 2022 tour, which kicked off on Feb. 2 with a show at the Masonic in San Francisco, runs through May 25 in Dublin, Ireland, with visits to venues in North America (Feb. 2-March 9), South America (March 18-26) and UK/Europe (May 9-May 25). It supports the Welsh artist’s fifth album, Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land. Supporting acts for the North American shows include Pussy Riot and Tove Styrke.
Designer Insights by Steve Jennings:
Marina Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land Tour 2022
Lusha Huang, Los Angeles-based lighting designer and programmer, has years of experience in lighting theater, dance, and music. She works in touring and multiple venues in Los Angeles. Huang sags she is happy to bring diversity to touring, and finds inspiration in other women on the road. She has previously worked with the rock band, PVRIS. She is currently on the road with the artist Marina as designer, programmer and director. PLSN recently caught Marina’s tour on opening night in San Francisco.
Describing how she got the project, she says her name was passed around from person to person until it got to Production Manager Vincent Beigel, who was quick to call and ask her to jump on board. “It happened so fast I still don’t think it has registered with me exactly where I am or how it happened,” she says. The initial design that was discussed was mainly featuring the four scrim panels. “At the time, we hadn’t decided whether it would be projections or an LED wall, so all my preliminary drawings were playing with the angles that we could place the scrim to create depth and dimension. I was given a lot of artistic freedom, which I am extremely grateful for because it allowed me to explore the expanses of creative limits.”
Regarding fixture specifications, Huang says she chose Ayrton Mistral movers because she knew without a doubt they would give her the punch and intensity that she needed. She also “loved the look” of the GLP impression X4 Bar 20. “The fixture itself looks sleek and the beam of the individual heads look amazing. I knew I needed movement out of whichever bar fixture I chose, so the Bar 20s were an obvious choice.” The Chroma-Q Color Force II 48s were added a little later, she notes, when they were unsure if the Bar 20s would have the throw they needed for a 30’ scrim. “The Bar 20s ultimately did have the throw we needed but the depth of having two fixtures hitting the scrim and running a dim effect in two different colors created such a cool look that I did not regret it one bit.”
More Marina 2022 Tour photos by Steve Jennings:
