Latin singer-songwriter Maluma showed his love for his townspeople with Medallo en el Mapa, a passionate three-hour, 35-song concert at the city’s Atanasio Girardot Soccer Stadium in Medellin, Colombia.
Although this landmark venue normally accommodates 45,000 fans, ticket demand was so great that it was expanded to 54,000, making it one of the most attended shows in the venue’s history. To make room for the larger crowd, a 360ﹾ stage was installed in the middle of the field, so the audience could fill the grass field as well as the stands.
An open 360ﹾ stage brings its own set of challenges, but fans were still treated to a rewarding visual experience thanks to a clever set design, some large video walls, and the versatility of the new IP65-rated Chauvet Professional Color STRIKE M motorized wash/strobe supplied by Génesis Producciones.
Sixty Color STRIKE M fixtures anchored the concert rig for the show, designed by Alain Corthout, who worked with Lighting Director/Programmer Esteban Gil, and Programmer Menga Cruz. The fixtures were positioned on four vertical columns, each holding 15 units. The high output (over 71,000 lumen) fixture filled the stage and stadium with bright vibrant light that reflected the excitement of the fans and artist alike.
The 180ﹾ tilt range of the Color STRIKE M, along with the 14 pixel-mappable zones of its RGB face and 28 zones in its two cool white tube elements, opened the way to a wide array of distinctive looks that reflected the diverse range of songs performed by Maluma and the special guests, including Madonna, who appeared with him on stage.
Given that the concert was performed outdoors, the IP65 rating of this versatile fixture made it an obvious choice for the rig. Also coming in handy were the fixture’s 16-bit dimming and Pulse Width Modulation, as the show was streamed to over 240 countries through YouTube.
It was this set of performance features that prompted Javier Angel and Juan David, owners of Génesis Producciones, to purchase the Color STRIKE M from Yamaki, the Chauvet Professional distributor in Colombia.
