Not every tour can splurge on the latest head-spinning fixtures out there like the B-Eye K20 from Clay Paky, with a list price well over $10K per fixture. Fewer still can include a “mega-pod” with 72 of the fixtures. So when LeRoy Bennett opted for that many B-Eyes to be flown upstage for Lady Gaga’s tour, he can rest assured that the “signature look,” as lighting director Whitney Hoversten calls it, won’t be widely copied. Here are more details from Hoversten on the subject: “We’re using the new Clay Paky B-Eyes. They have been extremely cool to play with, and they make up a large majority of the look of the show. We are using them in their maximum mode which, at 169 channels apiece, eats up a lot of universes. However, it is so worth it in this particular application. When trying to come up with new fresh looks and different ways to accent musical nuances, it has been so beneficial to have control of each individual cell, and there are seemingly endless looks and variations that we can come up with.”
Whitney Hoversten, from “Designer Insights,” PLSN, Sept. 2014
