Lighting for the second Garden Beats Festival, organised by Sunshine Nation and
staged in the pastoral green environs of Fort Canning Park in Singapore, was designed
by Craig Burridge.

He included an interesting mix of Robe products on his plot including 24 x Linees, six
ColorStrobes and six LEDBlinder 148 LTs, all of which contributed to a lively and
colourful scheme for the one-day event for which the lighting vendor was locally based
CSP Productions.

Burridge’s main objective was to have a flexible and adaptable rig to provide good
general stage, set and audience lighting for the line-up of dance orientated artists –
with a few surprises up his sleeve.

The 9 x 8-metre stage was fitted beneath a 10 x 9-metre ground-supported roof
structure with 10 metres of headroom. All this had to be squeezed in between a
selection of heritage trees which grace the park, allowing the organisers to maximise
the audience space.

The stage and DJ booth were clad in wood pieces and other natural materials, which
took the light well. The view through the stage to the back was of one specific
heritage tree that Burridge knew would look awesome.

The client brief specifically requested that the lighting not resemble a club, as they
were keen to emphasise the Garden Beats event as a unique once-only “for-the-
moment’ experience, rather than something that could be repeated and replicated.
The general theme and mood of the festival is bright and colourful, which Burridge
took into account. He also wanted to use a full LED rig to keep the power
requirements low and minimise the show’s carbon footprint. Therefore there were only
two conventional source beam lights dedicated to the mirror ball.

Twelve of the 24 x Linees were rigged onto four 3-metre high vertical truss towers,
with the other 12 on the front and mid over stage trusses. In each case, they were
outrigged from the trusses to maximise the effect of their continuous pan/tilt rotation.
The wide slice of light emitted from the fixture or the single pixel beam gave Burridge
plenty of variation.

“The Linee gives a completely different shape, which is a nice change from classic
spots and beams, and as we were looking for something different for this gig, they
worked brilliantly,’ he confirmed.

The stage was illuminated with LEDPARs from the trusses, which were focussed
directly downwards, leaving latitude for the Linees to work as effects.

The ColorStrobes and LEDBlinder 148s were positioned on the front and mid trusses,
where they were ideal for colouring the audience. The ColorStrobes added a punchy
wash fixture to the tool box as well as their more obviously “standard’ functionality as
a strobe.

Burridge programmed and ran lighting for all the artists himself, assisted by JoAnne
Yee.

He first specified and used Robe products about ten years ago, in the house
installation at the St James Power Station music/nightclub venue, and has been a big
fan of the brand ever since.

“Robe has some great products,’ he commented, adding that he has recently lit some
shows utilising BMFL Blades, which he also loves.