CMU School of Drama


Thursday, August 29, 2019

Putting the Robe Art into Shlomo Artzi

LightSoundJournal.com: Shlomo Artzi is one of Israel’s most successful and popular male singers, and his most recent shows hit the road with an ongoing lighting design by Gadi Spivak who has worked for the artist for over 20 years.

Gadi and his lighting associate Shlomit Lola Nehama chose to use 24 x Robe Spiider LED wash beams for a key element of his lighting rig.

1 comment:

Bahaar Esfahani said...

I am always fascinated by the new and innovative ways performers engage their audiences! I think the part of this article that stood out most to me was the lighting designer's and video department's live operation!

"There is no setlist, and while there are several favourites that will always be played, this element of randomness keeps everyone on their toes, and Gadi operates the console completely ‘live’ each night, and the video department also follow this MO."

This is truly incredible to me! It means that no show is ever truly performed the same way, and the set list is completely tailored to that individual audience. As people working in a "live" industry, it is very important to acknowledge how no audience is the same. A joke that lands with an absolute uproar of laughter from the audience one night may be received with dead silence the next. Comedians, actors, every performer has experienced this in some capacity, and I love that this performer and this crew have found a new way to combat this and give their audience the content they enjoy. After all, our purpose is to entertain!