Lighting for the Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show starring Rihanna was designed by Al Gurdon. The show took place at State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona.
Check out the gear list and lighting team credits and stay tuned to Live Design for the light plots and details on the design elements:
Lighting Equipment:
Lighting vendor: PRG in partnership with PRG Forum
146 Vari-lite VL3600 Profile
72 Robe Robin 1200
35 Vari-lite VL2600
325 GLP X4
76 TMB Solaris Flare
3 MA Lighting grandMA3 Full Size
1 MA Lighting grandMA3 Lite
6 Strong Gladiator IV
6 Britebox Flame LT3000
6 PRG Best Boy Ground Control Long Throw
4 MDG The One
8 Reel EFX Diffusion DF-50
8 Reel EFX Fans
2 zactrack PRO servers (taking and and translating positioning data for all of the moving platforms so that the lighting fixtures could correctly be programmed to hit them while they were in motion...)
PixMob Equipment:
4,200 PixMob Nova
12 PixMob IR Transmitters
7 PixMob Kore Receiver
Lighting Team:
Designer: Al Gurdon
Lighting Directors: Harry Forster, Ben Green
Lighting Director/Programmers: Eric Marchwinski, Mark Humphrey
System Tech: Jonathan D Martin
Media Server Programmer: Jason Rudolph
Media Server Tech: Tim Nauss
Gaffer: Alen Sisul
Best Boys: Dennis Sisul, Chris Latsch, John Cox, Damon Isaacks, Ron Murphy
Best Boys / Followspots: Adam Hagin, Daisy Toledo, Mike Smallman, Ron Murphy
PRG Chief Tech: Robb Minnotte
PRG Lead Techs: Matt Genezcko, Janos Bode, Meg Flanagan
zactrack Tech, Aria Grosvenor
Pre-Vis Tech: Nick Couaette
22 Degrees Project Manager: Marie Turner
PRG Account Managers: Tony Ward, Patrick Osuna
Stadium Lighting Integration: Michael Dodge
Cable Path Specialist: Larry Ganson
Fiber/Stadium Cable Management: Nathan Wilson, Larry Ganson
Local 336 Heads: Steve Hyatt, Kelly Beaton
Field Team: Ernesto Alvarez, Selene Curtis, Terry Ekes, Bernardo Felix, Jeremy Friedman, Matthew Hall, Christopher Kidd, Corey Mathews, David Miller, Stephen Sizemore, Caleb Smith, Rupert Ramsay, James Rosario, Mike Mungavin, Jeremy Sarkissian
Spot Operators: David Acevedo, Adam Bernau, Michael Brown, Brandon Daniel, James Faulkner, Tracy Johnson, Aki Jones, Abdul Kassim, Jim Miller, Carmin Ortiz, Vincent Russo, Robert Sciorillo, Tara Shingola, Precious Schuler, Chris Sims, Bruce Wiberg
Pixmob Executive Producer: Sophie Blondeau
Pixmob Nova Programmer: Samantha Torres
Pixmob Technician: Felix Torres
Pixmob Special Projects Manager: Liz Hart
Pixmob Special Projects Coordinator: Nikki Sude
All Access LED Tape Specialist: Talus Jarvis
Pre-Vis by Earlybird Visual
Scenery by All Access & TAIT
Power by Aggrekko
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