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The SILA SVETA Music team is back in Brussels. For the second time this year, we’re delivering the stage design for Rave Rebels. The two-day indoor event brings together up to 30,000 spectators and sits at the core of Belgium’s techno scene.
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This time, we created the large-scale installation The Ship, inspired by the architecture of the ING Arena and the image of a spacecraft in culture and cinema — from retrofuturism to contemporary sci-fi. The result is a geometric object integrated into the architecture of the venue. At its core is a simple, clear, and easily readable image, free from unnecessary complexity.
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The setup consisted of 25 sections: one central unit, twenty side sections, and additional screen elements. Twelve sections were mounted on kinetic hoists and continuously shifted in form throughout the show. Inside the structure, a multi-level system of trusses and rigging supported panels wrapped in multiple layers of fabric to block light. The result was a dense, highly technical internal framework, and the precise assembly of the structure became a challenge of its own.
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In sync with the music, kinetic panels, lasers, and content on a transparent screen came into motion. Despite its scale, the structure maintained a clean silhouette, with all technical equipment concealed within the installation. Lighting initially broke through narrow openings in the structure, then intensified the show’s dynamics as the installation unfolded. The opening sections housed matrix, wash, and beam units. ARRI fixtures served as the installation’s “engines,” delivering powerful, high-output light typical of cinema-grade equipment.
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To accentuate the ship’s inner glow, four haze machines were deployed. In total, more than 500 lighting units were spread across 6,300 square meters — some exposed, some operating through mesh screens, and others integrated directly into the structure.
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project team
Creative Producer Alexander Us Creative Director Ekaterina Konovalova Producer Sam Shapiro Stage Designer Ilya Shatin Media Artists Alena Osipova, Elizaveta Yushchenko, Evgeny Shevchenko Development Engineer Egor Konovalov Technical Director Oleg Rikota Video Engineers Yuri Stranyov, Egor Konovalov Light Designer Anatoliy Ivanchikov Marketing Director Asya Ibragimova PR Manager Nelly Garipova Content Producer Margo Volovik Photo Ilia Zavialov, Rave Rebels team Video Rave Rebels team Edit Roman Valeev
