Goldrush 2024 featured lighting by Luis Torres of HiLite Designs, which wove together a blend of subtle colour combinations. Marked by vertical and horizontal geometric framing, the design was also ready and able to “go outside the box,” with aerials and colour washes.
Designed to open a wide range of options to visiting LDs, Torres’ design made it easy for them to engage the crowd with audience lighting. The Arizona-based LD was also careful to create a rig that lent itself to achieving a balance between lighting and an immersive 3D video background.
Torres, who designed a side stage in addition to the main stage used a collection of CHAUVET Professional fixtures, supplied by Hardwired Productions at the festival. At the main stage, he relied on 16 Color STRIKE Ms and an equal number of Maverick MK3 Wash fixtures, while at side stage he used 32 Rogue R3 Beams, 24 Nexus 4×4 panels, and 16 Rogue R2X Washes.
The Color STRIKE M units were flown on rows of vertical stage right and stage left truss structures. From this position, the versatile motorised wash-blinders filled a variety of roles, being used to frame the stage and animate performances with multi-coloured side washes.
Arranged across the entire width of the stage deck, the Maverick moving fixtures were called upon to create dynamic areal effects. Working hand-in-hand with the Color STRIKE Ms, these fixtures were more than up to the task of supporting the “full deck” of diverse artists.