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Rigging Works Sweden supplies Kinesys Apex system to Melodifestivalen

Rigging Works Sweden (RWS), one of the country’s largest independent rigging and automation specialists, has invested in Kinesys’ Apex technology, with the purchase of eight new vari-speed Apex hoists which have been added to an already extensive Kinesys inventory.

All eight of the new motors were supplied to the 2018 Melodifestivalen tour, together with four of RWS’s existing Liftket motors running with Kinesys Elevation 1+ drives, a Kinesys Mentor 4 controller - offering SIL3 safety over Ethernet - at the hub of the system and one of RWS’s flexible Kinesys Vector control platforms. This 6 week event visited six cities to select the Swedish song and entrant for the annual Eurovision Song Contest (ESC).

Melodifestivalen 2018’s production was managed by Tobias Åberg and Cecilia Zollitsch. The set based around structural and LED elements was designed by Victor Bratström. The lighting scheme was created by Fredrik Jönsson, and the event, broadcast live each week on Swedish national television, was directed by Robin Hofwander and Fredrik Bäcklund.

The eight Kinesys Apex motors - operated by Petter Rimfors - were used to provide a series of flown props for different competitors - anything from a pyro truss flying in to a lighting pod positioned above the stage to change the shape of the performance area.

The three Liftkets with Elevation 1+’s were used to fly a central ‘transmitter’ prop, a section of pre-rigged trussing loaded with lights that flew in and out, and interacted with the contestants while their intro videos played. To accommodate this, Fredrik Jönsson split his front lighting trusses into left and right sections.

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