The mobile entertainment business is rampant with waste since setups are often used only once for a location and dumped, as it is cheaper to start all over again than truck the materials to a new venue. But back in 2006 some enterprising folks set up some commercial tanks and lights and a green party revolution was born. The tanks respond to the music, immersing the audience in a bath of colors, forms and beats. Now after more than four years the prefab party set up has proven to be a hit and party throwers see huge savings in materialsand energy.
+ Kubik by Blestra Berlin
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For a few years now Kubik has travelled Europe setting up prefab nightlife for thousands ready to groove. Behind the light show’s bumps and beats are towers of common water tanks stacked high to provide backdrops for countless shows and festivals. Designed by Blestra Berlin, the instant venues have hit all corners of the continent in all conditions to keep the bash lit late into the night. The simple idea morphed into a full green scene—click to hit the dance floor.
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This version of the Kubik is set in an ice rink in Barcelona. Pink and white lights compliment the instant club scene on skates.
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Here, Lisbon’s Tejo river was witness to the green glow of a party 25,000 people strong.
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In Hamburg at an old storage facility on the shore of the river Elbe, a rail track ran alongside the Kubik and every time a train passed by, it triggered Kubik lights on the roof of the location.
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Eindhoven, The Netherlands was the very first location where the cubes blinked to the music.
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This old soviet air base in Lärz, Germany witnessed four nights of brazen self expression at the Fusion Festival.
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For a single night, Kubik was on a pedestrian bridge over the river Seine in Paris.
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“110 orange illuminated tanks create a summer floor in the court yard of the Berlin based club Ritter Butzke.
Surrounded by red bricks from the industrial building from 1860 the kubik labyrinth offers a new platform for the club goers during the summer nights from May to October 2010.”
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In Berlin Kubik sets the stage for the hottest scene in Europe.
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In Lisbon, Kubik Creamfields helped keep 35,000 folks dancing the night away.
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Balestra Berlin envisions the project taking to sea with a floating version of Kubik.
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Kubik does corporate events too. Here, their display acts as backdrop for Sony/Ericsson cell phones.
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At the Festival Sudoeste in Portugal with 8,000 attendees a night.
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