After five years away from the Palasport stage, Calcutta made his return in 2023 with the Relax tour, giving us the opportunity to further strengthen an artistic collaboration that began in 2018.
For this show, we worked with the artist to adopt a less illustrated, more spatial approach. Numerous LED screens, positioned at varying heights, created a fragmented stage, interspersed with the musicians and redefining the scenic spaces.
The visuals merged with an innovative use of multi-camera direction, manipulating the artist’s image by cutting it out and pasting it onto new backgrounds, alternating between lyrical moments and more pop-inspired scenes.
Among the solutions we enjoyed developing for this show was a custom disappearing LED mesh system that concealed Calcutta behind the screen, only to reproject him with added effects. Additionally, a scoreboard-style LCD clock completed the set, transforming into yet another surface for displaying text and symbols.
CREDITI
Show Design: Galattico & Calcutta
Creative Director: Filippo Rossi
Visual Art Director: Giovanni Calaudi
Visual Coordinator: Selene Sanua
Additional Motion Designer: Silvio Mancini, Ernesto Zanotti
Notch FX: Lorenzo Venturini, Daniele Cattaneo
Interaction Designer: Francesco Previdi, Riccardo Fontana
Live Camera Director: Marcello Orlando
Producer: Marcella Piccinni
Lighting Design: Cerati Srl
Production Company: Live Nation Italia X DNA concerti
Photos: Andrea Ripamonti, Kimberley Ross, Michele Aldeghi, Francesca Sara Cauli e Giuseppe Maffia