ShowRotterdam3 June 2025

A show inside a monument.

Audio Obscura Kingsnight at the Van Nelle Fabriek


LED panels, lasers and mirrors, set against a UNESCO World Heritage facade. The design follows the architecture instead of covering it.

We partnered with Audio Obscura for the design of their show with Marlon Hoffstadt during Kingsnight. Together, we designed a show that not only mesmerised the audience, but also highlights this unique industrial venue.

What we did

  • Light design
  • Set design
  • Show direction

Credits

Client
Audio Obscura
Artist
Marlon Hoffstadt
Venue
Van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam
Design team
Maikel Fleminks, Marijn Hubregtse
  1. Glazed skybridges crossing between the dark Van Nelle Fabriek buildings against a dusk sky
    Van Nelle Fabriek · Rotterdam
    01

    The venue

    The Van Nelle Fabriek is a UNESCO World Heritage site, renowned for its modernist architecture and repurposed as a distinctive industrial event space. Vast open halls, extensive glass facades, concrete and steel: a flexible canvas that can carry very different kinds of events.

  2. DJ raising one arm behind the decks as pale beams of light cross the ceiling above him
    Marlon Hoffstadt · Kingsnight
    02

    The artist

    Marlon Hoffstadt, also known as DJ Daddy Trance, is a DJ and producer from Berlin whose music blends trance and hard house.

  3. Row of red LED panels above a packed dance floor, seen from behind the DJ booth through haze
    Light design · Audio Obscura · Van Nelle Fabriek
    03

    The design

    Our design team created a refreshing new concept using a combination of LED panels, lasers and mirrors. The goal was a visual show that highlights the building's industrial atmosphere and merges the design with the local architecture.

  4. Two converging arrays of orange lights above a dense crowd, with red laser lines cutting through the haze
    Audio Obscura Kingsnight · Van Nelle Fabriek
    04

    The room

    Our lighting operators made sure the music, the venue, the crowd and the light came to life together, as one 360 degree experience.


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From thinking to making

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