Prize(s) Winners in Music Event Lighting / Stage Lighting
Lighting Design/Product Company SILA SVETA
Lead Designers Ekaterina Konovalova
Client Rave Rebels
Photo Credits Margot Lala, Sam Ramaekers
Completion Date April 13, 2025
Project Location Belgium, Brussels
Entry DescriptionA large-scale AV installation titled Deus Ex Machina was created for the main stage of Rave Rebels—Belgium’s largest indoor rave, which brings together over 30,000 spectators across two days at Brussels’ ING Arena.
The concept revolved around deconstruction—explored through fragmented forms, visual chaos, and immersive stage design. Scaled up nearly 18 times, the installation transformed the arena into a vast landscape of digital decay.
The result is Deus Ex Machina—a living supercomputer, filled with shattered screens and hanging wires, that visualizes a state of digital disintegration. As the music began, the supercomputer awakened with dynamic generative content and light. The installation combines thermal camera input and live DJ set streams, enhanced with real-time effects.
The stage design reinterpreted techno aesthetics through sculptural fragmentation: massive trusses supported layered LED meshes pierced by beams of light, their deliberate gaps creating depth and rhythm. This interplay of broken surfaces and searing light echoed the venue’s industrial architecture, turning the stage into a controlled explosion—a visceral embodiment of digital deconstruction.
Company DescriptionSILA SVETA is an international multimedia studio that unites art and technology to transform visual concepts into inspiring experiences.
Its portfolio includes global event ceremonies (FIFA World Cup 2022, AFC Asian Cup 2023), stage design and content for concerts and music festivals (The Weeknd, Billie Eilish, ARGY), immersive exhibitions, product launches, fashion shows, art installations, large-scale city events, and permanent installations for public spaces. Over the past 17 years, the studio has completed over 800 projects worldwide and received more than 140 international awards.
