RAVE REBELS' THE SHIP

SILA SVETA Music returned to Brussels for its second collaboration with Rave Rebels in 2025, delivering the stage design for the two-day indoor event. Over the course of two days, Rave Rebels brings together up to 30,000 spectators and remains one of the key gatherings in Belgium’s techno scene. 

Following their first installation, Deus Ex Machina, the studio returned with The Ship—a large-scale installation created for the main stage of Rave Rebels’ fall edition. It’s built around a pure form—a single, unified structure that feels like one organism at the center of the arena. The ship’s silhouette can be traced through retrofuturism and iconic spacecraft imagery from culture and classic cinema. 

The setup consisted of 25 sections: one central unit, twenty side sections, and additional screen elements. Twelve sections were mounted on kinetic hoists and continuously shifted in form throughout the show. Inside the structure, a multi-level system of trusses and rigging supported panels wrapped in multiple layers of fabric to block light.  

In sync with the music, kinetic panels, lasers, and content on a transparent screen came into motion. Despite its scale, the structure maintained a clean silhouette, with all technical equipment concealed within the installation. Lighting initially broke through narrow openings in the structure, then intensified the show’s dynamics as the installation unfolded. The opening sections housed matrix, wash, and beam units. ARRI fixtures served as the installation’s “engines,” delivering powerful, high-output light typical of cinema-grade equipment. 

To accentuate the ship’s inner glow, four haze machines were deployed. In total, more than 500 lighting units were spread across 6,300 square meters — some exposed, some operating through mesh screens, and others integrated directly into the structure. 

Credits:

Client @raverebels 

Stage Design @silasvetamusic team:  

Creative Producer @alexander__us 

Creative Director @kukolka13 

Producer @etozhesam 

Stage Designer @ustred.zo 

Media Artists @amona_re, @elizabethros__, @at.vis 

Development Engineer @day_eagle_owl 

Technical Director @oleg_rikota 

Video Engineers @Stranyov, @day_eagle_owl