Most of my lighting work happens at ICF Bern, the church I go to, and every now and then at festivals and concerts, with the biggest rooms so far holding around 2,000 people. I program everything on a GrandMA3, and depending on the show I either play it live by hand, which lighting people call busking, or build it on timecode so it runs in sync with the music.
If you're planning a show and need someone on the desk, you can write to me at lets-talk@leys.ch.
Lighting designer · 2026
I'm a lighting designer at ICF Bern, where I program timecode shows for special evenings and sometimes plan extra lighting for the room when the usual setup isn't enough.
For a worship night in August I added lights along the sides of the room and a set of fixtures on the floor, so the room would feel different from a normal service. I also programmed the intro on timecode so it would land exactly with the music.
Most of the time I work with the rig that is always in the room, and the job is to get something new out of the same lights again and again.
Lighting · July 2026
In July I ran the lights at Incil Festival, and these are two of the acts I did.
Paloma are an indie pop band, and for their set I combined the two ways of working. Some parts I busked live from the desk, and for others I had built a timecode show beforehand that ran in sync with their tracks.
I busked Belanga's whole set, so there was no cue list running, and every look you see in these clips was played by hand on the desk while the music was going.
