African Games calls on SGM

CONGO: IP65-rated G-Spot moving head lights have been used by GL events Audiovisual, a subsidiary of GL events Group, for the closing ceremony of the recent African Games in Brazzaville. The event called on 18 of the SGM lights.

The G-Spots illuminated a cube balancing on its lowest vertex in a pool in the middle of the stadium. The lighting concept behind the ceremony was to make this cube become a piece of jewelry magnified by a concentric implementation. This called for a powerful light output in order to give the impression of the cube floating on water.

‘This concept required the only moving head on the market that can provide a high output while operating in a humid environment; actually placed right next to a huge water screen,’ said lighting director, Vincent Mongourdin. ‘And I must admit, I was also attracted by its LED system. So we decided to place 18 G-Spots in the pool.’

‘A brand new stadium was built for this particular occasion, in Brazzaville’s suburbs,’ noted head of the technical lighting department, Alexandre Trapon. ‘Right in the centre of the stadium, this huge removable cube was constructed. The purpose of the cube was to use each side to project video onto, culminating in the cube unfolding like flower petals as finale. The cube was situated in a large pool with 10cm deep water surrounding it, which had to be highlighted. On top of this, a water curtain above the pool continuously sprayed water on the moving heads for which reason we selected the SGM G-Spot.

‘Even though I know that the G-Spot moving heads are IP65 rated, it is still very surprising to see these luminaires in such an environment. And realising that none of the units showed any problems, it truly confirms that they are IP65 for sure,’ he continued. ‘Besides this, the open-air arena in Brazzaville was hit by a sandstorm just before the show. All other moving heads needed an internal cleaning of lenses and electronic parts. The G-Spot just had an external clean up and they were ready to go! I am very enthusiastic about the G-Spot. This was my first time working with this moving head and we received fantastic feedback especially regarding the colours and the quality gobos. The quality of SGM’s products is very good, so we will for sure be using the G-Spot again for other shows.’

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