YELGUN, Australia – Wet and muddy conditions may have been less than ideal for concert-goers and crew attending the Splendour in the Grass Music & Arts Festival 2015, which took place July 24-26 in North Byron Parklands, but they proved a suitable testing ground for SGM’s range of IP65 LED ?xtures.
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This year’s Splendour in the Grass festival in Byron Bay close to the famous Gold Coast (located in New South Wales in Australia) hosted a signi?cant quantity of SGM’s market leading outdoor lighting ?xtures. With damp experiences from the past haunting festival organizers and production managers, the requirement for lighting that could withstand torrential winter rainfall was the highest of priorities. And Mother Nature did not disappoint!
The multi-day event saw SGM lighting ?xtures such as the P-5 RGBW wash and the Q-7 RGBW ?ood take part in several installs and stage packages across the festival. A most notable display being that of Melbourne artist Sam Songailo. His 20 meter square maze comprising of 100 large pillars was a high attraction of the festival, gathering thousands of attendees at any given time. Entertainment Technology Australia’s very own Taylor Chadwick was recruited as lighting designer for the install, in charge of bringing the display to life every evening of the festival. “Lots of color, lots of movement and a lighting ?xture that was powerful enough to illuminate not just the visible face, but also throw light inside and through the 20 metre display,” remarked Taylor in regard to the artist’s brief for lighting. “Having worked a lot with the SGM P-5, I knew it was the only ?xture for the job. High quality RGBW colour mixing, 25,000 lumen output, built in wireless DMX and of course IP65 rating.” All factors that contributed to the choice of the P-5, Taylor said. Artist Sam Songailo was also impressed by the SGM P-5, “The size, weight and overall footprint of the P-5 is remarkable when you look at the light it is putting out.”
The 12 SGM P-5’s operated ?awlessly over the multi-day event despite the heavy rain, mud and some sunshine that they encountered.
