GRAHAMSTOWN, South Africa – ETC dealer Prosound provided ETC Source Four LED fixtures for Vicky’s, a 150-seat venue that was home to fringe theatre-style performances associated with National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The fixtures helped solve previous issues with excess heat and lack of power.
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When ETC dealer Prosound was asked to provide support for the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, they knew this was an opportunity. The festival is an important event on the South African cultural calendar, and the biggest annual celebration of the arts on the African continent, but many of the venues suffer from similar issues: excess heat and lack of power.
One such venue, Vicky’s, is a small cafeteria converted into a fringe theater with a 150-seat capacity, but in previous years, the power supplied to the venue could not sustain its demands. To reduce the issues caused by the lighting, this year they decided to go all LED, thanks not only to assistance from Prosound, but also to sponsorship from ETC.
Prosound’s Mac Makhobotloane, who was responsible for lighting technical support, says: “We used ETC Source Four LED fixtures, due to their beautiful dimming curve, as well as their impeccable capability to replicate the behavior of tungsten. They were able to give us a wide range of saturated color, making them by far the best for the job. To that, we added some of the new ETC ColorSource PARs, which provide an incredible color spectrum and spectacular dimming curve, at a superb low cost.”
National Arts Festival venue technician Salvatore Hamilton Mdluli complimented both the ColorSource® PAR and the Source Four® LED, saying: “I have yet to come across an LED PAR fixture in this price range that is this good. With its spectacular RGB-L LEDs, as well as a wide range of both round and oval diffusers, it was love at first cue! The Source Four LED fixtures were incredible; you could even change their color temperature and they’d still be rocking.”
Nicci Spalding, technical director of the festival, says the units were given a very positive showcase: “From our perspective, it was fantastic to be able to provide the artists in Vicky’s with a more substantial rig, something that has not been possible to date, given the severe power constraints of the building.”
