JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Philips Vari-Lite’s LED VLX Wash luminaires helped celebrate the launch of Samsung’s new smartphone in Johannesburg. Event production manager Victor Vermaak and LD Renaldo Van Den Berg from AV Unlimited (AVU) specified 12 of Vari-Lite’s 14,000 lumen output VLX luminaires for the show at the city’s Sandton Convention Center.
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“We used the VLXs in the presentation area to light the Honeycomb roof. We chose them because of their color richness and punch,” says Vermaak. “The VLXs were used to create color and mood changes and worked perfectly. The lights were positioned quite a distance from the roof and no other LED wash light in our company would have created what we were looking for over that distance. Plus the awesome zoom capability came in handy because of the distance the light had to shoot.”
The event consisted of two parts: a formal conference followed by the party where entertainment included everything from aerial acts to ballerinas in LED tutus. In the center of the room, a DJ booth featured DJs playing to a full dance floor. The rig was symmetrical and although two acts might have been performing simultaneously on either end of the room, each was given a different look.
“The VLX is my lighting weapon of choice,” says Vermaak. “I don’t do functions without my babies! And I’m currently trying hard to expand the Vari-Lite range in our company.”
Philips Vari-Lite’s South African dealer DWR Distribution supplied the VLXs luminaires to Vermaak. “The VLX Wash is fast becoming renowned for offering all the benefits of LED technology and the best visual performance characteristics of traditional automated wash luminaires,” says Duncan Riley of DWR. “Not only that, they deliver stunning colors and intensity plus a long source life and a high level of reliability. What’s not to like?”
