SGM lights up Southbank art installation
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Wall of Dreams by Danish poet and artist Morten Søndergaard is being showcased from 18 October to 1 November as part of the Centre’s year-long Nordic Matters programme and aims to raise awareness of the refugee crisis in Europe.
The projection is realised by the deployment of 16 SGM G-Spot LED moving heads mounted on existing poles surrounding the building. Special gobos have been designed containing the textual messages with each moving head containing several of these custom-made gobos making it possible to alter the building facade over night for a changeable appearance through programming. The bright output of the G-Spot produces razor-sharp effects for spectators to see and read from a distance.
“The light SGM can deliver is fantastic. Those G-Spots are magical; they display the words with such brightness and sharpness. We needed a weatherproof luminaire for this three-week period, and with the G-Spot we got exactly that. In addition, we also got a LED solution ensuring that we maintain the power consumption at a low level,” says Søndergaard.
Owing to the London Literature Festival also taking place at the same time, the melting pot of The Southbank Centre will be enveloped by words both inside and outside.
“I believe dreams to be strong, clear and honest messages. Each dream opens a window into an individual. We get a glimpse of a story, a glimpse of light making it possible to shed light on a very complex situation - to stay in the lighting terminology. And they give the potential for us to understand each other better. While Europe is building walls around itself, we want to create a contrasting image by proposing another type of ‘wall’: A sharing wall, an inclusive wall and a connective Interface!” Søndergaard concludes.
(Jim Evans)
