ACTLD utilises SGM lights for major projects
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More than 60% of the projects ACTLD is involved in take place outdoors, and Koert Vermeulen, principal designer, founder, and managing partner of ACTLD, was lacking a specific product on the market.
“SGM is for us a natural partner being the only company at that point to develop an IP65-rated moving head. I had been talking – begging on my knees – for the last 15 years for a fixture like this. Everyone said to me ‘the market isn’t big enough’ or ‘order a thousand and we’ll make you one’. So, when Peter Johansen came with the G-Spot, I felt that finally someone had listened to my prayers,” says Koert Vermeulen with a smile.”
Some of ACTLD’s recent projects include Naked Truth for the Bright Brussels Festival 2017, Bilzen Mysteries at Alden Biesen and Place du Château in Strasbourg.
For the outdoor Naked Truth installation, ACTLD deployed solely SGM LED luminaires (G-Spot, Q-7, Q-7 W, P-5 and P-2). Luc de Climmer worked on this project as senior lighting designer & console operator. He explains: “We needed durable fixtures for these tricky outdoor settings. The fact that SGM’s fixtures are IP65-rated and stable in almost any conditions was important to us. However, we considered the output and colour rendering at least equally important.”
For the night-time tourist attraction of Bilzen Mysteries, ACTLD illuminated the heritage site of Alden Biesen with its 16th century castle, church, and gardens. In the story, the castle catches fire. “For this purpose, the SGM G-Spot was the most accurate product on the market due to its IP-rating, and we avoided having to purchase any external accessories such as domes or specific connectors.”
To illuminate the Place du Château in Strasbourg in relation to a contemporary shadow theatre for Le Ballet des Ombres Heureuses, where the heart of the cathedral takes over the role of the storyteller. ACTLD again turned to the SGM P-5 and Q-7 to complete this project.
(Jim Evans)
