They began to commission art installations, and this year, Southbank Centre teamed up with Cornwall-based environmental education charity, the Eden Project, to create a woodland garden for the summer-long Festival of Neighbourhood with MasterCard - part of which is lit with ETC Source Four Mini luminaires.
Southbank Centre's technical manager Roger Hennigan explains, "I needed a fixture which would be able to project a powerful, focusable beam of light - using break-up gobos to give a dappled effect not only on the woodland but also on the green artificial turf. They also needed to be small: in this relatively compact space, we didn't want them getting in the way.
"The tungsten source really brings out the best in the natural wood colours, and the shutters prevent the light from bleeding onto the ceiling. Focussing the fixtures was very easy - I just reached up and adjusted them. No need for ladders!"
(Jim Evans)
