The 15mhigh ball currently resides at the Emperor's Palace Hotel, Casino Convention & Entertainment Resort, Johannesburg and is a promotion for Kia Motors intended to mark the culmination of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
To draw attention to the inflatable sculpture, Kia asked Hans Rooseboom of Event Pro Technical Services in Johannesburg to light the ball, for which he decided to try out the CitySkape Xtremes to meet their brief of making the installation "funky and spectacular to match the giant ball".
Four CitySkape Xtremes are placed around the ball on 4m vertical truss sections, two of them at 15m away across the other side of the car park access road, and two to the back, positioned so they also create attractive reflections on the water features at the back.
Rooseboom - who has worked with Kia on many events - selected the CitySkape Xtremes after a shoot out with other LED fixtures that was arranged by Robe's South African distributor, DWR.
(Jim Evans)
