SGM News No.6

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SGM NEWS No. 6 2014

SGM SIXPACKS SCORE MAXIMUM POINTS AT EUROVISION When Austrian drag act Conchita Wurst was crowned the winner of the 59th annual Eurovision Song Contest in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, it brought to the end a spectacular show, in which SGM’s pioneering LED lighting reigned supreme.

four different surfaces, allowing the stage to be transformed from act to act. This included the huge, classic SGM LED back wall — measuring 110 metres wide by 13 metres high — and it was here that over 350 SixPack blinders were used to such dramatic effect.

SixPack x 362 pcs

Once again, SGM had been appointed an official technical event supplier as the evergreen event arrived in the company’s own back yard … taking place in the spectacular B&W Hallerne at Copenhagen’s Refshaleøen — a former ship’s wharf that has been transformed into a Eurovision Park.

In a groundbreaking design, the show’s creative director, Per Zachariassen and lighting designer Kasper Lange (with whom he has worked for ten years) ensured that content throughout the 26 artistes performing could be delivered to

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