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Top Ten LD Tricks

This post originally written for my friends at Elite Multimedia. It’s hard to be in this industry for a while and not accumulate a wide range of tricks, subtle insider knowledge, and other arcana which collectively fall under the umbrella of “experience”. These are the sorts of things it would have been valuable to know when I was first starting out; things I wish someone had told me. And so now, I pass on my top ten ideas and tricks to you, dear readers. 1) Advance your show No seriously, advance your show. If you show up to a venue and that front color is Rosco 80 instead of 383 and your artistic vibe is all thrown into a tizzy… Read More »Top Ten LD Tricks

CYGNUS "Immersive Light Installation"

CYGNUS Immersive Light Installation Performance/MARKA 2014 International Brand Conference from Bİ'ŞEYLER on Vimeo. CYGNUS is an art lighting installation in Istanbul which uses 46 Clay-Paky Sharpys to take viewers on an immersive experience, meant to conjure the astronomical imagery of the toponymous constellation. It’s very interesting to see what one can do with just one type of fixture, but even more interesting to see what you can do with one fixture in only open white the whole time. The entire experience and gamut of feelings is created in just one look, and it is, I think, very effective. I did notice a few of the Sharpys on the upstage truss wobbling a bit, which detracted slightly from the effect. They… Read More »CYGNUS "Immersive Light Installation"