philosophy

A few years ago when I started working with one of the country music artists that I design lights for now, we had a backline and patch tech from a very large, very well-known sound company1 who, to put it mildly, had opinions on what concerts should and should not be. According to this individual, concerts are places for nothing but big sound systems, big guitars, and big hair. For him, moving lights, strobes, cryo, lasers – these are all superfluous and should be shunned. As near as I can articulate of what I think his position was, big rock shows should be lit by a PAR rig and a few followspots. Anything more is just spectacle, fluff, ostentatious flash… Read More »Spectacle or art: backline techs weigh in

What haven’t I done in a while? Posted on the Blueshift Design Blog! So let’s rectify that today and bring to your attention some pretty art installations I’ve recently run across, and one that is so overdone and trite that I had to mention it out of anger. First off, the one I didn’t like, an installation called “wander through the crystal universe” by teamLab. Though, allow me to clarify that earlier statement: it’s not that I found the artwork distasteful, or poorly-done – it was done very well and it’s aesthetically pleasing. But this particular concept, which we’ll call “Buying A Lot Of A Stock Video Product And Hanging It In Straight Lines And Calling It Art”, or BALOASVPAHIISLACIA… Read More »Interesting Art, Overdone Art