First 30 seconds of Green Cloud goes online from HeHe on Vimeo. The video above is of an art and lighting "installation" called Nuage Vert, or "Green Cloud." Nuage Vert is an installation that attempts to increase awareness of energy consumption and to help give each of us an idea of our individual consumption and [...]
Read More HeHe, Heiki Hansen, Helen Evans, Nuage Vert, SalmisaariI just read a really great article at the Live Design Online website by Zachary Borovay entitled "I Am Not A Lighting Designer." Sorry for the short post, but I highly recommend this article – clever, to the point, and an easy read. My favorite paragraph of the article – just because it's a great [...]
Read More projection, projection designer, Video, Zachary BorowayUh oh – General Electric's fourth quarter earnings were down 46%, from a Huffington Post article a handful of days ago. Even though they're reporting massive losses, they claim they're still quite liquid and able to pay out dividends. Overall, GE is down about 22% from last year's earnings. From Huffington Post's article: GE's businesses [...]
Read More GE, losses, luxim, stockA random note, but I just passed the 400th post on JimOnLight.com! Crazy! Hey, Kalamazoo Civic Theatre is looking for a lighting and sound designer – which, in the smaller theatre market (and education) is becoming commonplace. Can you do both? Check out the gig! LIGHTING/SOUND DESIGNER We are seeking a self starter with excellent [...]
Read More designer jobs, getting jobs, jobs, Kalamazoo Civic Theatre, lighting jobsI just got news from The Light Network that Bentley Meeker was robbed in the early morning of January 13, 2009 – someone stole a bunch of gear and 14' two box trucks. The trucks were recovered, but the gear was gone. The trucks were parked on 36th Street in Manhattan, and discovered in Queens. [...]
Read More Bentley Meeker, stolen, theftSo, are you working steadily right now? Are you paying the rent, the mortgage, the bills – eating alright? If you're not working, or freelancing and in need of a gig – what are you doing about it? If you're looking for work, you should be making the rounds daily at your favorite job sites, [...]
Read More artsearch, backstagejobs, Esta, getting jobs, job, jobs, jobs in lighting, lighting design jobs, lighting jobs, live design online, PlaybillI saw the Black Crowes this last May at the Riverwind Casino in Norman, OK – as you know, Phish is reuniting for both a summer tour, and a run of shows at Hampton Coliseum, to which I have tickets, and will be attending! I was running through footage of lighting designer Chris Kuroda's work [...]
Read More Black Crowes, chris kuroda, Kuroda, Norman, Oklahoma, phish, Riverwind Casino, The Black CrowesOne Big Bad Wolf is a blog by Brady Darnell – Brady is an actor, director, and writer in the Denver area, and he writes mostly about the Denver theatre scene. Brady had a great article recently about Joe Dowling, the AD at the Guthrie, and his very 'awesome' salary. As someone who lives in [...]
Read More Brady Darnell, denver, Denver Theatre, One Big Bad Wolf, TheatreA tool that I find extremely useful when drafting multiple views inside of WYSIWYG is the Scenes function. The tool itself looks like this: and the dialogue box associated with the Scenes function looks like this: Basically, the Scenes tool is like layer management, and is used to put together groups of layers for different [...]
Read More layers, scenes, Weekly WYSIWYG, WYSIWYGI could not wait to post this! I just got an email from Ramzi, the spokesman at .PSLAB (you know, PSLAB), who sent me the details for "Jar," a lamp using the efficient G28d lamp. From Ramzi at .PSLAB: Brief was to develop a light fixture using the G28d energy saving lamp. Proposal is a [...]
Read More IP rating, Jar, lamp, PSLAB, WORKS.PSLAB