Vari*Lite Videos from the 1980’s – Pure Rock and Roll!

December 15th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Automated Lighting, Concert Production, Consoles, Fixtures, Industry Professionals, Innovation, Just Plain AWESOME., Lighting Design, Lighting Technology, Old to New, vari*lite, vari-lite

I have a special place in my heart for Vari*Lite fixtures. My first experiences with automated lighting was with the Vari*Lite Artisan and Mini-Artisan consoles, and the very awesome Vari*Lite VL2C and VL6 spots, and the VL5 wash. I love the VL2C – it’s like a big ol’ square truck that has great optics and color. It blew my mind when I got programmer training and teachnician training on the fixture. Taking a VL2C apart was like performing surgery for me!

Derek Heckler sent me a great video from the 1980s from Vari*Lite – it’s like a promo/sales video, and it’s pretty excellent – I kept expecting to see Genesis show up onstage! I found part two of the video as well – both are embedded below. Thanks Derek!

Tags: Automated Lighting, concerts, moving lights, vari*lite, VL2C, VL5, VL6

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2 Responses to “Vari*Lite Videos from the 1980’s – Pure Rock and Roll!”

Camron Ware says:
December 15, 2009 at 10:55 am
NO WAY! Man I love these kind of videos – history of lighting… Cool stuff man. Have you heard of Gary Carnes? Used to work at VL and has some great stories…
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Jim Hagan says:
December 15, 2009 at 6:53 pm
That was perfect timing posting this and the PRG Bad Boy demo back to back… from the retro to the newest thing out there. That was a treat, thanks for posting both of those.
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