I was chilling with my wife and Josh Benton (you know, the guy who runs the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard) during the "Fray Cafe" event at the Red Eyed Fly at SXSW last weekend. In comes Adam DeWitt (@xedmada) to have a beer because I posted my status on GoWalla, and all of the sudden I was on the way over to the Pure Volume venue in Austin to meet up with Craig Burross from High End Systems.That's like a freaking lighting nerd's dream. So, I walk into Pure Volume with Adam, and there is truss everywhere. The venue ... Read More»
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Jim on Light is written by Jim Hutchison, Chief Design Consultant of Alive Lighting. Jim has several years of experience in the Entertainment Lighting industry. Jim is a member of USA Local 829.
Archive for the ‘Club Lighting’ Category
High End Systems Rocks the Face Off of Pure Volume at SXSW 2010
March 19th, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Automated Lighting, Club Lighting, Fixtures, High End Systems, Industrial, Industry Professionals, JimOnLight.com, Just Plain AWESOME., Lighting Design, Lighting for Enjoyment!, architainment
Posted in Automated Lighting, Club Lighting, Fixtures, High End Systems, Industrial, Industry Professionals, JimOnLight.com, Just Plain AWESOME., Lighting Design, Lighting for Enjoyment!, architainment
LDI 2009 – Chauvet Lighting’s Booth
November 24th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Automated Lighting, Chauvet, Club Lighting, Concert Production, Conventions, Fixtures, JimOnLight.com, LDI, LDI 2009
Posted in Automated Lighting, Chauvet, Club Lighting, Concert Production, Conventions, Fixtures, JimOnLight.com, LDI, LDI 2009
LET THE PICTURES BEGIN!I loved posting last year's LDI pics of the booths I photographed. It was like giving the people who couldn't go a chance to see what it was all about!Every LDI, I am always amazed by the sheer magnitude of Chauvet Lighting's booth. It's always massive, it's always a sunburst of color, and you can usually see it from just about anywhere in the convention center. I also got to meet Navah, the girl behind @chauvetlighting on Twitter. Great to meet you finally!Check out this booth!
High End Systems – The Blackstone Audio Days
October 26th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Automated Lighting, Club Lighting, Concert Production, High End Systems, High end, History, Industry Professionals, Lighting Manufacturing
Posted in Automated Lighting, Club Lighting, Concert Production, High End Systems, High end, History, Industry Professionals, Lighting Manufacturing
Have you ever heard of Blackstone Audio? JimOnLight reader Joey van der Berg just sent me a link to a really retro-excellent video from the early days of High End Systems and their rental stock of lighting - when it was Lowell Fowler's first company, Blackstone Audio. The video is below.Lowell's bio (founder of High End) on the High End website gives a little history: along with wife Sue, he founded Blackstone Audio Visual, a production company marketing to touring groups and special events. In 1986, along with partner Belliveau, High End Systems began wholesaling lighting products to the entertainment ... Read More»
Brazil’s VJ Zaniz – Production Reel
I've been finding a lot of interesting digital visuals lately, as I have a weird architectural lighting project in my head. One of the artists I've come across lately is Brazil's VJ Zaniz - his work has a very interesting quality - sometimes it feels very Cubist to me, other times slightly impressionist.Here's a video reel:Thanks, VJ.TV!
Wybron’s CXI IT Scrollers at Le Poisson Rouge
June 15th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Club Lighting, Designers, Industry News, Industry Professionals, Lighting Design, Tools of the Trade, wybron
Posted in Club Lighting, Designers, Industry News, Industry Professionals, Lighting Design, Tools of the Trade, wybron
I just got a press release from Jennifer at Wybron - check out this article about the old famous Village Gate Club, now called Le Poisson Rouge: WYBRON CXI SCROLLERS COLOR NYC CLUB Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison – some of the world’s most legendary artists performed at The Village Gate during its nearly 40-year run in New York City’s Greenwich Village.The Bleecker Street venue closed in 1993, but today it’s alive again in the form of an eclectic club called Le Poisson Rouge (in English, “Red Fish”). As a “multimedia art cabaret,” according to club’s Web site, LPR ... Read More»
Enttec’s Playback, Programming, and Shortcut Interfaces
May 7th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Club Lighting, Concert Production, Consoles, Corporate Theatre and Events, Equipment, Industry Professionals, Lighting Control
Posted in Club Lighting, Concert Production, Consoles, Corporate Theatre and Events, Equipment, Industry Professionals, Lighting Control
I read about some of the PC lighting control company Enttec's wares tonight - considering I am saving up to buy the Hog 3 PC programming and playback interfaces for use with my WYSIWYG suite (I have a loooong way to go...), these units look pretty cool. Provided, that is, they would work with the Hog 3 PC software, and connected to my WYSIWYG suite. Enttec has a programming wing, a playback wing, and a shortcut wing that, hooked together, could make a pretty sweet interface. Enttec's software, LightFactory, is what the units are geared for - but they claim ... Read More»
The Conga Room – Belzberg Architects’ Wonderment
April 27th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Architectural Lighting, Club Lighting, Industry News, Lighting Art and Installations
Posted in Architectural Lighting, Club Lighting, Industry News, Lighting Art and Installations
LA's Conga Room is something that Belzberg Architects can truly say they are proud to have designed - this club is an aesthetic piece of wonderment. The upstairs of the club appears to have started to vortex itself into the lower floor in a beautiful sloping tornado of light and angular context - this is no design for the modest. A true collaboration of composition, line, and color.I much appreciate how many surfaces the light in the room has to play - the whole venue is like the edges of a prism in the sun.
World’s First Sustainable Dance Club Opens in Rotterdam
October 9th, 2008 by Jim
Posted in Club Lighting, Environmentally Friendly Design, Lighting Art and Installations, Lighting and the Environment
Posted in Club Lighting, Environmentally Friendly Design, Lighting Art and Installations, Lighting and the Environment
Inhabitat has an article about the first Sustainable Dance Club that opened in Rotterdam, called Club Watt. Club Watt features an LED dance floor that is powered by the kinetic energy the dancers generate, and has otherelements of sustainability set forth by the Sustainable Dance Club group.How does a dance club become a part of this group? To qualify as a Sustainable Dance Club™ your club must reach a certain level of sustainability as defined by the 5 SDC™ guidelines: - 30% less environmental impact than average clubs - Sustainability integrated in both building and organisation - Installation of 3 SDC™ spectaculars that show sustainability to the ... Read More»
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