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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers discuss everything from "Vanta-White" to "American Utopia". Join Steve, Zak, and David as they pontificate about: Where are the Lumen Sistahs?; Painting lighting fixtures white; Building a reference library; Image royalties; The Picture Collection at the New York Public Library; Preparing for your first Technical Rehearsal; Mentoring students during techs; Good books for projection design; "The EZ Make"; Our review and comments on Rob Sinclair's "Brutally Efficient" lighting design for David Byrne's American Utopia; "Great design is about subtraction"; BlackTrax and Vipers; and Are zoom ERS's worth it? Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
'A World Beyond', the new music video from solo pop-artist Fleurie, tells a story which ventures across time and space. Behind the scenes is an equally adventurous story. The team at MEPTIK immerse Fleurie in underwater and intergalactic dreamscapes with cutting edge XR production techniques.Utilizing Notch for real-time animation, combined with positional data from the BlackTrax tracking system, Fleurie is able to with the ethereal world around her, creating an exciting journey for the artist that carries through the message from her song.In this episode, MEPTIK's founders Sarah Linebaugh and Nick Rivero share their design story and more.Interview and editing by: Kat KemsleyProduced by: Bent StamnesAudio post production and mastering by: Arto Koivisto See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers talk about everything from Physics in Turkey to Non Disclosure Agreements. Join Steve, David and Stan as they pontificate about: Doing unrepairable damage to Anne's career, Design Showcase East and West, Upcoming interviews, How old is "Really Old"?, How to get international gigs, What's the first light you call up when writing a cue, Playing Whack a Mole with non curious people, Dogs and color, Do you have to know everything about physics to be a lighting designer?, USITT Report, ETC's Augment 3D EOS upgrade, GLP solves the diffusion issue, CueList, The future of BlackTrax, and How do we mentor students after they leave our programs? Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers celebrate Thanksgiving with a very special show. Join Steve, David and Stan as they pontificate about: Everything you ever wanted to know about Thanksgiving, What is the first thing you do to insure a flawless show?, Donuts... the "International Good Will Foodstuff", Arriving to the theater prepared, How much we rely on our programmers in mixing and matching colors, Remote control followspot systems, Our favorite 50,000 lumen fixtures, Bad Dancers at LDI, BlackTrax, Theatrical Epicurean Delights, The most important things recruiters check for at the URTA interviews, and our sincere thanks to our friends, family, colleagues, and listeners. Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
We're at Mediatech Africa 2017 for this edition of the TalkCentral podcast. Show regulars Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are joined by "Mr Mediatech" Simon Robinson to chat about the event, as well as all the week's biggest technology news. On the podcast this week, the US$20 4G phone, and why it's potentially a very big deal. Also this week, Vodacom's impressive first-quarter financial results and Openserve slashes wholesale ADSL and fibre prices. Plus, are you brave enough to be one of the first to hitch a ride on Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy? Regardt's pick this week is Mozilla's Project Common Voice, while Simon has again chosen BlackTrax (on display at Mediatech) and Duncan's pick is Justice Malala's Burning Platform podcast on CliffCentral. Stream or download the podcast to find out who's been chosen as winner and loser of the week. Podcast website
TechCentral — We're at Mediatech Africa 2017 for this edition of the TalkCentral podcast. Show regulars Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are joined by "Mr Mediatech" Simon Robinson to chat about the event, as well as all the week's biggest technology news. On the podcast this week, the US$20 4G phone, and why it's potentially a very big deal. Also this week, Vodacom's impressive first-quarter financial results and Openserve slashes wholesale ADSL and fibre prices. Plus, are you brave enough to be one of the first to hitch a ride on Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy? Regardt's pick this week is Mozilla's Project Common Voice, while Simon has again chosen BlackTrax (on display at Mediatech) and Duncan's pick is Justice Malala's Burning Platform podcast on CliffCentral. Stream or download the podcast to find out who's been chosen as winner and loser of the week.
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod is joined by Sun Circle Group MD Simon Robinson to chat about the upcoming Mediatech Africa show at the Dome, plus, of course, all the week's technology news. In the podcast, Simon and Duncan discuss Icasa suspending its CEO and Samsung reporting its biggest quarterly operating profit on record. Also this week, .africa domains go to "general availability" (but they're still not cheap) and Vumatel to offer 200Mbit/s home fibre. Listen to the podcast to find out who's been named winner and loser of the week. Duncan doesn't have a pick this week, but Simon has chosen BlackTrax real-time tracking. Show regular Regardt van der Berg is travelling this week. Podcast website
TechCentral — On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod is joined by Sun Circle Group MD Simon Robinson to chat about the upcoming Mediatech Africa show at the Dome, plus, of course, all the week's technology news. In the podcast, Simon and Duncan discuss Icasa suspending its CEO and Samsung reporting its biggest quarterly operating profit on record. Also this week, .africa domains go to "general availability" (but they're still not cheap) and Vumatel to offer 200Mbit/s home fibre. Listen to the podcast to find out who's been named winner and loser of the week. Duncan doesn't have a pick this week, but Simon has chosen BlackTrax real-time tracking. Show regular Regardt van der Berg is travelling this week.
Hot off the presses, it's a new episode of Lighting Nerds. We did this one right in the middle of being way distracted by houses, touring, and honey-do lists, and it shows a bit in the show. So uh, bear with us. News items The Olympic opening ceremonies are a thing that happened, and we acknowledge this. Strike 1 from Chauvet The Fuze Wash Z350 Pointman chain hoists can now work with the Kinesys Drive system directly http://plsn.com/main-news/20440-total-structures-announces-kinesys-ready-pointman-hoists-for-the-north-american-market.html A permanent railing collapsed at a Snoop Dogg concert http://plsn.com/main-news/20464-crowd-tumbles-after-rail-collapses-during-snoop-dogg-concert-near-philadelphia,-42-injured.html Blacktrax v2.0 http://livedesignonline.com/briefing-room/blacktrax-releases-version-20 Source 4WRD issues Design / programming / tech What do you do when you don't know the console? Lighting term of the day Pulse width modulation Lighting quiz Craig loses