Very cool. Not sure if this will get a brick thrown at me or revoke the invite, but I was working for Jerit/Boys, theatre consultants for that facility, when it was built in 1990s (?). IIRC I didn't have much to do with it, and have never seen it other than photos. Thank you very much and if the client isn't interested, I am for sure, and drive near frequently.UW-Whitewater, Whitewater WI, the Hicklin Black Box and Barnett Theater are all LED spaces. I helped spec and install it about 2 years ago now. Let me know if you want a tour or to talk about it.
Very cool. Not sure if this will get a brick thrown at me or revoke the invite, but I was working for Jerit/Boys, theatre consultants for that facility, when it was built in 1990s (?). IIRC I didn't have much to do with it, and have never seen it other than photos. Thank you very much and if the client isn't interested, I am for sure, and drive near frequently.
You don't have a tensioned wire grid do you?
Catwalks in Hicklin and a bar grate grid in Barnett.
Just a heads-up -- Barnett & Hicklin are both outfitted that they could be all LED with a full Selador, Desire, and Source Four LED package, but as of a couple years ago the design faculty absolutely hated LED and refused to learn how to program or teach LED. Stuck toward incandescent with LED accents. The technical director secured funding for the large project largely independent of the design faculty's intentions for the program and design faculty was...hostile...to adoption. Design students took it on at their own risk & initiative, and sometimes at the strong discouragement of the design faculty.
I think most LEDs have gel holders, so you can learn how to do that.
I have simply offered it as an option to a client and they have asked me to find some spaces that are all LED.
I think it is necessary to ask rhetorically how long "that shithole summer stock that everyone works their first gig" won't be LED. How many are still non-solid state dimmers? I'll concede that at this point, a designer needs to understand quartz and gel, but does an intern who is just handling the stuff? I never thought 10 years ago it would grow as fast as it has.
Reminds me of one of my summer theatre experiences - ATD - and the acting intern who did gel changes (classi drama in rep) was colorblind. Was a virtue because he used the numbers written on the gll rather than his eye.
For the new facilities you are working in LED is coming on quick. For the rest of us who already have the infrastructure and fixtures it isn't going anywhere anytime soon. I've had the power study done of my building. The break even point on power even when you include HVAC is way too far out. For new construction where you don't have to buy the dimmer racks and distribution it makes tons of sense. Then again, I'm still running Strand/Century 12k and 6k dimmers on a telephone patch... and we have a completely LED cyc. You're going to see a lot of that in the years to come. I don't forsee anyone loading up dumpsters with working S4's and sensor dimmers anytime soon.
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