bobgaggle
Well-Known Member
So after reading the other threads on silks, I've got some questions regarding the rigging I came across at a show I worked some overhire for...
I know aerial rigging is kind of in a class of its own, but I wanted to know when the line between flying a "set piece" and flying a person is crossed. In this show the silk was flown in for the scene, and while the performer was working on the silk it wasn't moved in or out. It was rigged like a hemp system (in trim tied off to a belay pin in the fly gallery) and the line was run through pulleys anchored to the grid with webbing. The whole rig reminded me of rock climbing gear, and while the performer rigged the whole thing it seemed to me that there was something wrong (read unsafe) with the system.
Any thoughts from anyone? Should I have said something? Intervened in some way? Everything in the system looked up to par except for the weight of the performer bouncing around on a line held in place with a wooden belay pin...
I know aerial rigging is kind of in a class of its own, but I wanted to know when the line between flying a "set piece" and flying a person is crossed. In this show the silk was flown in for the scene, and while the performer was working on the silk it wasn't moved in or out. It was rigged like a hemp system (in trim tied off to a belay pin in the fly gallery) and the line was run through pulleys anchored to the grid with webbing. The whole rig reminded me of rock climbing gear, and while the performer rigged the whole thing it seemed to me that there was something wrong (read unsafe) with the system.
Any thoughts from anyone? Should I have said something? Intervened in some way? Everything in the system looked up to par except for the weight of the performer bouncing around on a line held in place with a wooden belay pin...