Topic
A (very) Brief History of Theatrical Lighting
Plenty of our work relies heavily on concepts developed within the theatrical lighting industry, but how did all of that come to be? How did we get from literal candles to LED sources? How do these things get controlled? Join Jared as he wanders quickly (and irreverently) through a history of lighting, controls, and design in the theatrical world. Hopefully no fires will be reported from simply talking about candles and gas lamps.
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Speaker
Jared Canada
Jared is a member of the IES, serves Denver locally on the Brilliance Awards board, and nationally on the IES Performance and Assembly Lighting Committee. He has worked in the “theatrical industrial complex” for his entire career, but no is no longer imprisoned in his black clothes backstage. From building sets and hanging lights in high school theatres to designing large-scale control systems for NFL, MLS, and MLB stadiums, Jared’s career has run the gamut of what is possible as a theatre technician. Jared is now a project manager for Digital Dots, a software and systems integration company based in Southern California working largely in museum lighting, performing arts centers, and other highly custom lighting control systems.
