Theolux is a lighting control interface I designed as part of my PhD research, to implement some of the concepts I developed as part of the research process: Both the concepts and the practical realisation of Theolux are described in detail in the documentation I…
Continue reading...This page contains information on the position of lighting controls systems in theatres, generally in the second half of the twentieth century. Information from: Reid, Francis. Yesterday’s Lights: A Revolution Reported. Cambridge: Entertainment Technology Press, 2005. This information was gathered by FR while researching a…
Continue reading...The Grand Master was an early electric stage lighting control system, using resistance dimmers and mechanical operation via levers, wheels, shafts and gears. As a part of my research, I have created a ‘virtual’ Grand Master - a software emulation that reproduces how the original…
Continue reading...The Light Console was a unique and innovative lighting control system created by Fred Bentham in the mid-1930s. While it was not commercially very successful, it was of great significance in the development of lighting control, and challenged the ideas of the time about the…
Continue reading...A Significant Lighting Control Failure In the early 1970s, a unique lighting control system was installed in the Mermaid Theatre, London: Plotlite. At the time, Plotlite was the only system on the market to offer full memory control with fader-per-channel preset manual control, features the…
Continue reading...One of my long-term research interests is stage lighting control - not just the evolving technology used but, perhaps more importantly, the philosophy of how and why we choose to control light on stage in particular ways, and what this means for the art of…
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