Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pillow Project artistic director Pearlann Porter is all about the unexpected.
In her world, an empty space can become an intimate lounge for spontaneous jazz dance and live music, choreography is a negotiable road map and dancers' bodies are instruments.
Her latest work, "Backlit in a Whole New D," follows suit, promising to whisk its watchers "into a new dimension" with an hour of 3-D light effects and Beastie Boys music.
"It's a light show with people," she says.
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This is a really cool idea and something I would love to get to experience first-hand. The pictures provided in this article are impressive all on their own, so I would imagine the piece would be all the more interesting in person. This is also an idea that I could see a CMU lighting designer putting into action in a future Dancelight or a Playground piece. I really liked how the creator of this piece was discussing how it's a play told through lights, with people in it. This idea of technical and design aspects becoming a force which tells the story of a play is somewhat new and exciting, especially as our world's technology keeps advancing.
So 3D lighting effects and Beastie Boys music. In the words of the great Tina Fey, "I want to go to there". I am so excited by the million possibilities that lighting technology and design present. I would never think to have a 3D light show if there was already 3D people onstage! This also strikes me as a cool idea because it plays with time because it is so innovative and it plays with dimension in playing with people's depth perception. Like Jess, I could see CMU doing something like this and it sounds like a great opportunity for new toys for lighting.
I love how this project discusses the "blur" between the different areas of theatre like we discuss in class. is this a costumers job or a lighting designers job? its both. we discussed with jon ward today that in theatre, most jobs are done through collaboration and someone needs to step up and help and the fact that a costumer must work with the lighting designer to get this going is great because it blurs the line on who is responsible for getting this to happen. not to mention that this project seems utterly fantastic and is another great way to explore in the world of lighting and costuming and getting the idea that nothing has to be concrete such as idea s and that exploration is always wanted.
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