Friday, January 31, 2014
James Bedell: Broadway Green Alliance
Education content from Live Design Magazine: Lighting designer James Bedell of The Broadway Green Alliance stopped by Studio Live Design at LDI2013 to chat about the Alliance's new Greener Lighting Guide.
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I think that theatre and green are sometimes thought of as mutually exclusive. We print massive amounts of things, use massive amounts of material that just gets thrown out or locked in storage, and we use tons of electricity. But I also think they are not mutually exclusive at all. It is very possible to be greener in theatre, but the biggest problem I see is people don't want to take the time and effort. Although money is always a driving factor, theatre is an industry that is SUPER into tradition. A lot of people see no reason to change from what they already know and love, and although I understand that, I like seeing attempts at greening up theatre. I think that in 5 years, when LEDs and other alternative sources become more feasible, there will be a massive paradigm shift into green theatre. Until then, people need to keep making the information available, for when the time comes.
I appreciated this article, but at the same time as a lighting person I'm slightly concerned. As we progress and invent new technology the lighting world is going more and more LED. Environmentalists are pushing for use of green technology in the theatre. I'm all for making things environmentally friendly but I feel pushing lighting rigs to become all LED could be detrimental to a lighting designers vision. There are certain things LED's just don't do well, one being fade smoothly, and two create a nice warm light. I will admit there are some fixtures that have gotten very close to incandescents but I feel they still can't replace them. My standpoint is LED's are appropriate for certain aspects of any lighting design but we must not do away with standard incandescent fixtures.
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