Friday, May 03, 2019
The LED Revolution With Lighting Designer Justin Townsend
www.livedesignonline.com: I came up in a world where color was precious, careful, determined. Color was almost like egg tempura paints, dyes floated in egg whites to be carefully painted with. We used to gather around the swatch books and tell each other our favorite colors, swapping stories about Skelton Exotic Sangria and Bastard Amber. Those choices become the backbone and structure of the design. Color was an investment—a bold choice made in the studio before arriving in tech.
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The first time I ever interacted with an LED fixture, I knew that it would change how lighting design worked. When I am bored, I like to flip through my Roscoe gel book and find the gels that have funny names, or try to differentiate between two gels that are nearly identical. It seems odd how color has become more fluid and less of an investment. Instead of double hanging a plot with warms and cools, individual instruments can multi-task. Color isn’t about getting on the ladder and picking the perfect shade of amber anymore. In the theater, lighting designers can be dynamic creative partners with the director, scenery, and costumes. Is a costume not popping the way it should? Roll in the red and blue to find those violet undertones. Color can change in a moment, and importantly can change at ANY moment; color is now instantly cue-able. Our tools shape how we make and, in turn, perceive work. How will we continue to perceive and relate to color as our tools give us infinite free experimentation?
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