Lighting&Sound America Online - News: As the spread of the coronavirus known as COVID-19 swept the globe in early March, the entertainment technology industry has faced major interruptions in business activity that are certain to last at least for some weeks to come.
Following the earlier postponements of Prolight + Sound Guangzhou and MIR Tech came the news, on March 3, that Prolight + Sound Frankfurt would not take place March 31 - April 3 as scheduled. The decision came after several major exhibitors withdrew. The show was rescheduled for May 26 - 29, but later was cancelled.
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Although we have known about corona for a short period prior to the past week, the situation heated up very quickly and shut down a lot over the past week. How the next few weeks go will be interesting to say the least. Who knows what to expect and when industries will start operating like normal (could be a few weeks or it could be a few months) no one knows. Everyone on the globe is affected by this virus in someway and every industry is taking or will take a major hit. Some events were more forward thinking and canceled/postponed events but not corona is shutting down most if not all event across the globe. I found the part about confirmed cases to be an interesting addition to this article. The data is so unclear (especially in the US) and there are probably thousands of people with the virus but either the symptoms are so mild or they just haven’t been tested. We are in for some unexpected circumstances, this will defiantly be a memorable time in our lives and hopefully will be a story we get to share with our kids
The last ten days have actually shook the entire world: offices, schools, colleges have been shut down; people are stocking up groceries and such essentials because they can go out of the market any instance given the present circumstances. But most importantly, what has been actually altered has been the way of living life. With self quarantine, people have been confined and that is a difficult situation to adhere by.
Corona virus has managed to have an impact on the world in the most drastic senses, and what I believe is the main cause for corona virus are the delayed responses to the seriousness that the disease embodies.
I think that if preventive measures were taken by countries the moment the first few cases were identified and that the countries had not necessarily waited for an exponential increase in the number of cases, the spread of the disease would have been controlled to some extent.
When I opened up the webpage to write comments for this week, I didn’t want to comment on an article about COVID-19. This virus is everywhere, and I feel like I’ve been glued to my computer and phone this past week, watching for updates, reaching out to loved ones, or trying to map my route to the closest pharmacy I could get to without riding the bus. Unless you’ve been on a very holistic retreat, the entire world has really been affected - and as the article shows, it seems like many things have just stopped. Social distancing is to help alleviate the need for immediate, large scale resources induced by this outbreak. These past days, and well - these past months, will be noted in textbooks and in the history of all these companies, organizations and homes that are affected. I know that I will end up having to comment on coronavirus articles, because the theater industry specifically has been truly rocked. It’s been interesting to hear about all of these closings, and how people are dealing with them - as someone who connects with many people in the industry closely.
I was kind of hoping to avoid corona virus articles this week, to be honest, but it seems that that's going to be hard to do. I feel a little overly bitter saying it, but I sort of just want to live my life without having to constantly think about it. Memes on Instagram are all COVID-19 related, all these online classes and being tethered to my home is a constant reminder, and these articles too. I suppose such is life, and corona has affected our lives so heavily that we do have to be conscious of it and its developments throughout the day. Regardless, it's harrowing. This industry, and basically, like, every other industry in the world has been impacted by this, and I really do feel for the freelance artists out there, along with hourly wage workers and small business owners. This will have a profound effect on the world economy, and I'm sad that I have to see it happen. One day, we will be telling our grandchildren about this.
It's pretty crazy to think that 2 weeks ago I was leaving CMU for spring break, and since then so many things have changed. I am so sad to see all of these different businesses closing and firing their staff, and the way that this virus is affecting every aspect of everyone in the world. It is a little disappointing, as many of my peers have noted above me, that all I am allowed to think and talk and read about right now seems to be the corona virus. I think that it makes sense, because it is affecting everything, especially theatre and other live performance art, but it is so terrible that for the foreseeable future we will probably be tethered to thinking about the virus in every aspect of our lives. I really do hope things get better soon, and people start to take it seriously and stay inside so we can get back to our lives.
It is honestly kind of weird coming back to this article almost three weeks after its publication. I think that the world still sort of feels like it has paused momentarily and yet life continues to go on. A lot of people I have talked to in the past few weeks have described it as a kind of limbo in that they do not really know how to move forward but that the days pass just the same as before, no matter what anyone has to say about it. I think that sense of uncertainty is especially pronounced as more and more people are getting let go from jobs - whether temporarily or not - and as we head towards what looks like the largest recession our generation has ever seen. For the arts (and those who were looking forward to entering into the arts world in the coming years), this recessionary period will most definitely be felt but, at the same time, I am holding out hope for some sort of modern renaissance to come about. Hopefully there will be some sort of artistic innovation borne from loss.
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