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Artistic statement August 7, 2002
Too often lighting is reduced to making the stage bright so that the actors can act or making the stage dark so that the tech crew can change the sets. But lighting must never become routine. Designers should never ask first “how” will I light this show. Designers need to constantly be asking “why” and “what.” Why did the author create this show, this scene, this moment? What must be visible or hidden and why must it be seen or unseen? The “what” and the “why” will feed into the “how”. But even when we connect with the “what” and the “why” of a moment in lighting we need to bring; creativity, artistry and innovation to the “how.” Just because up-light is typically used to provide an eerie feeling does not mean that it should be used here, now. As a matter of fact I try to avoid “typical” uses. A helpful exercise I use is to write down quickly all the ways I know how to light the particular moment at hand. Then when I have exhausted what I “know” would work…then I am ready to begin creating something new, something innovative, something art!
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