Re: let there be light

Monika Wunderer (wunderer@st1hobel.phl.univie.ac.at)
Thu, 20 Feb 1997 21:29:29 +0100

At 23:58 17.02.97 PDT, Rainer Fuegenstein wrote:
>there is a scanner system available (i forgot the name of it) which I'm not
>really able to describe, but I'll try: the actor carries a small sender,
>which reports the position of the actor to the console. a bunch of
>luminaires, controlled by the console via DMX512, keep track of the actor.
>several luminaires can be used and they can be located neary everywhere.
>
>in our case, 4 luminaires would be located at each corner of the stage.
>there is a 5th luminaire located in the center of the stage, but not at the
>local stage; it is located at the other (remote) stages, representing the
>virtual actor.
>
>this means that, at each stage, there are n luminaires located in the
>center of each stage, where n is the number of remote stages.
>
>since the positions of the actor during the play is known, there is no need
>for a sender: the position of the actor is pre-programmed into the console,
>the console operator issues "go!" commands to move the light in real time
>with the actor to the next position. as we know when the actor will speak,
>there is no need to visualize the voice of the actor: the change of the
>light (cone) is just another "Go".

Rainer can you explain again what you mean with the pre-programmed
position? If the actors position is got from a sender, than it would not
pre-programmed, right?

because I think it is NOT intended to have pre-programmed virtual actors!

>
>for us, this means that quite a load is taken from the computer and put
>into to lighting control system (the console). IMHO this obsoletes one of
>the computers. on the one hand, this makes improvisation impossible, but,
>since the whole show is pre-recorded in the console, we might be able to
>continue with the performance in the case of breakdowns.
>

the performance will continue in case of a breakdown, but certainly in a
way that is different . We decided to show the netlags!

At 11:19 19.02.97 -0300, santiago pereson wrote:

>i still thinks boris' idea of a net-storm is better. after all we do want
>to relate the odyssey (with its storms) to the net (with its lags).
>

Monika heavily nods

well we do not know yet how we will really visualize the netlags - how many
screens we will have and so on, but what boris and lee suggested certainly
this is a good possibility

Mon

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