His eponymously named company, Gil Teichman, purchased their first Robes some years ago, and in fact he's known of Robe right since the start in the 1990s, when they were an OEM manufacturer. The first ever Gil Teichman purchases were of the ColorWash and ColorSpot 1200 series, around nine years ago, followed by the 700E AT series, all delivered through Robe's Israeli distributor, Danor Theatre & Studio Systems.
A strong relationship with Danor has maintained Gil Teichman as one of the distributor's largest customers for Robe, and the upgrade to the moving light stock started three years ago. This now includes some 24 x MMX Spots, 12 x LEDWash 1200s, 24 x LEDWash 600s, and was followed up in summer 2015 with the purchase of 18 x Pointes.
A lot of Gil's personal design work is for government sponsored projects, city lighting schemes and public events like the 60th Independence Day celebrations. Gil utilized over 200 Robe fixtures for the opening ceremony of the new Hall 2 at the Tel Aviv Exhibition Centre.
Other notable recent projects have included illuminating the 158m high Kirya Tower - the sixth tallest building in Israel - achieved using 24 x LEDWash 1200s spread out around the base to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in November 1995.
Lighting the 250 metre high chimneys of the imposing Orot Rabin Power Station in Hadera was another one - the majestic chimneys were beautifully lit and textured with nine BMFL Spots positioned 400ft away - the occasion was for a music festival staged in the adjacent park.
"BMFLs were the only fixture bright enough to get the results I wanted," he declares.
(Jim Evans)
