Set on the banks of the River Clyde, the BBC's new high definition television studio complex was opened by the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, on 20 September and is a bold departure from traditional TV studio premises.
Showlight 2009 will take place from 16-19 May and will be of interest not only to TV lighting directors, but anyone involved with entertainment and architectural lighting design. The BBC's high definition equipment will be utilised to illustrate papers from all genres of lighting, including theatre, film, event, education, architecture and, of course, television.
Organising committee chairman, Ian Dow, said: "The studio complex houses the UK's most advanced broadcast studios and production facilities: the new technology has enabled a move away from tapes to a digital file-based system that fully integrates television, radio and online. Showlight 2009 will be a marvellous opportunity to see all this technology in action."
Established in 1981, when the first event took place at London's Barbican, Showlight exists specifically to give people time to talk, to discuss ideas and to mix with some of the best known names in the lighting industry. Organised by lighting professionals for lighting professionals, Showlight takes place every four years, always at a different venue and the 2009 venue is appropriate, as it will be 20 years since Showlight was last based in the world of television.
(Jim Evans)
