France - More top names from across the lighting industry have joined the line-up of speakers set to present at Showlight 2025, which visits Dijon, France, this 19-22 May.
With topics drawing from innovations in mixed and multimedia lighting, the illumination of spaces from the smallest venue to the wide open sky, and the subject of climate change and sustainability initiatives, the second batch of names and topics revealed includes . . .
Lighting ‘Cine-Theatre’
Nick Schlieper, one of Australia’s most highly awarded designers, will examine the considerable challenges posed by lighting Cine-Theatre, a style of production which utilises live feed video combined with pre-recorded footage with which the performers constantly interact. The term was coined by a critic, writing about a ground-breaking production of The Picture Of Dorian Gray in Sydney, in 2020 and applied to subsequent productions of Jekyll and Hyde and Dracula.
Small Venues, Gigantic Ideas
Argentinian lighting designers, Sophya Acosta and Luciana Suppicich from Sophya Acosta Lighting Design Studio, specialise in creating unique magical moments within the special and technical constraints of small venues. Together they will disclose how these restrictions can inspire the most extraordinary and ingenious ideas.
Embracing the Blue Hour – lighting design under an open sky
Phil Supple has created outdoor lighting designs for large scale performances, artworks, public and private commissions for over 25 years. Celebrating the rewards of an outdoor lighting design practice, he will explore the delivery of landscape lighting and lighting artworks under transitional, dynamic, and sometimes unruly conditions in both urban and rural contexts.
Not the End of the World
Inspired by Hannah Ritchie’s book of the same name, Bryan Raven, erstwhile MD of White Light and champion of sustainability, takes a more positive and optimistic view of the battle against climate change and the wider sustainability topic with examples taken from his experiences with White Light and working with various organisations in the live events sector.
The musical 40-45 brings 360 Degrees of Emotion
With over 30 years of experience in creating immersive visual experiences, founder and creative director of Painting with Light, Luc Peumans, will use the new-style immersive musical experience of the musical, 40-45, to show how he blended emotional storytelling with high-tech motion technology, innovative lighting and multimedia design to maintaining the fluidity and intensity of the narrative.
More speakers will be announced in the coming weeks. With Robert Juliat as its headline sponsor, Showlight kicks off on 19 May with a welcome reception, followed by three days of unrivalled papers presentations, valuable networking opportunities, a small-scale exhibition of the latest tech, a grand dinner and so much more. Both day tickets and full passes are available via the web address below.
