Summary

Digital Video Illumination is a method of lighting developed by Robert Gardiner in which digital video projectors replace conventional stage lights. In this method, a relatively small number of video projectors are arranged so that they "cover" the performance area, and illumination, colour, shape, pattern, movement, and visual focus are created with light from these projectors, which are controlled using a personal computer.

Biography

ROBERT GARDINER is Professor of Design for Theatre at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He has designed stage scenery and lighting at many theatres in North America, has been a member of various boards, panels, and juries for civic, provincial, and national agencies and not-for-profit organizations, and was Head of the UBC Department of Theatre and Film from 2002-2007. He has received Jessie Richardson Awards and a Dorothy Somerset Award in Vancouver, an Elizabeth Sterling Haynes award in Edmonton, a Toronto Theatre Critics Award, and his work has been represented in the Canadian National Exhibition at the Prague Quadrennial. He is an expert in lighting, scenery, costume, and video design for theatre, stage directing, technical direction, scenic art, stage carpentry, and performance. His artistic and research practice integrates imagistic design, digital media technologies, and live performance, and has received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the BC Innovation Fund, the BC Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, and other agencies.

TOM SCHOLTE is a nationally recognized actor in the realms of theatre, film, and television, and Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of British Columbia. Among his numerous screen credits are a Genie nominated and Leo winning performance in the feature film LAST WEDDING, a Gemini winning performance on DA VINCI'S INQUEST, and a Leo winning performance in the short film EXPOSURES. On stage, he is a two time Jessie nominee who has appeared for such companies as Vancouver's Pi Theatre, Ruby Slippers and Arts Club Theatre Company, Toronto's Modern Times Stage Company, and Whitehorse's Nakai Theatre. As a director he was a founding member of Neworld Theatre and is the founder and artistic director of Theatreshop. He has previously taught acting for stage and screen at the Vancouver Film School, Lyric School of Acting, and the University of British Columbia. Tom's feature film directing debut, CRIME, received its world premiere at the 2008 Vancouver International Film Festival.

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