Prague Quadrennial Galleries return! Older readers may recall our popular PQ Galleries. We took them offline last year during some maintenance and they never quite made it back online! (Apologies) However we have now brought them back and we'll be adding to them over time. Currently we galleries include PQ National Exhibit photos, Peter Schumann workshop, Nori Sawa's puppet photos and some images … [Read More...]
Support Scenography
Scenography Members will know that this month we had to close our Scenography Portfolios. I've worked on this website for nearly ten years and it was a heartbreaking moment for me. The global recession impacted hard upon our revenue. And we'd been lagging behind some bill payments for some time, in-fact I was topping up or deficit our of my own pocket. But there has to be a cut off point and this March … [Read More...]
Theatre Sets photography display
I discovered an interesting post on the London Theatre Blog tonight. Theatre Sets is a collection of photographs by Edinburgh based photographer, Ines Gennuso. The series, according to the London Theatre Blog "...focuses on the way artificial light, with its reverberating colours, imbues space with a surreal and atmospheric quality; transforming the ordinary into something bold and dramatic." What … [Read More...]
Should you take unpaid work?
Unpaid work. Should you take it? What's good unpaid work and what's bad. Different designers have different views on the matter but for what it's worth here are mine: Let's first set things straight. It's important to make the distinction between unpaid work and "experience". "Experience is where you work for free and get something back in return (namely experience. Ideally experience that you may … [Read More...]
Scenography and the Web
I thought id take this opportunity to talk about how I got started in web design, my recommendations for starting your own site and how and why services like Scenography - The Theatre Design Website are invaluable (in my opinion) to web users. I'm planning on splitting this topic over a number of posts. In this first post i'll look at the background of scenography and of my own beginnings in web design. The … [Read More...]
Musings of a Jobbing Designer: Adventures as a freelancer 1985 -2009
After the collapse of Theatr Cymru at the beginning of 1984, I had to decide whether to upsticks and seek pastures new or stay and be part of the new developments that were taking place in Wales: I chose the latter. It became clear very quickly that another mainstream company was not going to rise from the ashes of Theatr Cymru. The Arts Council embarked on a policy of project funding. Hwyl a Fflag … [Read More...]
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