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DEVELOPING YOUR CREATIVE PRACTICE AWARDED, JANUARY 2021
It’s with excitement that I share with you that I have been awarded a small grant from the arts council to help to continue to develop my creative practice, the money will be split across software licensing to continue to allow me to create and develop production designs during this period of extreme uncertainty.
TPI issue #250 june 2020
Entering the public consciousness after winning season nine of The X Factor in 2012, James Arthur has spent the past eight years honing his craft, with three studio albums and six arena tours already under his belt. His latest release, You, promised to be less of an introspective record, with the focus being on other people - hence the album title and the resulting mirrors incorporated into the set design for The YOU Tour…
Collaboration with NCMA, April 2020
Yayoi Kusama’s "LIGHT OF LIFE" uses light and space to create an immersive experience, joining the Museum collection 2018 after being featured in the NCMA’s special exhibition "You Are Here: Light, Color, and Sound Experiences." That same summer, First Aid Kit brought their Rebel Heart tour to the Museum’s amphitheater stage as part of the summer concert series, accompanied by what Atlas Stageworks, our concert lighting contractors, dubbed one of the best light shows the Museum has hosted.
TPI 15TH NOVEMBER 2018
Swedish duo First Aid Kit’s world tour kicked off in January 2018 after their Ruins album dropped, and they have just completed their tour dates in the UK. The edgy and intelligent visual show that accompanied the tour was created by Lighting Designer, Franki McDade who used lighting and video equipment supplied by Colour Sound Experiment.