Reading Light (Level 1) – A Workshop by Pritham Kumar

Part 1 – Introduction, Exposure and Design Practice
Part 1 of the workshop aims to introduce participants to the world of lighting design via exposure to gear, a short performance and critical design discussions. The first day (20 Jan / 27 Jan) will mainly explore how lights commonly used in live performance can be manipulated as well as some basic design theory. This will be followed by a short performance and designs for it will be followed by discussion. The second day (21 Jan / 28 Jan) the performance will be revisited and final drafts of designs will be made by each participant and discussed.

Part 2 – Execution of Design
A completely practice-based session where participants will be realising their designs in real time. Each participant will be given 3-4 hours to use the equipment and bring their design to life as well as observe the working of other participants to take away experiential and external learnings.

Part 3 – Documentation
A short session where participants will work on documenting their design in a manner that can be shared almost anywhere in the world.

Part 4 – Evolution
This is a lab where a basic setup will be available to test and use new ways of lighting control as well as a basic introduction to making your own miniature LED lights.

|| What you need to bring ||

Part One:
> A notebook of minimum A5 size
> Pens in red, blue, green and black
> Pencils
> 12 inch ruler

Part Two:
> A notebook of minimum A5 size
> Pens in red, blue, green and black
> Pencils
> 12 inch ruler
> One red and one black OHP marker

Part Three:
> Laptops with macOS 10.8+ or Windows 7+
> A software called LxFree must be installed on the computer before the workshop. http://lx.claudeheintzdesign.com/index.html
> Mouse

Part Four:
> Laptops with macOS 10.7+ or Windows XP+
> A software called QLC+ must be installed on all computers before the workshop. http://www.qlcplus.org/
> Mouse
> A USB DMX controller, if you have one
> A midi controller, if you have one

|| Details ||

What: A four-part performance lighting workshop series by Pritham Kumar
Part 1 batch 1: January 20, 21
Part 1 batch 2: January 27, 28
Time: 10:00am – 6:00pm
Open to all
Fee: Rs 3000 (for 2 days)
No drop-ins allowed

Note: As the workshops will require students to be using professional technical equipment, only a limited no. of spots are available.
Discounts available for those who attend all four parts, as well as art practitioners and students.

For more details, please contact Pritham on +91 9845441420 or at readinglightworkshops@gmail.com. Email preferred.

|| Dates ||

Part 1 – 2 Batches – 20 & 21 Jan | 27 & 28 Jan
Part 2 – 27 Feb
Part 3 – 4 March
Part 4 – 11 March

|| Facilitator ||

Pritham Kumar is known by many performing-arts practitioners as a lighting designer. He is self taught and has been working in the field of light design for close to two decades. His work has taken him to many countries and sometimes his work even travels in lieu of him. He is keen to pass on all of his knowledge of the field to grow a new generation of lighting designers. He is now making explorations in technical consulting for new spaces as well as exploring new technologies. He sees a future where design plays a more collaborative part in performance.

Recent works include Rukmini Vijayakumar‘s ‘The Dark Lord’, Atul Kumar‘s ‘Khwaab Sa’ and Deepika Arwind‘s ‘A Brief History of your Hair’.