I have a special place in my heart for Vari-Lite fixtures. My first experiences with automated lighting was with the Vari-Lite Artisan and Mini-Artisan consoles, and the very awesome Vari-Lite VL2C and VL6 spots, and the VL5 wash. I love the VL2C – it’s like a big ol’ square truck that has great optics and color. It blew my mind when I got programmer training and teachnician training on the fixture. Taking a VL2C apart was like performing surgery for me!
Derek Heckler sent me a great video from the 1980s from Vari-Lite – it’s like a promo/sales video, and it’s pretty excellent – I kept expecting to see Genesis show up onstage! I found part two of the video as well – both are embedded below. Thanks Derek!
NO WAY! Man I love these kind of videos – history of lighting… Cool stuff man. Have you heard of Gary Carnes? Used to work at VL and has some great stories…
That was perfect timing posting this and the PRG Bad Boy demo back to back… from the retro to the newest thing out there. That was a treat, thanks for posting both of those.
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