Agents Of Change
I've been bouncing around from gig to gig. A bunch of Islamic and Indian pop shows at the Agrodome. A Franco force tour promoting Quebec's 300'th birthday. Complete with a geodesic dome that took a whole evening to set up and rig.
The best gig was a world habitat and information display I got to rig and light for the Amir Kahn society. The group was promoting their new University that they'd produced and funded in Kazakhstan. And other ventures in third world Asia. I used to think it odd that we get alot of religious groups asking for the locals services when they want to put on shows or do events. But, I think it has alot to do with the fact that we set them up on the civic community centres. And the groups understand us as well, being a union that we are a non profit society of workers. We're on their plane, so to speak.
It's just fun to help build multi-media displays that don't promote the newest " Must have Gadget" or some corporate bullshit diatribe. Constructing information kiosks that show real things happening for amputee adults who need to learn new skills, in some far off war torn country, to help feed their children. Or the building of displays that show a old village that the people who have been apart of this organization, have rebuilt with their money and time.
When it's setting up a huge video wall for somebody like Sun micro system. Who have more money than god. I want to be the lazy union guy. But, gigs like this I put my heart into it and so does the others. Because our employers really give, in reality. And we are on the easy receiving end of their largest.
I've been bouncing around from gig to gig. A bunch of Islamic and Indian pop shows at the Agrodome. A Franco force tour promoting Quebec's 300'th birthday. Complete with a geodesic dome that took a whole evening to set up and rig.
The best gig was a world habitat and information display I got to rig and light for the Amir Kahn society. The group was promoting their new University that they'd produced and funded in Kazakhstan. And other ventures in third world Asia. I used to think it odd that we get alot of religious groups asking for the locals services when they want to put on shows or do events. But, I think it has alot to do with the fact that we set them up on the civic community centres. And the groups understand us as well, being a union that we are a non profit society of workers. We're on their plane, so to speak.
It's just fun to help build multi-media displays that don't promote the newest " Must have Gadget" or some corporate bullshit diatribe. Constructing information kiosks that show real things happening for amputee adults who need to learn new skills, in some far off war torn country, to help feed their children. Or the building of displays that show a old village that the people who have been apart of this organization, have rebuilt with their money and time.
When it's setting up a huge video wall for somebody like Sun micro system. Who have more money than god. I want to be the lazy union guy. But, gigs like this I put my heart into it and so does the others. Because our employers really give, in reality. And we are on the easy receiving end of their largest.
I've never heard of one!