Billy Tubb of APAC, an Albuquerque theatrical consultant, teamed up with Eric Kennedy, a local freelance lighting designer, to design a modern lighting rig which would incorporate both static and modern moving light fixtures for the events centre. The upstage and downstage trusses were specified as conventional pre rig truss, whereas the grid over centre stage area comprises Intelligent Pre-Rig Truss (IPRT) with straight legs radiating from a central circular hub, to form the Zia, the state symbol of New Mexico.
The circular IPRT provides the support for a small projection screen for gobo images and the whole grid is raised and lowered on electric chain hoists to facilitate servicing and repositioning of the lighting fixtures.
(Ruth Rossington)
