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ALD AGM discusses future options of production

The Association of Lighting Designers held its 2020 Annual General Meeting via video conference. The move was introduced to enable ALD members from all parts of the country to contribute without the need to travel considerable distances to London. Over 120 members attended individually.

The full-day agenda opened with the meeting itself. Follow on sessions comprised a series of smaller working groups open to all members, including ‘Digital Networking in an entertainment environment’: a discussion on sustainable practice, and specific sessions looking at the issues affecting specific categories of membership. Importantly, several of the groups discussed the issues that have been raised by the global pandemic and the effect on working practices in live production.

One such discussion centred around how the industry gets back on its feet with specific reference to those working in live entertainment lighting. An open letter to producers, written by Johanna Town, Chair of the ALD, sent out the call for a joint endeavour to combine creative minds across the production industry, to find solutions to the situation ALD members and other production workers find themselves in.

The letter included a survey conducted with its members in May 2020 which shows that 63% classed themselves as freelance/self-employed over the last 4 years; 77% had their work through to September 2020 cancelled in the first month of lockdown; 46% had lost three quarters of their annual income by May 2020; 87% are not confident that their confirmed work for the rest of 2020 will take place.

Photo: ALD’s 2019 AGM held in White Light’s Studio 19, with Manchester attendees on video screen.

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