Defying Gravity: Mechanical Advantage and Lifting Systems

What is mechanical advantage or disadvantage and how can we use it in the aerial arts to bend physics and defy gravity. Talking through the creation of simple mechanical advantage systems using rope and pulleys, we can create and use them to expand a rig's potential allow for live lifts or lifting heavier props or multiple artists. 

This FREE session will not only cover the theory behind these systems, but will also give participants the opportunity to bring the conversation into practice inside a studio environment, experimenting hands-on with rigging concepts and simple mechanical advantage setups in action.

FREE TO ATTEND

Instructed by Graeme Janzen from GasLamp FX

Born in Calgary, Graeme Janzen has been doing theatrical lighting, rigging and performer flying for 10 years. Over the years, he has flown performers for Calgary Opera's production of Everest, 9 years of the Calgary Stampede Grandstand Show while working for Chicago based Vertigo and most recently Alberta Ballet's production of PHI. In 2018, he started Gaslamp FX INC which specializes in aerial rigging hardware and fall protection sales after seeing a need within the Alberta community for quality rigging hardware suppliers.