PRODUCTION FUTURES
Jason HyoYoung Ahn Emerging as ‘one to watch’ in the Asian live events market, 23-year-old Jason HyoYoung Ahn, has already played a key part in several productions in his native South Korea, as well as developing his own production entity, The Shine People. TPi’s Jacob Waite catches up with Ahn to recap a successful 2019…
As a burgeoning stage lighting designer in the entertainment industry, Jason HyoYoung Ahn has already crossed off several South Korean productions on his personal live events calendar. Having recently finished an Associate Degree on Stage Lighting at Seoul Institute of Art, he shared details of a breakthrough 2019 with TPi. Ahn began learning his craft at primary school, citing his musical background as a key factor in the success of his flourishing career. “Being able to understand the fundamental emotions of both music and lighting has been important to my development; I never stop thinking about lighting, and I’m constantly looking for new and exciting ways to light a concert, music performance, musical, or corporate event,” he enthused. Looking to provide the most realistic visualisation work, Ahn began to meet likeminded individuals, which gradually became his production entity, The Shine People – a design collective that handles visualisation
software. “I developed the name while I was in high school,” Ahn reminisced. “Nowadays, it’s an entity which my colleague, Set Designer, Paolo Gaddari, and I have harnessed on several projects.” Impressively, Ahn’s professional portfolio includes being Lighting Designer for the Seoul Institute of the Arts Applied Music Concert JangDokDae, Korea Folk Dance Festival, Sokcho Light Festival, as well as musician Park Kang Soo and theatrical production, Autumn Town. His Lighting Director credits include Seoul Street Dance Festival, Pure 100% Live, 2016 Rapbeat Show&Nite, Jaxcoco Launching Party with JYP, Ansan Street Arts Festival, and Pororo Cyberspace Adventure 2 Tour. He was also a Lighting Programmer for Traditional Korea Classic Music Festival, CCM Concert ComeTour 2012, The Wizard of Oz and Nation of Dosan. A lighting designer by trade, Ahn’s toolbox features Capture 2019 software and his trusty Macbook Pro and iPad. “These are very helpful
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