Thomas Wilfred

In the early 1900s, Thomas Wilfred was already experimenting with moving lights. I think even more impressive than the art he made was that he constructed his clavilux despite no training in building such a device.  His compositions are breathtaking, and they remind me of the 77 million paintings, only a low tech version.  Something I found the most interesting was that he helped pioneer projected scenery as well, using it in a production of Ibsen's Vikings as early as the 1930s.  Wilfred was thinking way ahead of his time, and his ideas are just now starting to become vogue.