Slide Show Event

So, I've shown you some of what went into putting this project together. Here's some of what went on that night. Most of these images are mine; however, there are a few that were taken by a friend of mine. I'll mark those. ;)

Here's some of the shots I took of the work it's self. Remember, is sort of a collage of memories and a visual representation of the way that we remember things. I've been thinking a lot about how we remember things lately. For example, I'll be talking with a friend about something that happened years ago and what she remembers of the event is completely different from my own memories. So, the idea was to create windows that are windows but overlap and cross over in a way that makes it no longer simply a window. The second and underlying idea was about childhood and reading books beneath blankets at night. So the piece is actually made out of old bedsheets, that are worn to the point of being see through. The slides represent a different sort of window, a visual window. That glimpse into another world that we get through memories and through books.

I'm not and wasn't completely happy with the lighting system for these piece. However, I did what I could with what I had at the time. Which was mainly four clip lights set up behind it. In the future, I think I'd prefer one main light or a more seamless lighting system.

The slide towers were created by Sara and Candace. Sara is the one in the window, Candace isn't in this set of images. They were created out of old slide trays, filled with slides and then lit from the inside and zip tied together. :)

Here's a few shots of people who came to the event, and of the larger space. And below are the images that were taken by my friend Mica (the girl in black in the first frame above in the center).

So my piece decided to fall down about half way through the night. This is me fixing it with the help of my friend Jim and my mom.

And then here are just a few more images, all of which were take by Mica. The first one is me wearing Amy's piece. The second one is Candace and the third one is Amy and Sarah, both wearing bits of Amy's piece. ;)

So, that's the update on that. Enjoy and I hope that your day or evening is a good one. ;)

Last Of The WIP Images

Alright so I don't have a great camera and it looks rather worse when there isn't enough light. However, it was fun and I rather enjoy the quality that the video footage I took came out as. I'll post some video links later, I'm still waiting for those to upload--slowly one at a time.

This is group project documentation, this documentation was not of the actual event but of some of the work leading up to the event--the night before.

Artists Involved: Adolfo Cifuentes, Amy Burrel & Jay Garst
Link: Poster & Fuller Space

All of the above images were taken Thursday night December 10th 2009. This was video/photo documentation for class as we decided not to use the light up shirt during the actual performance on Friday. Actually we decided not to go with white clothing at all. So this was a practice run, trying to get the kinks worked out of the surveillance camera, the projection and a few other little things. Ahaha, I must've tried putting that projector all over that room before finally settling on it's final location--though unfortunately I didn't take pictures from Wednesday night.

Anyway, I have some pictures from the actual performance night and some video from both Thursday and Friday night that I will post--once I finally get it up. *disappears*

WIP Shots

Alright so I know these images suck, the lighting is bad at home and not much I can do about it but I wanted to post them. Having issues sewing on the inside of the arms because they're too small to fit well with the sewing machine. I think I'm going to have to put the last bits on by hand, but still a pain to sew in the sleave.

Anyway, it was decided that even the LilyPad components are probably going to snag on the fabric and rip it or at least create problems with. So I've been thinking of various ways to cover them. I like having the component's visible--though I have not fully figured out why that is, I think it has something to do with enjoying the ability to see how things work. Which at this point I can go either way on. I also decided to back the components on the inside of the shirt because some of the little bits on the back were poking threw and were a little sharp.

We also got the hangers up yesterday in the space. Inbetween holding things and passing tools, I took a few quick snap shots.

Alright that's it for now. Other things to do and finish and yeah. At least it hasn't snowed again so far. *disappears*