II hope to do two pieces of self-directed work in the period January-May 2009:
(a) Video Portrait of a Parish Centre (See other blog entry)
(b) Installation with recorded Performance on Bipolar Balance.
Work on this piece is only in very preliminary stages.
My idea is to create an installation where the audience can 'play' with the components and at the same time get some idea of how unpredictable the mood swings of bipolar condition can be.
Performance:
The metaphor for this instability is a balance - trays suspended from a bamboo pole across my shoulders.
I a blindfolded to indicate that I am out of control of the origins of my mood swings.
Glasses of water will be added randomly to one tray or the other by members of the audience. Weight of the glass will cause the tray to lower towards the ground, triggering a sensor to change the lighting, and vary sound. I will have to straighten the pole until the sound informs me that the bar is level again.
The installation
There will be a timber outline figure to hold the pole and trays. Glasses of water will be on adjacent table. Audience can experiment with wearing the pole if they wish.
Video recording.
Four cameras at different locations and levels will record and project the performance to the live audience, and will be available as a composite video for exhibition viewers.
Live audience will be invited to discuss the work afterwards.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Portrait of a Parish Centre - SELF-DIRECTED 1
I hope to do two pieces of self-directed work in the period January-May 2009:
I will video and photograph various elements, features, activities and people whom I meet during a short period of short visits to the Parish Centre at Carman's Hall off Francis Street, Dublin 8.
My research has consisted of both video and internet sources as these seem most relevant.
My Preliminary research was into the idea of a video portrait, and also the idea of a portrait of a building, or any non-living subject.
Portrait of a community through portraits of individuals (words and pictures)
Russian Ark has shown me about camera techniques used filming the interior of a building.
Last Year in Marienbad also shows tracking around the inside of a building.
I've done considerable research on the topic of steadicams, and also on the idea of a dolly.
Currently I'm looking at the idea of using a tripod as a steadicam. This video show a man simply using the inner pole of the tripod.
This lad uses one leg of the tripod as a horizontal handle, and extends the other two legs to create a centre of balance.
This one looks the best. I agree with the comment that suggests duct-tape or velcro for fastening on the bottles.
Next thing for me to do is to test the ideas and see which works the best.
(a) Video Portrait of a Parish Centre(a) Video Portrait of a Parish Centre
(b) Installation with recorded Performance on Bipolar Balance. (See other blog entry)
I will video and photograph various elements, features, activities and people whom I meet during a short period of short visits to the Parish Centre at Carman's Hall off Francis Street, Dublin 8.
My research has consisted of both video and internet sources as these seem most relevant.
My Preliminary research was into the idea of a video portrait, and also the idea of a portrait of a building, or any non-living subject.
Portrait of a community through portraits of individuals (words and pictures)
Portrait of a community through their religious organization
Portrait of a Community through its common cultural links
I then looked at some videos.Russian Ark has shown me about camera techniques used filming the interior of a building.
Last Year in Marienbad also shows tracking around the inside of a building.
I've done considerable research on the topic of steadicams, and also on the idea of a dolly.
Currently I'm looking at the idea of using a tripod as a steadicam. This video show a man simply using the inner pole of the tripod.
This lad uses one leg of the tripod as a horizontal handle, and extends the other two legs to create a centre of balance.
This one looks the best. I agree with the comment that suggests duct-tape or velcro for fastening on the bottles.
Next thing for me to do is to test the ideas and see which works the best.
COUNTDOWN
This is now the COUNTDOWN to the end of the year.
The outstanding essay is now complete so there is just the SELF-DIRECTED part of our work.
I have decided to do this in two sections, possibly not equal:
One of the comments at my assessment was that the statement on what I was going to do was too long.
In hindsight, I can see now how this happened. It arose from a misunderstanding. I had done the series of talks with Sarah Browne on making a Proposal and she had given made outline notes available to us with which I was very impressed. When I asked if Claire if I would follow this outline, I didn't show it to her, so when she said yes go ahead, we were actually talking about two different proposals.
It was only afterwards that I realized what the mistake I had made was about.
Sarah's notes referred to a document to be sent to a stranger who would need contextual information.
The Notes for the assessors were addressed to people who are very familiar with what I am doing, and I gave them far more detail than they needed.
Added to that, the fact that I sent the document by email, and it highly formatted meant that it spewed out a stack of pages when Claire printed it.
So the two lessons I am faced with learning:
The outstanding essay is now complete so there is just the SELF-DIRECTED part of our work.
I have decided to do this in two sections, possibly not equal:
(a) Video Portrait of a Parish CentreLENGTH OF PROPOSAL
(b) Installation with recorded Performance on Bipolar Balance.
One of the comments at my assessment was that the statement on what I was going to do was too long.
In hindsight, I can see now how this happened. It arose from a misunderstanding. I had done the series of talks with Sarah Browne on making a Proposal and she had given made outline notes available to us with which I was very impressed. When I asked if Claire if I would follow this outline, I didn't show it to her, so when she said yes go ahead, we were actually talking about two different proposals.
It was only afterwards that I realized what the mistake I had made was about.
Sarah's notes referred to a document to be sent to a stranger who would need contextual information.
The Notes for the assessors were addressed to people who are very familiar with what I am doing, and I gave them far more detail than they needed.
Added to that, the fact that I sent the document by email, and it highly formatted meant that it spewed out a stack of pages when Claire printed it.
So the two lessons I am faced with learning:
- Clarify terms in matters of importance. Make sure that we both agree that we are talking about the same thing.
- Give hard copies if that is permitted, otherwise, either use attachments or do the doc in TEXT ONLY in the body of the email.
- Could also suggest to Claire that she give a max number of words, rather than a number of pages, seeing that formatting can be used to cheat on the number of pages (which is what I did, but it didn't come off)
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