This week has been mixed in terms of success. ABOVE is a photo of the range of materials i began to use at NPT in order to develop the Antarctic theme VISUALS. I sourced material from the web on Emperor penguin lifecycle, krill(food) and their young. I also transferred images onto acetate and built a set of viewing/light binoculars [BELOW].
I have also been investigating how shadow and the human form can create tableaus. I am hoping to string each 'scene' into a narrative about penguins. It is really enjoyable to try to improvise in this way.
In terms of the AUDIO experiment; I was able to connect the Nimzy Audio Blaster to my laptop and play the Data WAV of the Emperor Penguins whilst we improvised each scene. I actually managed to amplify the entire floor of the main auditorium (!) which was pretty impressive.
Unfortunately, i discovered that the Nimzy unit can only be placed upon another hard surface and not 'fixed' - so in instead it is actually trying to amplify the OHP,the fishtank and the pyrex dish - and not the glass that contains the water!
The next stage in trying to set up a resonance pattern will either be via the piezo transducer (which i now doubt will have enough power to transmit - at least through the glass) or a waterproof speaker. I will hopefully be able to set up and try a few experiments using both at the end of next week with PA after the sound inductions. I hope to have delivery of the waterproof speaker by then. I have spoken to a sound engineer colleague who believes that the waterproof speaker will be the best direct means of creating a resonance pattern via partial submersion in the water.
An alternative is to wire up to five 100watt speakers via the NPT amplifiers and place the fish tank ontop (with a small volume of water) and transmit the resonance pattern that way. Seems a little overkill thou' ; )
I have booked the DAR3 room for 30th November as the actual deadline by which to video whatever i have to create a resonance pattern. I have struggled with the difficulties of setting up the experiment at NPT (No NSAD sound engineer and taking a video camera off-site) or setting it up at NSAD (no OHP or screen to set up visuals). Hopefully NPT will have a portable OHP - i will find out if this works with my glass/ water/ mirror set up next tuesdayPM (20th). Fingers crossed!
Monday (19th) I will be at my proposed research visit to the British library symposium with Marko Peljhan on the libraries of ice . I will also be going to the Imperial War Museum for the weapons of mass communication exhibition on Tues (20th).
I have been invited to a Tipping Point networking event at Tate Britain on 27th Nov - but i doubt that i can fit this into my working schedule at the moment. Beth Derbyshire and Yinka Shonibare will be leading some of the talks. Interestingly, Derbyshire has touched upon water and birds as subject matter herself. My attention was caught by a passage in in her artist statement: 'The element of drawing is present, whether it is a video sketch from nature such as birds in flight or a rolling wave, a photographic work describing a human gesture, or as in Message a live-event/drawing'. I am inclined to view each tableau (to use the theatrical term) that i have created as visual sketches.
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