In the afternoon we had a session discussion about the next screen. Its all running behind schedule – but now we get to see what does and doesn’t work with the screen. I like the volumetric part of the screen and the image – the face feels holographic in some way – like its some sort of ghost image or something. Natacha doesn’t think it works that well. I discussed ways that it could escape from its ply-wood background. we talked about hanging it, with leads. We talked about creating a ‘curtain’ like screen that you could walk through. I think touching and walking though the screen would be fantastic. Natacha has asked me not to call it a screen, but call it a pixy.
And I guess its this – the more sculptural elements that would be great to explore. how the work views from all angles. The pixy wants you to touch it walk through it. It would be nice to explore it – but the current iteractivity demands that you stay near to the camera that assess your facial expression – here there is a disconnect – and one that we can’t work out over this residency.
We talked about hanging it from a sort of wire, weighting it with leads, finding a rubber tubing. Creating more of a curtain. Its the time to test these things – so that seems great. It would be great to further extend – in a direction that suits natacha and michael. Micheal seems excited by the curtain idea and natacha felt it would work better for the image. I think it would be good to explore. They both say that it will be easier to install – which would definitely be great.
