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It is the day after the Graduation Ceremony. Since the last blog the Degree Show has come and gone, the video accompaniment to the premiere of ‘Voyager’ (composed by Warren Greveson) at Beaumaris Festival 2012 took place on July 6 […]
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Completed the installation of the pieces into the corridor. Made a last-minute adjustment to the lighting in the ‘sublime’ vitrine…it now looks right after matching the last light to the first 3. Completed the ‘blacking-out’ of the void interior and […]
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One week to go and this last 2 weeks has been seriously busy, the making of 3 large pieces has been a real physical challenge. However, they are almost complete. The dressing of the vitrines (‘the difference between sublime and […]
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The ‘fear’ piece is nearly complete. After trials with the projector inside the cube I decided to build-in active ventilation rather than passive ventilation as originally planned. The top of the cube now has an instrument fan and air intake […]
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Its been a good few days. Built the rear-projection screen assembly for “Fear”. This was a mixture of optimising the screen size for the present piece and for the screen to be useful for other work. Ended up with a […]
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The double vitrine piece (the sublime compared with beauty) has been on-hold as it waits for the two frames. Since it is to be viewed close to eye-level, these need to be substantial and attached to a wall. They are […]
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Yesterday, a photographic shoot beneath flyovers along the A55, M56 and M6 completed the supporting work for the ‘Secession and Uniformity’ vitrine. This line of work began by ‘finding’ the extraordinary space beneath the Llandudno Junction flyover on the A55 […]
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A good day today. Have now installed the support system for the projector into the ‘cube’. From their I went on to cut up the lead mouldings (made last weekend) which will hold down the ‘arches’ in the vitrine once […]
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The exploratory work on the lighting of the vitrine is now concluded at this stage. The final lighting states will be set once the tanks are filled and the haze levels set. The ‘sublime’ tank is now side-lit with 4 […]
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The lighting for the “secession” vitrine is approaching completion. One half will have simulated direct sunlight using a set of daylight LED GU10 lamps. The intense light on the inner edge of the arches and the associated deep shadows on […]
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The dissertation is now ‘done and dusted’ and only needs to be bound. The the last element in this module is a presentation on the subject which will be given some time before Easter. Now working on the final show […]
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The Research Module assessment took place yesterday and everything was ready in time, with just a couple of dramas on the way. Having put up a ‘roof’ over my space to reduce light levels for video, my first effort was […]