6/8/2007 Meeting notes

Nathan and I met in his studio to work on sound. I also showed him the beginnings of a chapter draft in flash.

Nathan’s idea of fourth screen in back with video of us as viewers/hecker—has a big brother, self-reflexive feel; with only occasionally saying something, sometimes just standing there, sometimes speaking without sound; in fact, sounds don’t even have to by synched.

The way LA was set up when we visted is just closed enough to suggest the box, the room, the sanctuary. Our installation is a sanctuary within the sanctuary of Living Arts.

Instead of ch, G says, we could work in modules, little riffs of time in images, motion, and sound. Then, we divide the sound modules in a kind of Chinese recipe—noodles/rice, meat, sauce, veggies—that always go together—that might solve the synch problem.

David read in most of the remaining texts, so we have lots of poetry.

Pick out certain lines and phrases and sounds from poems and have Nathan find the recordings. Use those little chunks in animations.

Reverse the process—give Nathan a flash animation and have him accompany it.

During this installation, we should have every combination of text/sound/image, including dead silence with images moving, still images with sound, etc etc.

We need to take advantage of the space and time that LA affords us without succumbing to the impulse to be too complicated. Spread sound, images, texts, and silence over the space and the time.

Without four sound systems, I’m afraid that it will just be another movie soundtrack.. Nathan says he doesn’t want this either.

We can use other sound systems, on side perhaps, to draw people’s attention to a certain event.

Check out video cameras from TU>

Nathan slowed down some video from Catoosa using Final Cut that is really great.

WE NEED A TRIPOD!

Part of an installation is recognizing the viewers perception within the space of the gallery, in addition to our perception of the material/place.

Figure out how to make a DVD run automatically.