The Project shall commence!
And the Keepers Diary is complete for this project. Please see the main page for further reference to the final live project.
Wednesday, 2 January 2008
December 10th 2007
We were pleased to appear on Erdington Arts Forum blog. They highlighted our project plans and advertised the dates for the project.
Things are going very well at this point. All the equiptment is book and ready for action, so just a case of turning up!
Things are going very well at this point. All the equiptment is book and ready for action, so just a case of turning up!
December 4th 2007
Today was the opening party of the other half of our 'Curatorial Practice' classes live project.
It was called 'Hidden Quarters'. It was a a photographic exhibition on the Jewellery quarter in Birmingham.
It was called 'Hidden Quarters'. It was a a photographic exhibition on the Jewellery quarter in Birmingham.
December 3rd 2007
All of the designs were completed. We had poster with the necessary information about the event. Flyer's to distribute with directions and blog details on, so people could look the event up for more details. We also had a leaflet planned with the contextual explanation of the project on. This was only to be used at the actual event for people interested in more information at the time.
Fay and Kate distributed the flyer's around Birmingham and Erdington 1 week before the event. (Good Girls)
Fay and Kate distributed the flyer's around Birmingham and Erdington 1 week before the event. (Good Girls)
November 29th 2007
Group meeting in Erdington (Alicja, Kate & Nicola)
Having completed the test run, we we’re all a little more confident. We arranged to meet up with Simon and Ev from Erdington Arts Forum. Nothing formal, just a coffee and a chat about what our plans were and how we could work with the Art Forum to generate a little publicity and some support. The meeting was great. They had lots of ideas for contacts and they were a fountain of knowledge when it came to Erdington centre. They really liked the idea and planned to come along to the event as well as support us by writing about us on their blog site.
Nicola had the 1st batch of poster printed today to put around Erdington, in shop fronts and such. Alicja posted a poster of the event in a Polish run food shop. The owners found the idea of the installation very interesting and wanted to be informed of any other events like this one in the future.
Later that day we went back to the university to practice with all the indeed text Alicja wanted to use on the day of the project. We only spent about an hour on it. But it was again good practice to set up and get going (minus the generator).
Having completed the test run, we we’re all a little more confident. We arranged to meet up with Simon and Ev from Erdington Arts Forum. Nothing formal, just a coffee and a chat about what our plans were and how we could work with the Art Forum to generate a little publicity and some support. The meeting was great. They had lots of ideas for contacts and they were a fountain of knowledge when it came to Erdington centre. They really liked the idea and planned to come along to the event as well as support us by writing about us on their blog site.
Nicola had the 1st batch of poster printed today to put around Erdington, in shop fronts and such. Alicja posted a poster of the event in a Polish run food shop. The owners found the idea of the installation very interesting and wanted to be informed of any other events like this one in the future.
Later that day we went back to the university to practice with all the indeed text Alicja wanted to use on the day of the project. We only spent about an hour on it. But it was again good practice to set up and get going (minus the generator).
November 24th 2007
We had a test run on the 24th of November at Fay's. Alicja, myself, Fay, Kate and Rebecca Randle (photographer) were all present and freezing cold!
Initially it was to see that the all the equipment worked together. The generator, laptop and projector. Then to test run the projection itself. To test whether it worked and was visible on people in the dark. I think it actually look great, it was a good idea to have a variation of size and direction with projected text. The effect to witness captured your attention, without a doubt. To actually have the text projected onto you was a weird feeling. It made you feel a little like you were accommodating something living. See what you think. Obviously the imagery has been treated to get in all the action, but its suits!
Initially it was to see that the all the equipment worked together. The generator, laptop and projector. Then to test run the projection itself. To test whether it worked and was visible on people in the dark. I think it actually look great, it was a good idea to have a variation of size and direction with projected text. The effect to witness captured your attention, without a doubt. To actually have the text projected onto you was a weird feeling. It made you feel a little like you were accommodating something living. See what you think. Obviously the imagery has been treated to get in all the action, but its suits!
November 2007 (still)
Kate and Fay worked on the final press release and publications with Alicja’s help in translating. While Nicola produced the design work and the Keepers blog.
We concluded an equipment list with Alicja.
We concluded an equipment list with Alicja.
- Laptop & publishing software
- 2-4k lumen projector
- Generator
- Safety tape
- Spare fuses
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