Installation Update

Our creative juices are flowing for the installation project! After getting feedback from last weeks class, as well as, brainstorming and planning more as a group, we have come up with some pretty cool stuff. We are still going with the clashing characteristics of the people with their eyes glued to the television and the dancers behind the screen. As long as our peoples pull through and everything works out like we hope, its going to break down like this...

We plan to have hopefully three (but we will settle for two if need be) people sitting in chairs facing a television that with be hooked up to a camera that is pointed directly at the people sitting. So basically the people sitting will be staring at themselves on the television, who are sitting and staring at themselves. They will NOT break eye contact with the television and will be as still as possible. They will show no emotions except for the completely numb looks with lethargic and glassed over eyes. They will remain like this during the entire installation.

While the couch potatoes (people staring at the tv) are sitting and staring, we will have three silk screens surrounding them. One will be behind the television and the other two will be on either side of it making a 3 sided cube or possibly more of a fan shape depending on how much space we have (we need enough space for the audience to easily walk through). Each screen will be set up and secured with C-stands. Directly behind each screen (on the outside of the installation- not where the audience will be walking) will be a person. There will be one light from an Arri kit behind each person silhouetting them and transferring their shadow onto the silk screen that will be visible to the audience. The person in the middle will (hopefully) be a guitarist who will be playing low key, mellow chords on the guitar. The movement of the guitarists hands and body will be visible, however, his face and identity will not. The other two screens, that will be on either side of the guitarist, will be female dancers. The dancers will be calmly moving their body to the smooth tunes with complete fluidity.

Though we have most of the installation worked out, we are still trying to figure out ways to really get the audience involved. I think it would still be pretty darn cool without any audience involvement besides them simply walking through, however, it would make it MUCH better if there was some way to connect everyone.

Overall, our message is to represent how the growth of technology and the media has completely taken over the younger generations lives. It is my hope that the juxtaposition of the mindless people starting at the television against the creativity of music and dance will illustrate that representation. If anyone has any suggestions or comments, I am ALL ears! I can't wait to see how  everyones installation turns out!