Bruce’s video of Patanga

studio meeting on Monday, April 28

I met Kevin at Hilltop today, and he said we have studio meeting on Monday, April 28, at studio. He wants to collect records of the show like videos and photos, so anyone who have those kinds of recording will bring them to studio on Monday.

Holy Water -how about this?

ok, it starts getting clear what the entire studio wants to do with Holy Water. That would be like:
-use water
-material: metal sheet
-subtle lighting & reflection
-(cover the pipe: with what material?)
Right?
Then, do you guys want to cover the pipe or not? Some said yes, but others said no. If yes, what material do you like?
Here [...]

Holy Water -revision

The comments on the last idea about Holy Water were:

Is the water running or still? (Some said running would be preferable because the role of the water is cleansing)
Is the pipe covered with something?
spotlights will be good.

Considering these things, here is the new idea of Holy Water.

The existing drainage pipe is covered with imitation ivy, [...]

curating front-end matrices

damn I love that landscape architecture bullshit generator…thanks again, nicole!
Just so everyone’s in the loop:
Gretchen and I are going to address the curatorial/reception end of the event. It will be in the commons and we’re working out the details.
Also, kudos again to Natalie for coming up with the preventative measure of covering the ground [...]

Weather Forecast Update

The Farmer’s Almanac says it going to rain with a high of 64.  The days surrounding… partly cloudy.  Yahoo (weather.com), on the other hand, has removed rain from Thursday but Monday through Wednesday forecasts are all rainy.
I don’t know which is best…  soggy building or soggy event.

pAtAnGa_ViDeOs

I am posting the two videos that I have modified and that I think can be used for our projection…
The third one is the one we have been seeing so far but with the editing used for the other two…

Archaeological Findings 01

The lemur iconography uses archaic lemur silhouettes combined with various mudras (hand gestures). The hands are exaggerated in signs suggesting importance of the action and the particular symbol represents the talismans of “protection,” “warding evil,” “beyond misery,” “compassion,” “Buddha,” “teaching,” “buddhi,” “meditation,” “fearlessness/renunciation,” and “prayer.” The people of Patanga adopted the lemur as a deity [...]

Acknowledgements

We should generate a list of people who have donated to the cause and acknowledge them on the program. Speaking of that, is there a deadline for entries? Do we get to see it before it goes to print?

Intro Video

Check out the cool sounds!!!!!