UNI [THESIS] – INSTALLATION TV TRIAL

July 30th, 2009 | Richard Almond

As interesting and poetic as it was to use projection in the installation, there were various problems with the screen, the projector itself, and finding the correct lighting balance to allow a suitable viewing environment for visitors.

It became apparent that the installation would be technically better should it be ran through a TV or monitor, something with its own light source, and so during a small gathering I ran the patch on my mate’s rather large Plasma TV.

Although not particularly effective due to relatively little movement of those being recorded, the screen allowed a far better view of the output. It was also an interesting experiment to test the patch in such a social occasion, operating in the background instead of say a music channel which is often played during house parties, etc.

The patch builds up a gradually decaying depiction of the duration of the party, and somewhat amusingly acts as a metaphor for the gradually decaying inhibitions associated with these often alcohol-fulled events.