After talking more about my intended project I was advised to try and include more modern day forms of technology into the project. This made a lot of sense and would inform the viewer that my point was relevant to this time and place.
The picture above is how I imagine the installation to look. It should exemplify a fairly standard living room.
1. Two computers will sit on the coffee table playing the piece. these computers will be running two different versions of the piece, one from the dvd player in the computer and one will be looping through a playlist created on youtube containing the totality of the piece. The idea behind the computers is that they have replaced the tv for my generation, and this should be acknowledged. Secondly, my message does not need to only exist the television and I believe it is strengthened to exist on multiple platforms.
2. The cluster of televisions will act as the main event. It will exist as not only the means of delivering my message, but the part that will be the most visually intriguing part of the installation. I the multiple tv's signify repetition, excess, variations, and redundancy; all qualities that my project acknowledges.
3. The projector will be mounted on the ceiling, or other vantage point so that it will project on a facade of a window. The projector will also be on its own track as it plays. I plane to put a cross over the lens opening of the projector so it projects into the window into 4 quadrants. The idea behind this is to make it appear that there are window pains.
4. On a side table I will have the piece playing on an Ipod. The viewer can sit down and put headphones on and experience it from that point of view if they wish. This option allows for the viewer to shut themselves off from outside noises and by doing so placing themselves in an environment that plays noises they would never have heard had they been using the ipod out and about the outside environment.
5. The portable radio will set on a table as well and will be playing a track of audio that will add to the audio already embedded in the files. This will be the extra audio I plan to capture that will emulate sounds of the outdoors in transit.
6. Curtains will hang over the window. They are pulled back to let the projector shine on the wall. The curtains can be symbolic of our eyes and ears. It acts as the veil to the outside world, where the media I have captured exists, in the exact form in which I attained it. It is to encourage the viewers to take my message and to go watch outside where it's all happening live.
7. The furniture acts a way to make the viewer feel comfortable. It also places them into a familiar context where everyone knows they have been before. My piece works in the same way, it should be identifiable to the viewer already. I want them to make the connection between the living room, and the outside world, and then make the connection of what it is I'm showcasing to them.
