Set-Up

On Tuesday 24th March, we set up our plinth, projector and physical installation in our allotted area just inside the left corridor of Pavilion Dance.
We cut out 4 screens from a rigid plastic material using a knife that resembles canvas. The main screen was set up to look like an old fashioned TV set, linking back to the years when Hip Hop was first introduced. The screen to the left was to resemble a CD case to reflect music popular amongst the Hip Hop movement. The middle hanging screen resembles a Vinyl record which again links to the era of Hip Hop discovery, and furthermore to create a vintage, retro feel. The final canvas installation resembles that of a spray can to depict the graffiti pillar of Hip Hop.

Our ideas developed from simple square screen canvas', to varying shapes such as circles and rhombus', before it developed into Hip Hop related objects which fit the theme and the brief specifications.

After much deliberation over our project, we decided not to include the timeline, due to the fact it would feel cluttered when we assembled the piece. Another downside was that our Graffiti artist Tom Whitton was in Swanage visiting friends and family, and therefore wouldn't be able to create our timeline as we had initially planned. This was a shame, but I feel on reflection it helped our piece to breathe, and gave a sense of stronger creativity with our final project.

As you can see, we suspended the canvas cut out screens on Nylon wire from the grooves in the metal inserts in the ceiling. At first, the spacing of the project was good, however it hung too low for the height of the plinth with the projector mounted atop. We adjusted the length of the Nylon wire so and increased the size of the projection as much as we could to enable all our screens were covered, and could be successfully projected on to.