Professional Practice Exhibition Blog
17/01/2017
Today we started preparing the equipment needed to use for the interim exhibition and also to sort out who is having what space and how much of it. We found that for the people who need to use a power outlet need to be nearer the sides of the room as the outlets are located either side of the room. For my music project it would need some sort of device that could play mp3 files and that meant that I needed power. There was a choice between using an Ipad or a Mac to use.
Originally I wanted an Ipad as it would be smaller, neater and make more space for other props to go such as a foam head I bought to rest some headphones on which I would also need. I found out later that it had to become a mac to use because the Ipad's had to be drilled into the wall which would ruin it.
All of us had the task of making a short description of our chosen piece of work that we worked on. This was something to add along with the exhibition to explain to people what the work is and why it is what it is. This was all done and ready for next Monday when we would set up the exhibition.
Originally I wanted an Ipad as it would be smaller, neater and make more space for other props to go such as a foam head I bought to rest some headphones on which I would also need. I found out later that it had to become a mac to use because the Ipad's had to be drilled into the wall which would ruin it.
All of us had the task of making a short description of our chosen piece of work that we worked on. This was something to add along with the exhibition to explain to people what the work is and why it is what it is. This was all done and ready for next Monday when we would set up the exhibition.
23/01/2017
After cleaning the wall to look nice I then helped out Sebastian to hang up his work. I would hold up the frames and help balance out the frame whilst he measured and located where his rendered out picture would go. This was the outcome
All that was left to do now was to add the little extra's in such as sticking down the foam head and plugging in the headphones to the Mac. Also the description card was arranged and positioned onto the white box.
The final outcome of the exhibition looked very nice and neat with plenty of space between each students work.
30/01/2017
It came down to the day of setting up for the exhibition. The first task I did was mounting my description to some black mounting card which was a pretty straight forward. All that was needed was to use some special spray glue, stick it on the black card and then cut around it. The outcome of it looked very nice and neat.
After this the people who were using macs (including myself) had to wait a few hours for new macs to be brought up to use. So in the meantime I helped others out. Some people started painting over these big box podiums to make them all the colour white where as me and my friend Sebastian started to rub off marks on the wall in the exhibition room. We also used pliers to get out old bits of wire.
After cleaning the wall to look nice I then helped out Sebastian to hang up his work. I would hold up the frames and help balance out the frame whilst he measured and located where his rendered out picture would go. This was the outcome
Next with the help of the technicians we could then start to wire the boxes that have now been dried and have a nice white colour. This was for the Macs that had arrived later on and was a bit tricky to get into the small white boxes to push the wires through a small hole.
After doing this and running through the Mac first time set up it was then that I could go ahead and put my music onto the Mac and have it on a constant loop. At first I was trying to find a pretty visualizer to go along with the music but I was not much of a Mac person and much prefer PC's. With help of some online advice it then was easy and looked very promising.All that was left to do now was to add the little extra's in such as sticking down the foam head and plugging in the headphones to the Mac. Also the description card was arranged and positioned onto the white box.
The final outcome of the exhibition looked very nice and neat with plenty of space between each students work.
24/01/2017
The day after setting up the exhibition I went to see how things were going and if people were taking a look at the work. I managed to see 2 or 3 people having a look around and a great amount later on of around 18 people due to waiting to go to what I presume would be their lecture.
I bought my housemates who I am living with at the minute to help support the exhibition and perhaps leave a little feedback on some work. I took into consideration some of the feedback already shown in the feedback box hanging up on one of the sides of the exhibition room. The feedback shown for me will massively help for when I come to set up my Final exhibition.
I also noticed some improvements I could make myself on that day to the work already put up. I thought it would be a cool idea if I printed out a quick music note double quaver and attach it tp the front of my white box being used. This would give the look of my work a bit more interest and character but also show what the project subject is.
It was now time to take down the exhibition and collect all our stuff together. I felt it was a brilliant experience and worked well taking place at the University. One thing I noticed as I was taking down my work was that the double quaver print I stuck up got a little damaged probably due to things like it being leaned on or maybe some parts of the white tack came loose. Overall I was proud of my work and can't wait to hear what we will be doing in the Final exhibition. It was also good to do this to make sure I have the main project finished and done before final hand in so I could get feedback and have time to do more to my report and other things.
