Correspondence

Matt: (message title "Argh!")

Hey Sam, I've just realised the amount of time I've got left on my course.

The reason I'm sending this message is because there's been a fair amount of interest in the Tesla Coil project from my work placement. This is good news because it means there's funding there to get the thing made. However it's bad news because it then means it needs to get made in the next month.

Now, I'm willing to drop by your workshop to construct it as much as is necessary (I say your workshop because I assume that would be where you'd prefer to work on it, an alternative space can be arranged). However I don't want to cause you massive undue stress.

So, what I mean to ask is can we arrange to meet up ASAP to talk about the feasibility of making this, and whether you'd be willing to get involved. I should also add that I'm quite willing to have you act mostly as a consultant if you feel you'll be unable to participate in the build of it (though obviously it'd be be more fun to build it together).

Hope you're well, talk soon,

-Matt

Sam:

I will spread the news far and wide to all the techies. Lets do it.

Matt

You. Are. Awesome.

What a legend!

SHOWstudio: The Sound of Clothes - Synasthesia

After a fair amount of looking I found an example of something that gives my installation (previously Hanna Al Sayed) project some grounding in the world of fashion. A collaborative piece between Nick Ryan (a synesthete), Nick Knight (a photographer) and Nicolas Ghesquière (a fashion designer) explores synesthesia in a similar way I intend my installation to explore a designer's collection.

The main difference is that instead of being a digital, internet based project, this piece will physically have the viewer exploring the space using sound ad light. Although this will be more of a prescriptive experience, rather than a portrait of a synesthete's view.

Here's a link to the project for you to play with:

http://www.showstudio.com/projects/synaesthesia/interactive/

Oh yes, more posts soon - just finishing up a new treatment for each of my projects. The tree of them are being presented as:

• Pixel project
• Interactive installation/showcase
• Tesla coil extended ident/sting

With any luck production will start this week.

Douglas Pennant

I now have a musician on board to design a dynamic score for the piece. He's a well respected friend, and I thought he could lend more integrity to the project than if I tried to apply my meagre compositional skills to it.

Here's a collection of some of his sound design projects for computer games, it will be interesting to see how he reacts to such a divergent brief. I know he's talented enough to pull it off well as I have worked with him in the past.

Global Game Jam 2010 by Skyne