Firstly she notified me that the name of the piece has changed to match the themes of the piece more. She then said she had a new time aim which is 45 minutes.
We then spent most the meeting talking about installation plans. This is because we need to have a plan of how we will install ready for hand in so that we know what we will be setting up for the grad show and any other future exhibitions we may be a part of. Here are some of the ideas we discussed:
Her original plan was to build a pooja (prayer room) to put her piece in. However we don't think this is the best way to install her piece as this would be too complex and just distract away from this very powerful documentary she is making. I suggested if she did want to do something along these lines she simply it to just create a simplistic potentially medative space to watch the film in. I suggested she could do this in a number of way. She could mount a large tv screen lower on a wall with cushions and a rug etc in front of it to encourage people to sit down (in this sedative styled space) and really engage and focus on the film. There should still only be very minimal decoration if any though so that it doesn't distract the audience away from engaging with this film as it is a longer film.
If she is thinking of creating a certain type of space to play her film in I also had the idea that she could potentially use her quiet room installation piece she made in the university last year as this is a very small space which has already been made into a medative space. This way people can actually go in here, sit down and really connect with the film in a focused space. The only problem with this idea is it will limit the amount of people who can watch at one time.
We then spoke about sound for her piece and weather she would play this aloud or not. We think that playing it out loud will allow more people to watch at once however having headphones may let people really mindfully focus and engage with the piece as it will limit distractions around them. Headphones is more appropriate in a gallery anyway as it will limit noise effecting other pieces as well. It would be good to figure out if we can have more than one pair of headphones in the tv so at least a few people can watch at once since its so long.
Todays meeting has allowed Sugini to start getting an idea in her head now of how she will want her piece displayed and this is always good to know so that when your editing etc you have a vision of the end goal.
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