triptych from Claire Alonge on Vimeo.
Camberwell gallery profile: showtime
MADA 2011 site page
Degree Show
Drumming up interest for the show at the Idea Generation Gallery (opening night for Brian Duffy Photography)
Sunday 3
Made a QR code for my business cards : )
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Made a second one for the list of film edit rules I bent.
Monday 4
Tuesday 5
Managed to get the bead / string knot right which makes mini-cards easier to hold since the bead is like a bag charm. Need to get onto moo.com soon.
Despite feeling overwhelmed, I had success at the edit suite with a good chroma key and the completion of a couple of other sequences. Still feel on the clock though as I have to match the left screening which lasts 4.16 mins, thus more footage has to be generated from the rushes. Came up with another rule-breaker for my blurb.
Friday 8
Another chat session today.
Yesterday I had my tutorial with Ed. Must do the tut. form. Good to see PD work in a way that is meaningful to my intentions, at last. Lots of sounds to collect!
Tuesday 12
Following the class session I did some experiments filling bottles to create airiness around the tank, as opposed to solid plinth in close proximity.
The most exciting stuff for me has been the discovery of unplanned effects which are more vibrant than the original intention.
Show stuff pending but my project has much to attend to also. Not easy with limited access. Any progress is good and helps to pacify me, considering I am used to being able to work as and when. But change is an experience too!
Thursday 14
Was so happy yesterday to crack the movie-maker code problem on the last web-cam sequence which now completes my abstraction film for the triptych centre!
See link for abstraction film.
Was not able to upload film on memory, to be screened on the left, due to the size of the file. I will try later.
Cut various tints of acrylic to clip tracing paper behind acrylic screens. Need to order the pieces shortly, as well as 3 for the plinth structure.
Saturday 16
Found my early Dragon sequences so the final film will be completed this week. Worked on supplementary acrylic pieces to house the cable clips and for promotion (cards).
Need to:
- go to Selco skip for off-cuts to make my plinth
- continue to gather sounds for PD
- order components for PD
- assemble system with Ed
Tuesday 17
Progress:
- went to Selco yesterday for plinth stuff (see Karel on Thurs for when to build)
- did some sound work today – added new sounds to folder
- need to order the electronics – gulp (£!)
- added movie-maker ascii file to (previously ‘finished’) central abstract film
Bill generously demonstrated and lent me his HD projector, which is very nice.
- lose border on parts of central abstraction because it is not needed
- colorise water sequence which is too real (get another opinion)
Saturday 23
Tank experiments, measurements etc. Managed a very simple kinetic set-up which invites the guest to touch and create water disturbance which makes the light projection interesting.
May not now need the bottles which were to make a transparent structure below the tank if it was having the central film pass through it, although I may use them to support the light thrower. B&Q sell strip bulbs but what I need is a torch that is wired to the mains.
Tuesday 26
A good day because I started the plinth and found some metal to traverse the beams. Also did some worked on the floor weights, for which I will use 8 bottles. The other 2 can be under the tank. Will use bent acrylic to lift the tank off the plinth a little.
Need to get onto the HD split screen and the PD stuff, like yesterday! Also need to buy acrylic and electronics.
Wednesday 3 Aug
Been busy at the workshop as tomorrow is the last day! It has been good though as I have had to be quick and efficient at turning out options for the supplementary aspects of how to show my stuff.
Finished the plinth yesterday with removable panel for the laptop. Collected the sensors etc yesterday also. Moved the plinth to the showspace today and carried on with work on the shelf etc. Found a way to use all 10 bottles: 4 in the lamp and 6 under the tank with a wood bridge covering the tops and 2 acrylic bridges supporting the lamp.
Wednesday 10
Had tutorials with Ed on Friday and Monday. Addressed technical issues e.g. upgrades, PIR sensor giving random values. Otherwise successful. Extended wiring via solder for ease of installation.
Sent most electronic invites yesterday. Could not go in as uni. closed (riots). Trying to finish little jobs at home and in the showshpace. Need also to check 3D to see if my acrylic has arrived.
Friday 12
Been making progress yet much to do. Technical supplementary work e.g. box shelves etc is under way, and next week I will test everything in the space, for which I will need a helper to hold things.
Had a meeting today with Jonathan and John Langdon, the archivist at the Tate Britain. It is important to start formal discussions re the future of art in a digital world, so that we can be respected as academic thinkers / historians / theorists / charters etc. Links with bastions of British art collection such as Tate Britain can only strengthen our position as an authority on this in the future.
Sunday 14
Been quite stressful in that I went to Basildon again and still did not retrieve my notes sequencing the films with categories and sections for the sound-player. The charity workers are saying they will post them but we might go on Monday to try again.
Meanwhile there is plenty to do with loose ends and tests. I need to make a camera obscura like the one I helped Bill with last year. His was a Budweiser tin, but I would like to use acrylic only no laser cutter access now. May paint and cut a small bottle since the LED bulb does not get very hot.
Sent more electronic invites and sourced screws, drill bits, wood glue and filler. Now I can assemble the box shelf, finish the lamp, fill the screw areas and also those near my curated area.
Monday 15
Made the box shelf and sanded the other shelf. Painted the lamp box and bridge for tank. Drilled holes for cooling, for the sensors and in the lower shelf for the punch.
Need to:
- export to HD tomorrow
- have a session with Ed also to complete everything
- write the final stuff after clarification of points today
- make the algorithm film tomorrow night
So tired but each day I am pushing ahead. Progress:
- meeting Ed tomorrow
- checked at CLS: DVD player is coming with SD projector for plinth
- realised I don’t need to make the algorithm video (which really needs a sophisticated rotation system)… made a film using a narrow vertical panel cropped from the central abstraction screening in the triptych
- painted shelves, box and plinth
- went to show rep meeting
- went to maplin
- did sound stuff
- Been researching Open Frameworks. Feedback from Tim @ Genetic Moo is to use Android – Processing. May get help with download as it seems tricky.
- Wrote a CV to circulate to employers listed on Future page. Saved it as a PDF so fonts don’t knock out. Sent the first one to Chris Wainwright!
- Registered with CV Library. Deciding whether to apply for the 2 graphics jobs they sent me 5 seconds later.
- Applied for this instead, @ Antal International.
- Sent links to contacts at the Serpentine Gallery and the Proud Gallery, Chelsea.
- Applied for 3 more jobs at CV Library… top salary £50K!
- No new jobs today (21st) at CV Library, so I registered with Fish4Jobs and applied for a UX designer post.
- Apparently I am registered with JobSearch also!?
- Applied for a senior graphic designer position and another media one with salary £40-£50K!
- Applied for UX/UI designer – top salary £53K lol!
- Applied: senior graphic designer, in beauty.
- Registered with Jobsite. Applied for Creative Technologist, best looking job so far! £35-£40K
