As the artworks being presented were in different media, lighting was a big consideration for us. The overhead fluorescent tube lights gave cold, flat light, which was not suitable for the exhibition as it would wash out the projector’s light beam. The artwork that required lighting, i.e. photographs, had its own warm tungsten lighting bounced off the walls. This set-up worked very well. All in all, we used three lights on stands to get a balanced adequate lighting throughout the space.
Once the two films were stitched together in a loop, and was being projected, I realised that the audio levels in my film was much lower than my peer’s film. As there was a limit to how loud I could crank the volume in the speakers we were using, I had to go home and recalibrate the audio levels. In Premiere Pro, I normalised the audio levels of both films, so that they were played at the same volume, which fixed the issue I had with my work.
Another problem we faced was how to keep the Artist Statements stuck on the wall. The tape we were using wasn’t working as the conditions in the crypt were very damp. Since many of the Artist Statements were falling off the wall, we decided to use three nails (two at the bottom and one on the top) was sufficient. It wasn’t the most visually pleasing, but it was effective.
The film image was projected on a bedsheet fixed to the gallery wall. A basic portable Raspberry Pi style computer was connected to the projector which had a SD card slot for the film to be loaded on it. Finally, the film was looped on VLC Media Player.
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