My order of audio components finaly came in today, so i popped into town to collect them. While i was there i went to see David Byrne’s installation “Playing the Building” at the Roundhouse in Camden. Its a piece i read about when it was displayed in New York, and has inspired quite alot of my work with sound and objects. A piano in the center of the space is wired up to parts of the building, pipes, pillars and beams, which each make different sounds. Its a surround sound experience, and how you hear varies as you move around the space. I waited patiently for my chance to ‘play the building’ and in the 20 mins i was there i was the only one to play solo…! I felt rather self conscious playing, with an audience of about 25 strangers…. it made me realise how people must feel when taking part in some of the performace based pieces i have developed, which can only be a good thing. Goes back to the idea that we should try to maintain the same mentality we were lucky enough to have as children, a lack of embarressment and willing to give anything a go. Something i must work on, not just for the benefit of my own self, but for my work too.
Back at the college, i am getting going with the final cross stitch piece, part of a triptych… i think i have run out of time to get a sound installation in the corridor, but i’ll give it a go, and can always integrate it with the installation piece later. I have tomeeting tomorrow – fingers crossed it all goes to plan – i feel the same sort of anticipation as when i had to meet with a producer in my TV design days.
