Working on additional pieces

As well as my projected imagery being part of my installation - extra acetate pieces will be used as collages on my OHPs (black/white prints).

I want to arrange these as extras to cover the OHPs or to decorate the walls.

So after lots and lots and lots of consideration I think that the best thing to use as a base-cover for my installation would a type of translucent material - similar to what I've been using in developmental pieces.
I feel this worked the best really as it captured the clarity of the image as well as working to make it seem slightly see-through so it reflected the idea of memory and unconscious thought. Also working with the floaty materials I am using for my screen-sheet for my second projection.
It seems more feminine and personal to use fabric rather than thick paper, plus easier to fit into a particular space without becoming an clashing eyesore with the wooden panelled floor.
Below are some examples of me using the fabric for the floor piece.

I will have to tack the fabric to the floor - obviously get a better quality material first! I am interested in using the fabric as it will be easier to include fragments of items and bits of grit/soil I want to add to the piece to further enhance the atmospherics. 

Projection experimentation

"Water-scene" - Dante's concluding piece. 

Working on the idea of projecting partially onto the floor - hence the white sheet on the floor!!! I am planning to use rolls of plastic/paper sheets on the floor of my installation to create a more immersive scene for the audience. 

 

Still using my screens to enclose the space - I am deciding on the structure and what images work best! 

 

Working

I haven't posted in quite a while because I have been so busy sorting out my work, space I need and loads else.
Anyhow, I am working on the final structure of my installation for my degree show. It is taking a lot of consideration and loads of remodelling/rethinking.

My "tunnel" idea. I wanted to work on different ways I could make the space immersive and an enclosure for the audience - this is the set-up for one of my designs.

I also now have my own OHP (finally pack-tested!) so it is a lot easier for me to do practice designs and work on what I want without having to hire the equipment.
I have been working on a particular narrative idea and working to create a water-themed scene - so I want to include my OHP as part of the design itself and make them individual art pieces themselves with the use of props/decoration and of course the acetate collages I will create on the screens.
Working on using tree stumps to display my OHPs on - as the water-scene imagery shows fragments of foliage and I want the equipment I use to be a part of the piece!!!

 

IMMERSIVE INSTALLATIONS

http://immersiveinstallationart.com/encounters/index.html

Encounter(s)Encounter(s) in an interactive immersive audio/visual environment focusing on the concept of introspection, tranquility and transformation. When a participant sits in the center of the installation, a figure approaches and asks thought-provoking questions. The immersive visual and sonic environment coupled with the virtual presence of the figure invites the participant to engage in meditation, contemplation, self-actualization, confrontation, or enlightenment.

Participants enter an immersive, abstract sonic and visual world, and are enticed to sit in a centrally located seat. When the participant sits, he/she triggers the emergence of a distant, abstracted human image. This animated, ghost-like, ethereal figure slowly moves toward the participant. The figure represents the self, a friend or loved one, a God, shaman, spiritual figure, or other virtual presence. When the figure arrives in front of the participant, it asks an introspective question. After a moment of contemplation, the figure retreats into the distance and transforms into a tree-like form that metaphorically represents self-actualization and growth. As more trees develop, they become a forest of influences that help define the essence of our existence. 

Lighting

Another piece by Mike Nelson

Looking at how I can use coloured lighting - I have explored this briefly but I would like to revisit this so I can create more of distorted effect in my installation, e.g. projections + lighting.

Mike Nelson Art  Mirror Infill (2006)

This artist has created an installation that has fragmented materials and uses colour in a red lit piece.

 'There also seemed to be an urgency to the project, as if there was a limited period in which outdated darkroom technology could speak of memory and reflection without being quaint. Turning to confront the unseen beast that tracks us, we are left to look and decide whether the recognition of this apparition is reassuring or frightening.’

For Frieze Projects Mike Nelson presented a site-specific, immersive installation that, as in past projects, functioned as a physically and psychologically parallel environment to that in which it was installed. Constructed behind working gallery booths, a labyrinthine series of rooms revealed an industrious underbelly and a documentary fiction — a structural and conceptual counterpoint to the hiss and fizz of the fair. In a deserted darkroom, photographs — both evidence and artwork — detailed the daily transformation of the location from building site to smoothly running art fair. The construction of the room created an atmosphere of being ‘elsewhere’ in an environment where so much attention is paid to euphoric display.

Another installation by Nelson - I can explore how I can create immersive installations by using ordinary items/objects that reflect the theme of the pieces and project imagery onto these.
I REAAAALLY need to consider what the materials I use do to change the impression of my work - the sheet/panels I have been using give the impression of laundry sheets/bed sheets so it does reflect a personal element to my work but it can also make the work look too nostalgic and tacky... Perhaps if I make the items less obvious? The use of projection of imagery over the screens/objects could distort and change the direction of my installation.

I am not sure if the screens work best to portray what I want...perhaps if I work with the structure more. 
Things I want to avoid are making it seem like the backstage of an installation - I want to create an immersive environment that has fragmented pieces in...so I need to practice assembling the work!!!