Inhabiting the Black Box

The Black Box is a large theatre space within Corcordia University in Montreal of which Hexagram is affiliated with. We basically picked up our studio from Winnipeg and moved it here for the week to work on 'Grotesque Pertubations' - soft architecture / Dedale studio workshop, working along with the Topological Media Lab.

To give an idea of a space - extremely high ceiling with a grid system used for lighting and suspension, a concrete grid floor which is conductive and also have removable panels, black fabric panel walls and one huge white wall for projection purposes.

When we arrived we began to lay out the space for placement purposes and also equipment locations. There are also 3 suspended ceiling truss rigs used for lighting, sound & projection - all of which is integrated into the exhibition using various techniques. Since Monday we have all been working on our individual 'monsters' and introducing a form of interaction to our ideas.

My walking monsters are suspended along a cable system which is attached to two posts secured to the floor. Clamps on each side of the post allow the cable system to be shared by Chris' hanging monsters to futher emphasize the element of interaction. The electronic bodies of my monsters are suspended from the cable system using pullys so that they can walk along the floor. The hollowness of the floor system amplifies the action of the walking motion into a scraping noise, which should work wonderfully with the wireless microphone of which I hope to make use of before tomorrow.