Stick IT!

As requested by Adam: here are some of my photos
I'm holding off showing all of them, just because we wanted to make a film and show it for the last class as a kind of "finalization" and goodbye... Also because we love everyone dearly and want it to be a fun surprise. But these I couldn't resist posting. ENJOY!

An IMPORTANT message from DOCUMENTATION

HEY GUYS!
Our event turned out fantastic! I got a lot of good feedback from other students and even professors.

I managed to take a lot of photographs and the rest of the documentation team has also managed to catch the action by other means. So far so good!

We would like everyone to send ALL and any documentation you might have of your contribution to the project. Please forward this to my email at: ez07te@student.ocad.ca BEFORE SATURDAY AT 12:00PM so that we can put together everything in time.

The documentation team has also devised that the best means of submitting the final documentation is posting it as a .pdf file on the blog so that anyone who wishes to have it, will be able to acquire it. We will do our best to get it on the blog before this coming class.

Wow, what a day!

Eve

Today is the big day!!!

Hey everyone, hope to see most of you today at 11:30, we will need as many people as possible, don't trust that "other student" will come - it's not a large class, so if you Can make it - be there!

Yesterday a small group of people worked very hard and maneged to do all the suits, the room team worked really nice and set up everything perfectly!

Camera team - as Adam told you yesterday we found out new things, the great hall is not ours to use and we will need to modify our plans, I suggest coming earlier!!!

We made a trial yesterday and it looks great - so come with confidence...

Don't forget you "stick it" pins and 25 $.
Look at the schedule for today and be responsible!!!

See you soon - Inbal

Projector Needs?

It occurred to me that I may need to book the projector for you . . . someone please let me know what I need to do! I can come down and sign you out a projector tonight for testing if necessary.

Can Someone Move the Stick Men in the Great Hall?

In case I failed to mention it, your stick men are awesome. I've been getting lots of compliments from other instructors.

One problem - the ones in the Great Hall need to be moved to make room for someone else's installation. Could some-one please redistribute them? I've told the other class to carefully take them down and put them in 274 if you don't get to them first.

Tuesday Morning Message from Jesse

Hi Class:

Things are coming together nicely! Great effort from most of you over the weekend. I know that some of your efforts seem like they were for naught, but we wouldn't have made such fruitful decisions if the weekend's experiments hadn't taken place.

Anyone who is lost and feels like they have nothing to do should contact Inbal (shinbala@gmail.com) or Adam (adammarkoliver@hotmail.com). Remember, your Project Three mark is largely determined by your active participation. There's still lots to do.

I have submitted your description to the other instructors, with the following disclaimer.

Section 6 will be occupying room 274 (the ex- student lounge), and some of the seating area directly adjacent to 274. They plan to rear-project onto translucent coro-plast panels that will be mounted between the large column and the wall adjacent to 274. No part of their installation will infringe on the Great Hall.

I'm concerned that you're not allocating enough time on Wednesday morning. If you've got everything ready to go on Tuesday night, then perhaps 11:30 is early enough. . . but make sure you've got everything ready to go. Remember, stuff will take 3 times longer than you think it will, and the Great Hall will be a big mess on Wednesday. In my opinion, you should be able to start setting nearly everything up Tuesday night. You've got a lot of technology to troubleshoot - you should try to do a trial run on Tuesday night if possible.

Once things are set up, I recommend that someone volunteer to "guard" your installation, especially on Wednesday morning from 8:30AM onwards.

Please be considerate when making modifications to the room, and please be considerate with regards to the other installations that will soon be surrounding you. Make sure that whatever you do prior to 11:30 on Wednesday doesn't affect any other instructor/class. Trust me - I'll hear about it, and then you'll hear about it.

I won't be able to check the blog again until 7PM, so give me a call if you need anything. My phone may be off, but I'll check my messages periodically. 647.201.4255.

-Jesse

summery of todays class!

Hey everyone,

The S U I T team and the R O O M team are meeting tomorrow. Any other person who can come and help is very welcome (Amanda, Leigh, I think you said you can come...).

We will meet tomorrow at 1:30 pm in the room we were in today (274). If you have a class you can come later.

On Wednesday we will meet at 11:30 to build everything and meet together at 4:30 pm to wrap-up the room. If you have a class you don't need to explain anything, just do you best to come.

Last thing is the schedule for the event, please be on time, and be prepare to stay 10 minutes later if someone don't make it...

Don't forget 25$ for Wednesday unless you brought today.

Suit Group Meeting

EVERYBODY, THE SUIT GROUP IS MEETING TODAY AT 11AM TO PUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN TOGETHER!! (IN THE GREAT HALL)

ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HELP MAY COME AS WELL... WE WILL BE THERE ALL DAY UNTIL CLASS...

THANKS ... HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE

ZUNERA COME WITH WHAT YOU HAVE DONE (AND ZIPPERS, NEEDLE AND THREAD)

ZACK COME WITH YOUR LIGHTS!

PLEASE DONT FORGET THE MONEY

hey everyone.
this is just a reminder .please make sure not to forget to bring the 25 dollars for 2marrow.I'm collecting the money in class 2marrow night and not later than that cause we need it right away.Also people who paid for stuff already please remember to bring the receipts ,ill appreciate it.
thx and see you in class
Banafsheh

suit people i need help

Hi; ok 11 is fine with me i will be in school at 11 i really need some material people if you have left over and any one not only in our group but ..i really want black or dark color fabric...mark you mentioned before you have some fabric can you please bring some to school please please ...black will be perfect..bring what ever you have..

MUSIC

Hey guys, what were we thinking for the music? Do we want a full on dance party or do we want to switch it up with strange songs in between upbeat ones to get a different reaction from the participants?

Could everyone (or at least some people) bring some songs they want played on a zip drive for Monday's class, so the room group can sort through the music and put together a playlist. Thanks!

SUIT PEOPLE

Alright guys!!
I bought 3 sweat shirts and 3 sweat pants and sewed them together to make 3 suits. They look pretty good even though they don't match and are different materials but they will work. One of my suits has a zipper already but the other 2 do not. So that will have to be done tomorrow when we meet up. Zunera you mentioned you have some zippers? even if they aren't long enough, bring them and we'll try it out, other wise we can go out and buy some tomorrow. I also haven't put any pockets or anything, so that will also be done tomorrow. Marlissa and Zunera, hopefully you have yours done so we can do all the final touch ups tomorrow with the lights and stuff (by hand, not with our machines). Zack, it seems like you have the lighting all figured out. Good stuff. Will you be able to meet with us tomorrow morning as well?

when i say morning, I'm thinking like 10-11 ish yes? no? maybe?

I spent 40 bucks on the clothes, hopefully thats alright (i bought them all at value village)

Girls, keep me posted on how far you've gotten and let me know if were on for tomorrow morning!! (you too zack) and anyone else who would like to help with the finishing touches !!!

Project Three - Description Paragraph

Our experience is meant to be fun, social, interactive. The concept is to create an atmosphere where people are represented without identity. Participants enter a room in which they put on a suit. On the suit is the figure of a human-sized stick man in glowing lights. After the suit is on the participant can go into the next section of the room which is completely dark and has music playing. The participant looses their individual identity as they become merely a glowing stick figure surrounded by other stick figures. This feeling of anonymity allows a freedom of the participants inhibitions; they may feel free to dance like an idiot, dance how they've always wanted to, or merely make their newfound stick figure identity do silly or funny things without fear of embarrassment. The dark room will have a camera sending a live feed of the stick figures to a projector in an open area of the school. Students viewing the projected video will see only the stick figures moving around in the dark and will be intrigued to see what is going on for themselves. After the participant is finished they leave the dark room and take the suit off in the 'threshold' room run by one or two students.

Suits!

hi everyone!! so lets get a move on with the construction of the suits!! one piece, zipper in the back preferably black. some big some small and of course some medium. lets get all ten done for monday plus an extra if possible for testing. lets try our best to get to this stage so that when we figure out all the lights stuff, we have some time to make changes and/or corrections if need be.

nicole had a really great idea, she found a top that already had a zipper in the front so shes going to sew it backwards so that the zipper will exist in the back! saving money and time

if we can all do three that will be enough. we are planning to meet monday mid-morning so hopefully that works for everyone. monday is a very important day! we need to have them completed in order to have time left for the lights.

comment on this post if you can make it monday mid-morning.