We meet Mai in-person for the first time in LCC. We show her the Black Box studio. We also chat about the concept and the practical aspect of the performances. We also are the first time to visit the studio, and it is much bigger than we thought. At first, we are thinking using table, since we are use to playing on table with all the electronic instrument and equipment, and sitting in the back of the audience as observers. In this way, Mai can have more space to move on stage. But Mai suggested us to work on the floor, and we can sit in difference part of the stage area. In this way, she can interact with us directly, as she said she will feel alone on stage, and she wants to have us on stage to interact with. Then we think one of us in the middle and two of us on the side, and set up four speaker in every corner of the room.
We send her the recording of our rehearsals before we meet, and she seems happy with what we do sonically. However, she said she would like a structure, as she explains, even playing with the abstract sounds or concept, she would like to have a story in mind while she improvising. At the same time, we also want to use projection to shows the fragmented words or lines from the pomes, and this projection can be the ‘story’ for Mai.