The first thing we have to decide is where are we going to be on the stage. Mai suggested us to sit on floor and surround her, however, we decide to put a L shape table on the corner, since our rehearsal are setting up like that, which have us more interaction between three of us. In the technical aspects, if we are in the same place, it’s better for the cable management since the main mixer is in our desk as well. Then, we have to set up the speakers. Firstly, Lou suggested us to put the sub under our table, because the low frequency are not very directional, but the audiences can subtly feel the bass are coming from us. Now we are in the corner, and we can’t put four speakers in the corner, otherwise, we will sit right in front one of the speaker, and blocking it. Therefore, I suggested the placement of speakers to be of rhombus shape within the square space. It is not the best setting sonically, but it still manage to cover the whole spaces, and more importantly, Mai can immerse to the sounds.
Another things have to sort out is the projector. We want to project some whites lines and words from the poem, and Miles and Aparna made the 45 min long video of those cutting words. However, that would be weird if we put the white screen in the all black stage. Therefore, we decided to use black cloths as the screens. But then, the black curtain in the studio are not flat at all, which will bend the words if we project on that. As a result, I borrow are huge polystyrene board and a stand with some black cloths from the sound arts technician attach on the board, to create a black projector screens. Finally, in terms of the lighting, we thought we could just use the DMX lights, but it is not bright enough, therefore, we asked the technician in the black box studio, to use one of the big LED light. Finally, I found the DMX lights have to use along with the DMX console to change the colours. Eventually, I set it up the light system, and I can fade in the light in the beginning of the show.
