Today's meeting was about getting all of us together and on the
same page with where the workshop is going. A lot of decisions were made, in
particular with how the time-management of the workshop will run through. We
all agreed on a presentation at the beginning of the workshop day to
demonstrate the aims of the workshop and what the students will be doing, we
also all agreed on having short demo's, evidencing what will happen
throughout the day. The presentation will also have background information on
the processes we will be using as well as similar contextual artists
and references.
We will have 15 students and depending on whether people do not
turn up, there should be 11 workshop demonstrators/helpers.
We decided to test out how the balloons would react being filled
up with different mediums. The first video demonstrates the popping of a
balloon filled with crushed strawberries and red ink because of the thickness
and weight of the strawberries, it dropped creating little splatter. The second
video shows a balloon filled with green ink, popping and splattering on a
larger scale, I think this is because the inks weight put pressure on the balloon
and when the knife entered the balloon, it forced an explosion. The third video
shows a change in medium, we used turmeric powder and the balloon
popping created an expansion of colour into the air.
From these testers we have decided to use powders and unsuspecting
objects like fruit to paste into paint and funnel into the balloons, we will
use a balloon pump to blow up the balloons and a blender to make the objects
into paint.
The balloons will be hung over a large canvas and hung up using string
that will be attached to a grid-like mechanism that will look a little like the
diagram below. A mechanism like this would allow us to hang a lot of balloons
securely.
More will be decided tomorrow after speaking to Louise. I am hoping that things will become clearer after tomorrow.
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