Welcome! Today will do some additional event planning and check-ins, and then have work time.
Contents
Welcome & A Warm-Up
- Welcome
- Warm-up led by Douglas
- Reminder: Sign-up here for 2 times to co-lead a warm-up activity (if you haven’t already)
House Keeping
- Computational Embroidery Machine workshop on Wed., May 4, 1-4pm – please email Olivia by Friday 4/29 if you want to attend.
- We have an exam slot for 8:30-11:30AM on Thursday, May 5. We will meet at 9:30-11:30am to talk about the show and do general clean up!
- As we get very busy in the next few weeks, important to remember to clean up after one’s self in the A31 studio or other IDeATe spaces.
- If anything is running low in A31, please let me know as soon as you see that something is running low by emailing me
In-Class
Hypnotic Pneumatic Circus – Event Planning
Title, Timing, Description & Poster
Here is all of the pertinant information for you to invite your friends!
Hypnotic Pneumatic Circus
Friday, April 29 — 8:30-10pm
Studio B @ WQED
(4802 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213)
Starring students’ works from:
Kinetic Fabrics, Inflatables, Animation Studio, and the Tartan Tuba Band
Hypnotic Pneumatic Circus is an evening of music, inflatable-sculpture, kinetic costumes, and animation presented in the WQED Studio B. The musicians of the Tartan Tuba Band will be augmented with robotic performative costumes designed by the students of Kinetic Fabrics. They will be surrounded by architectural scale artworks designed by the students of Inflatables and illuminated with projections created by the Animation Studio. Together, the inflatable sculpture and abstract music/sound create an immersive space for the audience to explore.
Posters:
PDF versions of the Posters: BW Poster and Color Poster
Thursday Set-up
We can set up the inflatables on Thursday afternoon and evening. On Thursday evening the animation class will be setting up projectors and on Friday they will be doing their mapping. Will your team be ready to set up on Thursday or Friday? (which one) I recommend the following:
- Flytrap set up Thursday afternoon. That way the animators could use the lift on Thursday night to hang their projectors.
- Dome, Ribcage, Cloud and Garden set-up on Thursday night, that way you can connect with the animators and also get your work are all set for the show. Then the animators can do their mapping, etc, with the inflatables in place.
Thoughts?
Friday set-up
If we are able to set-up on Thursday, then Friday is just a day of finishing touches and the show. If we do not finish set-up on Thursday, then Friday morning is when we will finish set-up.
Food on Friday: We need to get a head count for lunch and dinner food.
- Lunch: we will offer lunch to anyone working on Friday over lunch. Will you be there for lunch?
- Dinner: we will get dinner for everyone – ETA of food: 6:30pm. Will you be there for dinner?
Schedule
- Thursday:
- 10am or 2:30pm — Flytrap set-up
- 6pm — Cloud, Dome, Garden, and Ribcage set-up along with Animators
- Friday:
- 10am — Last call for inflatable set-up
- 12pm — lunch
- 2pm — tech rehearsal for tuba band and kinetic fabrics (must have inflatables turned on)
- 6pm — “curtain call” for everyone (everyone must show up)
- 6:30pm — dinner
- 8pm — Inflatables turned on
- 8:30pm — Audience begins to arrive
- 10pm — show closes
- 10:10pm — strike the show (take down the show and return everything to Hunt)
Questions to answer in class:
Please use this form to answer the below questions:
Homework
The following are due by the beginning of class, Thursday evening, 4/28:
- Finished inflatable set up at Studio B @WQED.