Katy Andrews

Start of the Night

250-300 guests attended the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) end of year exhibition.

Co-curator with Jen Sevnick (smArtnoise.net).

The exhibition was one night in duration encompassing 14 installations; all of which implemented alternative input devices. Special consideration was taken when positioning the installations as this would affect performance and audience perception (e.g. using video as input required a solid, unwavering background).

Certain eye-catching pieces were situated towards the rear of the space to draw the audience through the body of the exhibition.

Installations not functioning correctly were removed from the exhibition to maintain a sense of completeness. This was difficult but necessary.

Team co-ordination and communication played a large part – most importantly, ensuring tasks were completed properly and in good time. A number of Gantt charts and Google documents (bump-in/run sheets) were shared online to ensure timetable awareness.

Potential risks were identified and managed – from small power board failures to grid failure to audience accidents.