Preparing for my committee showing

As the semester winds down, the next milestone is my committee showing - a chance to get feedback from my committee on what I have so far and where I plan to go from here. I have had the chance to go to two of my colleagues' committee showings and its been really exciting to see things come together and how different each of us are approaching our concerts. I'm currently trying to prepare so that the showing goes as smoothly as possible. Some pieces are more "finished" than others, which I feel ok with. Two of the pieces are certainly more segmented, partially because they are more content-oriented which takes more time for me to filter out the unnecessary and organize. The more designed pieces are coming along at a much faster rate and are more like drafts, though I am fully prepared to revision and rethink anything that needs to be done between now and March.

This weekend, I have been sewing together my sensors "suit" which is beginning to look like some sort of holster. It was difficult to find something that would be easy to get on quickly and connects from the legs through the hands, so I decided to use various elastics to create something that could be worn over or under something else. I'm excited to get this done and working!

We have one working accelerometer!

High fashion

Video and sound editing have really gotten me frustrated, but I've realized I have a good bit of time over the winter holidays to work on this. I don't have rehearsals for a little over a month, so I will be more refreshed if I work on it then, rather than trying to cram it all in now for the showing. I'm not quite ready to get all of the technology set up for the showing anyways, so it will probably be best to hold off anyway.

As far as props go, I had a chance to dig through storage at my parents' house and was able to find a ton of old phones and electronics, as well as more lamps and shades.

New Show Order:

1. Habit of Change
2. Communication Duet
3. Sextet (followed by intermission)
4. Lights
• Lamps
• Flashlights
• Projections
• Candlelight
• Sensors