It’s been a weird week. I feel like I haven’t made as much progress as I should have, and ran into a few snags that I was not expecting (but most of which are easy fixes). I have everything put together and built as you can see below, but I haven’t had a chance to spray the pipe black due to weather.
This weekend should be warming up, so that’s a quick fix. I’ve also put together a wire lattice on the top frame from which I can drape the lights and have them rise and fall from different positions on a grid. I tried out a few different objects in the scene, I’m favoring a pair of shoes at odd positions and angles and trying to work with how they interact with the lights.
There is one last issue that is going to be rather difficult to deal with and I can’t actually resolve until the very end: setting up my piece. The frame and the base are not connected, but the lights will be attached to both. This creates a problem where I can’t really move the thing once everything is set and fixed to the base/frame, so I can’t get to the point where I can say it’s finished until I can bring it into the art studio. I’m working out exactly where I want my lights, and will be drafting a blueprint for it this weekend, but I need to know when we have access to the room we will be showing the projects off in so I can get set up as soon as possible.