Rendering

by Alex Hetherington, 24 Apr 2008

I met with UZ and Paul from Metro Ecosse in Edinburgh who are supplying the equipment for the projection, and building the screen and the scaffolding. So this was great and I’m really glad they are organizing this. The reel is on its third test render and I think it should all fit on one DVD. It’s a very full program, divided almost equally by the footage from the residents and the films and videos by the artists and runs to well over an hour, it is not intended to be viewed at one go, rather it should feature in passing as the audience attend to their domestic affairs, or gaze over the views to the events and see some distracting art films. I really enjoy the Deren film, I also really like Richard O’Sullivan’s Present Tense, but the whole program feels very strong, with a good mix of duration, tensions and approaches.

Metro Ecosse and UZ will be running at test Monday night and another Friday; so the render should be ready by then, the last version took 19 hours to complete. It’s 3.18pm 4/24/2008 now; check back here this time tomorrow to see if it has worked.

The Village Voice proof is also done – so we should be able to get edition #2 to the printers next week. I also made the card for the invite which went from gold to pink in a flurry of color thinking hell; it should be ready this week too for distribution to our audience(s) in time for the event. No word yet on the security system piggy-backing the reel.

My playing card also came in; it’s a giveaway at the show and features four characters from the film, as a Queen of Spades ( I am the Queen to King Kenny’s King) and on the reverse the Ace, which is heroin in boiled wool or felt. Please take one if you come by the gallery.

And if anyone indeed reads this; I want to apologize for being a pain in the *ss for the last six months. I’ll be taking a break now.