install

today was all about getting all the materials into place, testing all the wires, the microphones and the amps, the lights and all the amount of powerboards and extension cables needed.

setting up the first speaker-lamp;

connecting the contact mic, the power, and the speaker to the amp

setting the component elements into place

one of the necessary environmental conditions to consider is the lighting. often something easily overlooked. most times, galleries are very well lit, sometimes with track lighting or spots. for this installation i wanted the lighting to be a bit dramatic, a bit like a fractured infrastructure, as if the lights have either not yet been put into their place, or had been taking away from where they were meant to be.

 sitting the bluestone cobblestone on fluoro lights

placing the lights on the speaker-lamps 

seemed to elicit the best effect in the space