Exhibition build

The exhibition build is almost over. It has been a lot of ‘hard graft’ but we are almost there. My plinth has taking quite a bit longer to build than I expected. I have never built one before so I wasn’t completely sure of the process and it was something of a learning curve. I’m glad I allocated enough time for it as it needed a lot of coats of paint. I should have coated it with PVA glue first, but I only learned that when it was too late. Also, because the wall which it was going to rest against was covered with wood, I couldn’t see that instead of a skirting board there was a deep step. So I had to alter the base to fit the wall. After the necessary alterations it was finished. Here is a picture of the finished article:

I spent a couple of days painting and cleaning the ‘Light Space’ room where my work is going to be shown. I also spent a good amount of time looking for a list of things for other people (plinths, extension leads, screws, etc.) as well as trying to help sort out some people’s problems with the look of the space to ensure their work is best presented without affecting the work of others. I must thank the staff from the Media and the Photography resource centers for their help with the installation of work, as well as the 3D resource center for their help with the building of plinths. These are a few photos of the space (notice my plinth and iMacs on the right ) :

These are a couple of photos of the week before the exhibition. Still some work to do in the room. My movie can’t be shown full screen as there is a lot of light reflection on the iMac’s screens. To solve this problem I have reduced the size of the movie and I have introduced a white border around my movie that minimizes the reflections.

Exhibition proposal

After deliberating on what kind of plinth to build to house my moving image piece, the fact that I am going to have access to three iMacs has made me come to a decision. I am going to build a simple long plinth upon which the computers will sit.

Before I came to this conclusion I researched the possibility of mounting the iMacs on the wall. I found out that there was a wall mount that was compliant with VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association) standards and it seemed like a great simple solution. The problem was that it only worked on 24″ screens and the ones at college are 20″. There were some adapters for the smaller screens that would mount them without removing the stand and it involved being attached to a long bracket…a little unsightly.

VESA compliant wall mount

So, this is the sketch of my plinth with the measurements: