Second stage of Firefly environment.
April 26, 2006
After some discussion, it was decided to add some sound to the piece. So I downloaded a great MP3 file to use. It's a summer evening sound bite. I will be using 5 small speakers hanging from the ceiling and on the floor. Each speaker was mounted to hang by using electrical tape to decure the wire onto the back and then taped around the magnet to secure the entire thing. They are small speakers (2"-3") and incredibly light so there will be no problem with their weight.
The space has been hung with 45 "fireflys" from the ceiling and there will be 3 on the floor in the capture jar. The grass is also growing nicely in a container that was built for the installaion. People keep asking what illegal drug I am growing to subsidise my graduate career. I will post some pics of it later after they are downloaded off Steve's camera. I will also take some pics this evening of the space to post.
It all seems to be coming along nicely.