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The proposal is in!
By jjtiziou | May 8, 2008
We turned in the final proposal packet today, so that’s one more step accomplished. It had a few grammatical mistakes in it ( unfortunately, we’d already printed it out and assembled the 8 packets before our friend The Angry Grammarian caught the minor issues ) - but honestly, a little misplaced comma shouldn’t make a difference in the worlds of dance, photography and sculpture that we’re operating in.
Our proposal has shifted a good bit since our first conceptions. It’s been an interesting evolution… The main major difference is that our final proposal is totally static, with no digital component. Well, I wouldn’t say “static” - The images are pretty dyamic, and the installation will be awesome. But the images won’t be changing (in this space, anyways..)
It became clear as we researched that the digital installation really wasn’t suitable for the space and budget- once you start looking at individual projectors that cost $150,000 and only last a few years, a permanent installation gets pretty ridiculously over budget pretty fast. The maintenance infrastructure was also a prohibitively complicated thing for this installation.
One of the positive things about this change, is that we get an installation that’s guaranteed to last with no problems. The ceramic enamel on steel panels that well use will last a lifetime. The downside is that while we’ll be representing a super huge cross section of dance in the city, we won’t be able to physically depict thousands of dancers as we’d hoped. In this particular installation, anyways…
The exciting thing is that “How Philly Moves” is spinning off into it’s own project, and has the potential to start with the 46th street station and go in many directions beyond that. We’re still interested in doing a digital architectural installation, so we’ll be looking for another venue for that. (We could put a big LED wall on the side of a building, or a series of TVs in a storefront. Or both!) We’re also talking about doing a series of smaller installations in parks around the city. Maybe partner with Mural Arts to do a series of murals… As we build this image collection, they could be shared with the community in so many ways. If you’ve got a creative suggestion as to how you’d like to see this project evolve, let us know!
Next tuesday are the presentations to the panel. I’m not quite sure how long it will take them to decide after that, but regardless, we’re going to keep moving forward with this. We’re definitely hosting a photo session or several in september as part of Fringe Festival. The good folks at The Rock School have tentatively offered a space for us for that shoot. We’re also talking to everyone at First Person Arts about hosting a photo session in conjunction with one of their salons. Keep an eye out for updates, and wish us luck for next tuesday!
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