DIMENSION V1
This new work forms a part of a series of new digital media installations exploring several dimensions of learning disabled culture. THE COOKHOUSE DIMENSION is the first and will be shown at the South Bank Centre on the 13th of September, 2013 using the new 5 screen projection screen installed in the Ballroom.
This audio/visual installation presents a surreal exploration of food directed by Sian Davis (a member of Random Line Media). It has been commissioned by Heart n Soul to cellebrate the Dean Rodney project. This involved the creation of music with artists across the world. Random Line have created a visual artist response to one aspect of this work. Dean had imagined a world in which people lived within a stomach, creating and cooking food. Sian has chosen to explore the digestive system itself - using this process to examine what we eat and why.
Many people with a learning disability have major issues with food and The Cookhouse Dimension explores some of these through a collection juxtopsed images and sounds. It does not have a narrative, but instead uses the images to illicit a response from the audience.
The video is 4096 x 768 pixels which will allow it to fill the 5 screen projection system developed at the South Bank. This system uses the AI software which was developed to run the video and lights for the Olympic opening ceromony. This in itself has been a challenge for Random Line, not interms of the software, but more in terms of the strange frame size of the projection screen. Composition within this frame requires a different approach and rendering time is considerable. This means that there has been less room for improvisation within the process as it takes too long to render files that can not or may not be used within the final installation.
Version 1 is to be shown on the 13th of September and responses together with images from this installation will be posted here some after the event. In addition we hope that an interview with Sian (her thoughts of the process and final outcome) will also feature.
