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What could possibly have gone wrong on an art course?

To: MMAM(FTP); cc: Gela Nathaniel

From: Jonathan Danners

Date: 19 March 2024

Subject: Final Project update

Dear Team,

As the Easter holiday is coming up, Gela has asked me to send this update so we all know where the final project is. I’ve broken the installation into three parts:

The Tunnelwood and wire, covered with fabric; papier-mâché, resin and clay embellishments, painted components

The Headwire and papier-mâché, textured with clay

The Techlighting, music and soundscape, plus headphone technology

The base of the head-shaped sculpture is almost complete, thanks to Gela and Jem. I’ve heard some positive remarks from the undergrads and am confident this will be a striking centrepiece to the installation. We should all bear in mind these large sections will need to be moved from RH and reassembled at RD8. Any extra weight will make that trickier and, importantly, more expensive. If you can make something hollow, please make it hollow. If papier-mâché would work as well as clay or resin, please use papier-mâché.

The tunnel is still in its early stages and requires a lot more decoration. The embellishments that represent RD8’s technological advancements over the last hundred years are very small, and we need lots to make it look and feel as interesting as we promised the client. In the couple of weeks before half-term, I’d like everyone – whatever their other roles – to commit to making at least ten items a day for the tunnel.

This brings me to the tech. Jem has so far not played us her soundscape. Ludya has not told us what music she wants, if any. As for the lighting, we will have the services of an electrician on the day, but not before. We must devise a lighting plan in advance and adapt it there and then. Not ideal, but we need to mould our creative work to the limitations of our client, so it will have to do.

That’s where we’re at. Any questions, just ask.

Jonathan

Doodle message group MMAM(FTP), 19 March 2024:

Jem Badhuri

Why is Ludya doing music for the final project? Music will clash with my soundscape.

Jonathan Danners

Your soundscape is delivered through headphones. We need music to enhance the guests’ journey through the tunnel.

Jem Badhuri

No, my soundscape will hook them in and draw them through the tunnel. That and the headphone experience are all part of the same thing. We don’t need music.

Ludya Parak

I was only going to set up a Spotify playlist of chill-out tracks, but I’m not bothered. It’s one less thing to do.

Jem Badhuri

You’re hardly doing anything anyway.

Ludya Parak

I’m flat out making fiddly little shit for the tunnel. I’ve got no nails or fingerprints left.

Patrick Bright

And very good you are at it, Ludya. I don’t know why Jonathan mentioned music. It hasn’t been discussed before. I’ve not even thought about it.