Over Christmas I continued work on the VR element of the project. I’m working towards the AR animated birds for the installation and the photographic gardens using paper tied into knots.

bird knots drawing

This drawing is A1, charcoal, pencil and pastel and I’ve made a couple of 3d models and animated a short section.

bird knot models

I also tied a few pieces so that I can try out using them as an AR trigger.

I went into the studio for the first time on Friday 3^rd January and met with wayne, details of this meeting follow.

Discussed current progress of work, what needs to happen next and what help wayne could give in achieving that.

Outlined the plan going forward.

1. Tidy up current iteration of Geranium VR – skies, edges, tunnels, etc.,

2. Introduce animated sections to painted garden

3. Introduce animated birds to photo garden sections

4. Finish spoken word sections, quotes and explicatory texts for tunnels, gnomic utterances for gardens

5. make birdsong soundtracks for drawn and phot gardens

6. Work with Iain Nicholls on build for VR space

7. Work with Luke Roberts on AR birds for installation

8. Finish rain section for installation, run PIR off tower PC if necessary

9. Organise press release for Invitees week beginning 10^th February 2020

10. Invite appropriate people (get the invites out by end of next week 10/01/2020

11. Get feedback from Kim & Luke for report etc.,

12. Plan the next steps – meet with Mike Stubbs, Wayne, Luke & Kim to propose and develop next bid for funding

Wayne agreed to email me introductions to key people in Doncaster.

In discussing the next steps for the project wayne proposed several people it would be worth contacting in Doncaster Council, Doncaster Archives, Barnsley Museums etc.,

Two things particularly need establishing as part of the future display of the object, firstly the entrance to the space can be remade for each location it is placed in, and secondly that the photographic elements of the VR space provide potential for a number of future works utilising archival photgraphs and contemporaneous images. Hexthorpe Park springs to mind.

I need to put the press release information out onto my Linked In page, through Twitter, send to Doncopolitan for Facebook, onto the Doncaster Creative wotsit, onto a-n, Axisweb etc., as well as the blog and send it to Doncaster Free Press, Yorkshire Post, The Star (Sheffield?) and anywhere else I can think of.