Project 1: Presentations

Today we presented our first project to the class. We had all the materials ready and prepared in advance and had all the lines and activity for the skit practiced, but we had never actually done a full practice run. Since we had never actually run through the full performance beforehand, we didn't know how certain elements would work such as having group members within the audience. In hindsight it would have been good to have practiced with an audience beforehand to get a sense of how it would work and to ensure the whole skit went smoothly. We didn't receive a positive reaction from the class nor professors and if we had run through with an audience beforehand we might have been able to make necessary adjustments so the audience would enjoy it more and understand the message we were trying to convey.

Between all projects I felt like groups emphasized different goals. Some groups aimed to convey a distinct message (some succeeded and some failed) and build their projects around that while others had a cool project that they tried to add a narrative to.

I found some of the other groups presentations very interesting. In particular there was one which displayed Twitter messages real time. The idea of displaying Twitter messages was okay by itself and it had a very nice presentation, but what made the exhibit special was that it was taking actual Twitter messages being posted at that time and displaying them. I know it made me and others think of ways this exhibit could be modified and used for non-art applications.