This project explores the mundane-ness, as well as the ridiculousness of everyday Zoom calls we partake in. Our initial idea of recreating a non-place has had to move online and we have identified that the most common non-place in these times is the Zoom call. Our video tries to replicate being in a Zoom call, but also highlighting how we are stuck with this format of communication for the time being.
This piece aims to create an immersive environment through lighting, recorded objects and sound.
The installation explores the theme of displacement, both of the objects found within and the viewer's own perspective. The sounds, similarly, will consist of voices, displaced from the mouths of their speakers and diffused within the space from localised points. As the viewer navigates the virtual environment, the soundscape shifts, as though listening in, voyeuristically, to multiple indistinguishable conversations.
‘How to EXCEL’ is an exploration of how the strategic deployment of music and imagery can directly alter the emotional response of an audience. The ambiguous speech should allow for music and visuals to take the audience, willingly, on an unexpected journey through a range of responses. A visual and auditory narrative is formed based on personal reaction to this work and a diverse response and speculation is fundamental and allows for the audience to truly be a catalyst for the work.