Performance Assessment

Unity of World Religions

1. Spatial Changes: I liked the scale of our piece - that is, the size of the projections and thrown "spot" light. I think the environment we had to work with and install these elements into however, left much to be desired (as an understatement). Given a more controlled environment, mainly as far as lighting is concerned, would have vastly improved the piece, and possibly made its intention more evident. (Though I do think however, that a piece such as this requires either some prior knowledge, or explanation after the fact, for the viewers to fully understand the message being conveyed.)

2. Placement of the Audience: The placement and movement of the audience in our piece went as intended, but given our more controlled environment I think some tweaking would be required in order to coax the same type of movement, since ideally the audience would not so obviously see the sources of light and therefore why they should move in a particular direction.

3. Use of Sound: Use of sound was considered for our piece, and the sounds made by the audience were not an intended element (though we knew inevitable) of the work. I was a little afraid the use of sound could easily detract from the visual elements. If used as an effective compliment to the visual aspects of the piece, and not as an independent element, the use of sound could probably be very effective.