The Beginning

This week we began our stories and spaces project. We found out that as a group we would be tasked with creating a media art instillation focusing on Hip-hop dance and its history. We started off by visiting the Pavillion in Bournemouth where our final work would be displayed. The day started off with a talk from Danielle Rose who was head of the pavilion dance organisation. We were told that our work would be displayed at a viewing and great installations would be made a semi permanent fixture in the building. As groups we were then taken around the building so we could see the available spaces and make a decision on where to put our instillation. It became clear that there were two favourable spaces, one of which was in the corridor to the left and the other on the wall immediate to the right as you walk into the building. With this in mind we then set a group meeting in the university library for the next day. We all were tasked with coming to the meeting with a basic idea on the concept of our instillation. At the meeting it was clear with all group members that the key focus point of the project was capturing the history of hip hop and showcasing its evolution. We came up with the idea of having a video in which the dancer starts as if he is in the 70s but then progresses through dance and his appearance into the present day. Once we had our initial idea the next stage was to assign production roles to all the members of the group in order to have some level of organisation and to enable us to start creating a plan of action. The roles assigned were as follows; 

Luc Wybourn-Whyte - Director


Matt Thomas - Production manager


Harley Messenger - Projection mapper and cameraman


 John Jevons - Location manager


Steve Bailey - Editor


Hari Jain - Editor


Lucy Wright - Sound


Ollie Cooke - Sound


George Booker - Projection mapper

Once the roles had been assigned the group then set each other tasks for the coming week based on the roles we had taken on. Once this was sorted we then adjourned the meeting until the following Monday when everyone would bring their weekends research to contribute.