on 17/10/01 9:22 am, simon fildes & katrina mcpherson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Francis > > >> One of the reasons for the refurbishment of CCA was the dilapidated state of >> the original buildings and the increasing difficulty in repsonding to the >> technical needs of artists. > >> Our new building is wired to give artists as much flexibility as possible >> with technology and to accomodate future developments- as difficult as that >> can be to forsee... > > can you give some examples of what the technical needs of artists have been > and what you have done in response? > > > s > > > ****************************************************** > > Simon Fildes & Katrina McPherson > Greystones > Main Street > Newtonmore > Highland Region > PH20 1DR > > 01540670002 > 01540673796 > > 07779106593 > 07798563799 > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.left-luggage.co.uk > > ************************************************** > > > > > >> From: francis mckee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 08:53:26 +0000 >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: <ambit> introduction >> >> One of the reasons for the refurbishment of CCA was the dilapidated state of >> the original buildings and the increasing difficulty in repsonding to the >> technical needs of artists. > > ------------------------------------------------- > a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and write "info ambit" in the message body > ------------------------------------------------- a quick reply - many of the needs were fairly simple but we couldn't previously supply them. Very good projectors, projectors that could work in daylight, 16mm/35 mm projectors, easy internet access and power throughout the entire building, reasonaly sophisticated mac and pc facilities, dvd technology, minidiscs, proper amplification (and good acoustics), a dance floor, decent lighting equipment and other technology for performance, mixing equipment...etc For almost any event in the past we found ourselves hiring in this kind of material and so much of the budgets were more expensive than they needed to be and hiring can't always get what you need on a specific date at the necessary price. The new building gave us a chance to create a better technological base and for instance to wire the galleries more effectively and invisibily so that power/internet facilities are available at any point (and throughout whole building). Also Ove Arup Acoustics section worked on acoustics of all the space and helped to specifiy new equipment (Caroline Kirsop, CCA's gallery manager, has details on this as she has been ordering it and we left it to latest moment to get most up to date materials - but she will too busy until end of Oct to address this for ambit!) there is more beyond getting up to speed on these essentials and we anticipate that the proposals and projects with artists will become more ambitious when it becomes clear what is possible in the building. I will address that with Caroline in a separate email - the above is simply a general explanation... ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
