{"id":1901,"date":"2019-12-15T18:33:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T17:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/?p=1901"},"modified":"2019-12-15T18:33:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T17:33:23","slug":"the-geranium-project-rd-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/15\/the-geranium-project-rd-25\/","title":{"rendered":"The Geranium Project (R&#038;D) 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">A week that promises to be fraught started with me getting to the shop early and installing the new white cloth projection screen for the installation. At firt it didn&#8217;t work too well but with the back material hanging behind it, it functions pretty well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1903\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/15\/the-geranium-project-rd-25\/monday_whitecloth_blog_1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/monday_whitecloth_blog_1.jpg?fit=670%2C502&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"670,502\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon IXUS 185&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1575890665&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"monday_whitecloth_blog_1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/monday_whitecloth_blog_1.jpg?fit=584%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1903\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/monday_whitecloth_blog_1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/monday_whitecloth_blog_1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/monday_whitecloth_blog_1.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/monday_whitecloth_blog_1.jpg?resize=160%2C120&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/monday_whitecloth_blog_1.jpg?w=670&amp;ssl=1 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1904\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/15\/the-geranium-project-rd-25\/monday_whitecloth_blog_2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/monday_whitecloth_blog_2.jpg?fit=670%2C502&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"670,502\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon IXUS 185&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1575890698&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"monday_whitecloth_blog_2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/monday_whitecloth_blog_2.jpg?fit=584%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1904\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/monday_whitecloth_blog_2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/monday_whitecloth_blog_2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/monday_whitecloth_blog_2.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/monday_whitecloth_blog_2.jpg?resize=160%2C120&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/monday_whitecloth_blog_2.jpg?w=670&amp;ssl=1 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">It did highlight the need to address the video, video with high contrast works much better. I then had to rush home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Monday afternon I workled some more on the painted garden for the VR world. I also started to write up the text snatches to be recorded for the gardens and the installation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Tuesday I continued to work on the painted garden, worked on the new videos and began to write this weeks blog so it doesn&#8217;t seem so thrown together. I got the open event advertised through Axisweb, but although I&#8217;d agreed an advert in doncopolitan (a local mag) I don&#8217;t think it has happened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Wednesday was spent finishing off in the studio, sorting the hang and titling the paintings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1899\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/15\/the-geranium-project-rd-25\/img_4702\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4702.jpg?fit=5152%2C3864&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5152,3864\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon IXUS 185&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1576077188&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4702\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4702.jpg?fit=584%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1899\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_4702.jpg?resize=584%2C438&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Thursday I made the labels and voted! <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">So Friday morning I rewired the sound system for the installation and set everything up for the open day.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 584px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1901-1\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/evan_test.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/evan_test.mp4\">https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/evan_test.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 584px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1901-2\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/evan_test_outer.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/evan_test_outer.mp4\">https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/evan_test_outer.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">On the day I had two visitors so in the afternoon I worked on putting some mist between the sections to make the transitions less stark.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 584px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1901-3\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/fog_introduced.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/fog_introduced.mp4\">https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/fog_introduced.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">On the Saturday I had no visitors at all, unless you count the man who was looking for the Junk Food Project who haven&#8217;t been at the address for two years or so. I worked on the VR section and got a lot done, finishing the mist, adjusting some scale and normal issues and introducing colour to the painted garden. I also made separate skies for the different sections and did some height adjustments to floors and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 584px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1901-4\" width=\"584\" height=\"328\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/final_runthrough.mp4?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/final_runthrough.mp4\">https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/final_runthrough.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A week that promises to be fraught started with me getting to the shop early and installing the new white cloth projection screen for the installation. 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