Our class performance for the final project "View from the Bridges" -was scheduled for Dec 15th at 7PM. As I was driving downtown, with my on stage script, additional papers for the skit and the DVD made from the .mov file, my mind was going through the last details I would need to accomplish for my segment as well as envisioning the set up schematic drawing sent out by Scott. The class needed to arrive between 4-and 430
for our set up and possible trouble shooting

We had decided to scale down some of the equipment after a meeting held two weeks previous to the 15th. Here is the list of the equipment that would need to be in place, based on the needs of each performer.


3 projectors
3 computers
2 cameras
1 video mixer
2 switches
2 VDAs
2 canopus'
3 computer connections
4 composite cables*
10 s-video cables*
Power strips as needed
Extension cords (power) as needed
Converter connectors as needed
1 audio mixer
2 microphones
Audio cables as needed
AND a DVD player

All the class members worked together to bring the equipment into the studio from different locations: Tom Beyer's office, 7th floor and the Monitor Station on the 8th floor. There was trouble getting the ether connection for Dr. Gilbert's Lap Top- (which was dedicated to the "skype" collaborators ) it's connectivity remained unsolvable until Tom Beyer came to check it out- and it appeared that there was something wrong with the school's Ethernet connection- so we moved to wireless for the "skype Computer" -- Meanwhile,I brought in cables, and Projectors, Vda's and switches...made contact via skype with my own laptop to check on my collaborators, Mariangeles Rajoy, and Ernesto Lacalle in Buenos Aires ( they were two hours ahead and waiting patiently for us to contact with them)

We accomplished our set up in approx 1 1/2 hour - and at that point - we had to re-test the Ethernet connection and as mentioned earlier, we switched to wireless. -The DVD player was brought in by Tom Beyer at approx 615 PM..we connected that,
and by 630 were pretty much up and running.

Besides helping with the overal set up, I had to experiment some with Coccinella - which has an interactive paint program with a white wall room -where many collaborators can draw/paint using the tools on the left - Jo Ellen had envisioned this as her segment- and I was to be part of this effort.

To Be Continued: stay tuned