This was a nerve-wracking week, it was time for the dreaded technical and dress rehearsals in which everything I've attempted to plan and all the contingency plans I've put in place could fail drastically. I planned the lighting of the piece to be very basic as I didn't want to risk the lights affecting the drone, but no matter what I do, they are always going to have an effect. The drone now starts to follow its own shadow for example, adding another element of surprise and something else to watch out for.
However, aside from a few problems here and there, the technical rehearsal went as best as it could. And I'd of course prefer to get all the problems out of the way now so that hopefully everything goes well on performance night. But then again, even if something does go wrong, failure is all part of the research, but it does not define it. I have to remember that I'm still working drastically out of my comfort zone and I should be proud of myself for that.
I've also put together my post-performance questionnaires for my audience members, in order to gain a general consensus of their thoughts of the work. I've purposely kept the questions fairly basic, so that my audience are able to expand their answers as much as they wish. What I really want to find out is how the audience view the drone and whether their opinions match those of my test audience members. And how they feel about work like this developing in the future, which is inevitable, but I'm curious to know what the audience feel is appropriate, for instance, could they imagine this kind of art without the human element entirely?
As performance night gradually gets closer and closer, I'm quite saddened that this research is coming to an end. Therefore I hope to continue with this work and discover what else can be created with a drone, perhaps a different type of drone with different functions, or maybe even return back to the original idea of programming and investigating whether the outcome is still the same. I look forward to researching this with more time to really delve in to the exploration.
Nevertheless, its time for the drone and I to perform together in our debut, hopefully not for the last time!
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