Phyllis E. Tilton on thu 1 apr 99
There has been comment about the sound, staging,etc of the demos and slide
shows. There was much about the sound that I could not hear-due to noise,
doors opening,closing, people shuffling around. I have problem hearing-and
will be getting aids after more testing-I don't want to miss anything.
Therefore, I can't comment on the general sound except in the demos. That
needs to be addressed in a different manner. Staging: If the stage for the
demos could be higher so that from midway to the back of the room, it would be
visible. Same with the slide shows-have the screens a little higher. Tim
Mather's was wonderful, but I was toward the rear of the room and had trouble
seeing around the taller people in front of me. The room was packed so it
wasn't possible to move closer. I have been in meetings where they had
screens mounted in different places for better viewing by all. Maybe halfway
back in the auditorium? With this age of technology, that is another
option--also speakers mounted along with those screens.
Have just been noodling around some solutions, not complaining-cause I loved
just being there. My .02 cents
Phyllis Tilton
Daisypet@aol.com
Dwiggins, Sandra (NCI) on fri 2 apr 99
Years ago---Supermud time---(the last time I was able to go to NCECA until this
Columbus event) the demos were staged in the round so that people could see from
all around the demonstrator. Demonstrations were done one at a time, not three
together. Actually, if I remember correctly from that far back, the demos were
staged in the Penn State Gymnasium. That allowed eveyone to see the stages of
development. Why do we have to succumb to the picture-within-a-picture/remote
control mentality--cramming in so much info at once, it's impossible to keep
track of what's really going on. Why can't the demos be scheduled one after the
other, or in some other way that allows people to actually concentrate on what's
happening?
I found that I missed many details of the demos because I was distracted by the
video camera. I felt also that the demos are staged so that the most
spectacular and easy to photograph were photographed the most. For example, I
felt that Karen Doherty's demo, which was fascinating, because of how she thinks
about her work, was really neglected. IMHO.
No one has mentioned the wonderful lecture on French Architectural Ceramics.
That was superb. I think more presentations like that and the three-legged pot
lecture would be extremely worthwhile. IMHO.
Climbing down off the soapbox, now---
Sandy
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From: Phyllis E. Tilton [SMTP:Daisypet@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 1999 7:52 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: NCECA Observations
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There has been comment about the sound, staging,etc of the demos and slide
shows. There was much about the sound that I could not hear-due to noise,
doors opening,closing, people shuffling around. I have problem hearing-and
will be getting aids after more testing-I don't want to miss anything.
Therefore, I can't comment on the general sound except in the demos. That
needs to be addressed in a different manner. Staging: If the stage for the
demos could be higher so that from midway to the back of the room, it would be
visible. Same with the slide shows-have the screens a little higher. Tim
Mather's was wonderful, but I was toward the rear of the room and had trouble
seeing around the taller people in front of me. The room was packed so it
wasn't possible to move closer. I have been in meetings where they had
screens mounted in different places for better viewing by all. Maybe halfway
back in the auditorium? With this age of technology, that is another
option--also speakers mounted along with those screens.
Have just been noodling around some solutions, not complaining-cause I loved
just being there. My .02 cents
Phyllis Tilton
Daisypet@aol.com
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