Our photo booth was a success. We received more feedback than expected; enough to verify our previous questions in regards to human reaction. What was interesting, however, is the variety of reactions we received from people in regards to our booth setup. Some not only returned the desired facial response, some even reacted verbally... much to our amusement. We ended up recording video to track all facial reactions that the camera might have missed, as well as for record-keeping purposes. In time, we will edit our video footage into a web-friendly format and filesize on http://reacttime.blogspot.com as an extra treat for those who participated. In the meantime, we have our footage in raw and compressed formats, saved for viewing and editing.
One thing that we all agree upon in regards to our project is to conserve tape space as well as battery life when documenting. We learned this the hard way, as we ran out of tape just before witnessing what was one of our favorite reactions of the day from none other than Adrian Duran.
We are still thinking of ways to expand our project. From expanded concepts, (confessionals was one that stuck with us), to expanded tool sets (monitors for viewers outside of booth, scary image and sound selection to keep things interesting, etc,) we have ideas concerning how we can expand on our project.
One of the things I think we should be careful about is to keep it from becoming a one-trick pony of sorts. True enough, we created an environment where we had total control of when and how we scared individuals. However, if we plan to make this a semi-annual thing, it is important to consider ways of keeping the atmosphere, sound, and imagery geared towards overwhelming the senses, no matter how many times one frequents our booth.
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Now that we have the tech and layout figured out, there are so many possibilities for what we can do for future projects. For the record, I have never been one to do many installations. However, i do believe that we have a formula that can be manipulated and expanded on to create a wide range of interactive installation pieces. Making the experience very personal, and divided from the rest of the world is what i think works best for our project. As a group, we spoke briefly on creating a confessional complete with a digital priest. Allowing one to go in and type whatever they're thinking anonymously would be a great means of venting for some. We could also include some video and audio files that strengthen the experience.
Among all of the projects possible, the confessional is something that i definitely think I should do sometime in my artistic career. With some tweaking, it can be very effective.
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