Meeting #11

Meeting #11 / Friday, 4 April, 2008
Library, Republic Polytechnic
Attended by: Jonathan, Melvin, Ryan, Samantha, and Chuan
(Wen Xun has fever)

Agenda:
1. Huge concern: Equipment – Hire or Purchase and where?
- NUS marine research
- Boon Musical
2. Dolphin Lagoon update from Melvin
- Compose email to Kelly Ong
- Duration of recording session
3. Booking of E3 – duration and time to approach
4. Story Sequence

To Do:
- Call NUS
- Send Lee Foundation
- Draft to send to Arts Fund / NAC, Tote, Lee Foundation

Chuan Notes:
- School has self powered speakers
- Primary goal: Do an installation
- Do we need to be realistic? How realistic, realism? Do we need to record really sounds of dolphins?
- Written report, analysis of events/progress
- April to July: Main working period
- Brian can help us with Max/MSP
- Yahama Speakers / L1 Bose / Motu
- Impulse Response files used to create effect – find out aural space
- Alvin Lucier , I’m Sitting In A Room, Electro Magnetic Tape
- Sound Hack Soundhack | homepage

Notes:
- At least 30 speakers
- Free version of MAX/MSP – Pure Data

Melvin’s Updates from Dolphin Lagoon:
Task – Regarding what kind of proper channel/medium should we undertake if we are going to seek permission or clearance to have an audio recording session with the dolphins inside the lagoon?
What is needed in the email to be sent to them?
- Background of our project and purpose of our project
- Who we are and where we are from (intuitions)
- Duration of our audio recording session
- What are the steps or the process going to take place when we are doing a recording session with dolphins
- What kind of help or assistance do we seek from the people in charge of this session?
- What kind of interview questions going to be asked if there is
To be emailed to (details kept confidential)
Background info
(details kept confidential)

Might have to scale down. Be realistic.