I went into the Black again to spend some time testing out and experimenting with ideas. I spent a decent amount of time setting up the 8-speaker array again, as well as pulling out the curtains to where I would want them for the performance. Once everything was set up I started playing back some of the tracks I had recorded a few days previously. I really liked the overall sound of the tracks but realized that having some moments of individual notes would allow me to do some interesting things with moving the melody around the space. The other thing I tested was the acoustical transparency of the scrim. I was happy to find that it didn't seem to affect the sound and that I should be able to wrap the scrim all the way around the space to projection map on.

I also experimented with taking the recordings of the interviews I had done and assigning each of them to their own speaker. When standing in the middle of the room all you heard was the cacophony of conversations, but at moments elements of the individual conversations would grab your attention. If you moved closer to any one speaker you were pulled into that discussion and exploration of resonance. Each individual interview seemed like a work of art. I enjoyed the prospect of creating a gallery with conversations hung on the walls.