As you can see from my previous post, I had made a lot of plans, but I wasn’t able to carry out much of them because I came down with the flu. The deadline is tomorrow, and I was originally planning to submit today, so I first filmed the video.
Before that, since my draft deals with one of the three categories of conflict I identified—the conflict between the individual and society—I looked into cases of famous one-person protests. That’s how I came across Concepción Picciotto, a Spanish-born woman who sought asylum in the U.S. and carried out a peace vigil in front of the White House for 36 years. Given the recent resurgence of war-related issues—renewed nuclear research, re-escalation of conflicts, and the United States’ unavoidable central role—I decided to use audio from Trump’s speech responding to these tensions and interview footage of Picciotto as sound sources.

Anyway, I had originally planned to borrow filming equipment from school, but since I was practically dying, I ended up shooting everything on my phone. I filmed from various angles and perspectives because I wanted this video to function not just as documentation of the work, but as a kind of introductory piece for the artwork itself—especially since this project is an installation. In any case, I managed to finish filming and completed all the editing. Honestly, if I had used proper lighting or a real camera, the result would have been better, but since this is just a prototype, I think I should be satisfied that I did my best within my condition.

However, feedback is always important. First, having the sound drop all the way to zero made the content completely inaudible—definitely not good. So I adjusted it so the volume only drops to around 50 on Max’s gain~ object (which I think is roughly -30 dB).
Another unexpected issue was that if the movement duration of the speaker happens to be in a multiple relationship with the audio file’s length, we keep hearing the same section of audio. To fix this later, I might need to design the audio file more carefully or intentionally include silent sections so the same material doesn’t repeat too often.

And lastly, the “attaching lips” experiment failed. I was hoping to include it in today’s shoot, but the product I bought turned out to be silicone, so tape wouldn’t stick to it. To attach it, I’ll probably need string, glue, or some other method. For now, I held it by hand and took a photo. I think the lips component is something I can develop slowly later, so I plan to look for other materials as well.