Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Week 4 - Floating on Quicksilver- Matthew Byrd




This video was from a time I was able to join a boat in Santa Barbara as we were coming back for the day the water changed dramatically. As we were staring at it, the water no longer looked like water it actually looked like quicksilver. It was absolutely mesmerizing and non of us could look away. It provided such a sense of wonder and comfort and pure serenity, as if one had passed over into the afterlife but in the best way possible. I was half expecting some guy I'm a boat to pull up and start asking for a coin. I would love to figure out a way to replicate this effect on stage and my only thought would be a large piece of metallic fabric with a light source low almost level with the fabric shining parallel to it as a slower fan moved air underneath the fabric to create the ripples. 

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