Week 11 Easter Week 2

• Audio Recordings
• Practicing my work to get timings
• knolling
• tech docs
• displaying work in arts centre

I continued to work on recording bicycle audio. I worked with multiple recording devices. Firstly I had a go2 recorder. Which was a handheld device. This did not work, the clarity of the audio was poor it was almost like using my phone again. I managed to get a marantz recorder with a Rhode Microphone.

The audio was better but it was incredibly quite. I talked to Tim about it and he said that the microphone is designed to take outside and detect sounds from far away. Not appropriate for the close work that I wanted to get.

I started using my Blue Yeti microphone which is what I use for voice overs. This worked significantly better. However I was still getting static sound so I used audacity to edit out the static and reduce noise.

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Above is the audio I have that has been reuploaded. I did these after the fact as the files I originally made are lost and corrupted. But this gives you a sense of some of the audio clips I was aiming for.

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I repeated disassembling and rebuilding my bicycle from start to finish multiple times to get an idea of how long it was going to take me. It took me a long time to get an idea of the list of assembly. This was changed multiple times but the list below is the sequence in which I was going to build my bicycle.

Timings for assembly

Item No.	Section	Time (min)
1	Install saddle	1
2	Install seatpost	1
3	Attach bike to bike stand	1
4	Fit Fork	3
5	Fit Headset Bearings	2
6	Fit stem	2
7	Fit stem cap	1
8	Fit Handlebars	2
9	Fit BB	n/a
10	Fit chainrings ?	3
11	Install crankset	5
12	Install front derailleur	2
13	Install rear derailleur	2
14	Install brake lever	3
15	Install break lever	3
16	Install break pads F ?	2
17	Install break pads R ?	2
18	Install break calliper F	2
19	Install break calliper R	2
20	Install break outer housing F	5
21	Install break outer housing R	5
22	Install gear outer housing front mech	5
23	Install gear outer housing rear mech	5
24	Pull gear cable through F	2
25	Pull gear cable through R	2
26	Pull brake cable through F	2
27	Pull brake cable through R	2
28	Wheels
29	Fit Freehub	2
30	Fit break disc rotor R	3
31	Fit break discs rotor F	3
32	Fit cassette	3
33	Fit inner tubes and tyres F	5
34	Fit in er tubes and tyres R	5
35	Install both wheels	2
36	Set up brakes F	4
37	Set up brakes R	4
38	Install Pedals	2
39	Set up rear mech	5
40	Set up front mech	6
41	Adjust lever position on bicycle etc	2
42	Fit bar tape	10
43	Fit pannier rack	4
44	Fit bottle cages	5
45	Fit GPS Mount	2
46	Fit bell	1
47	Fit light F	1
48	Fit lights R	1
		Total Time
		137

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Knolling

Something that I have done as a mechanic the process of nulling looks incredibly theatrical, I think that it will be employed in my performance.

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Tech Docs

I started to look at the items on my bicycle and was thinking about how far I should disassemble certain objects. I decided that the best thing to do was leave the complex items. I have the benefit of access to technical documentation through my workplace. We use this to order spare parts. But it gives a good overview of how far you can disassemble each item.

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Email Chain

I started contacting the arts centre about my performance. I got back the details that I would be in the theatre space so I started looking into how I could use the space. Below is the tech information I recieved. I went to visit the location in this week. I was a little concerned about how people were going to interact with the project. Would they be able to come down and walk around the space ?

I was passed from Nick to Pete, whom I called twice in this week. I discussed my project of assembling my bicycle on stage. We talked about the practicalities of lighting and what I was going to require. This was really helpful and all of my issues were answered.

Click to access AAC%20Theatre%20Technical%20Specifications%202016.pdf