| Plug
n Play @ LuxeBar
Weds 6th September 8-11pm
Luxe
Bar is at 446 Beaufort St, Mt Lawley
After
a few attempts at venues that just weren't right, we've
finally found the right home for Plug
n Play.
LuxeBar
is a beautiful, lush and tasteful cocktail bar that looks
like it should be in Melbourne.
Some
of the graduates from our Painting
With Light workshops came along, as did established
VJs Roly
Skender and Martin Sawtell from PixelJuice.
The
first one was really more of a tech run, to make sure
that everything's working OK, that we don't get in Luxe's
way etc. For this reason, it wasn't really promoted at
all outside our immediate circle, but at one stage there
were about 20 people and about 7 laptops.
Given
that it was a bit of a dry-run, we've come up with some
conclusions for next time:
- Because
we can't get in before 7pm, we really don't want
people to arrive til 8pm - gives us time to get
set up, lay out cables and power for guests etc.
- Before
others are ready to play, we should use the time to
show clips by some of our favourite VJs from around
the world, as it was a bit boring for the first
half hour with one loop on while we helped everyone
get sorted with their Second Screen etc.
- Bigger
screen and multiple projectors would be better
that one little roll-up screen. The projectors need
to have a good short throw though, as the room's very
narrow.
- Live
music by Cordata
and KitPop
was great. Definitely having at least one live audio
act each time would be really good.
- Would
be great if we could get a Mac VJ involved, as
we're now PC-only and we don't have Mac equipment to
use.
- We'll
bring hubs and switchers so that people can leave
themselves cabled in instead of us having to swap around
cables all the time.
- Have
a booking timesheet where people put their name
down for 15min blocks when they arrive.
- Have
Special Guests (experienced VJs and AV acts,
local and touring) at 10pm for a 30-45min set.
- We
can start to promote it more widely. Will have
some postcards printed up.
- Luxe
has damned good cocktails.
We're
really pleased with how well it went. No major technical
hassles, great venue, nice mix of people with experienced
VJs helping out the newbs - just what we wanted! |
"Ooh,
it's a geekfest wrapped in red velvet!" said one
attendee
Live
musicians Cordata
and KitPop
provided the
audio
Need a bigger
screen. And more projectors.
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