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The vacuum cleaner idea sounds good. I like the phrase "more lived vantage point."
Re: equipment. I'm still kind of mulling it over. I'd like to travel as light as possible, so now I'm thinking I might just bring two Disc-men (and/or Rio players, depending on what I find out about that) and CDs/minidiscs.
Most equipment rental places have packages for DJ'ing, where you get a sound mixing board and turntables, an amp and speakers. I could work with any analog mixer, I think; I've never used a CD mixer but I could probably pick it up.
A lot will depend on our budget. We're also talking about needing a Mac and Windows computer. I think Windows XP (which includes Internet Explorer), Winamp 5 and a CD-R drive is all I need to download mp3s and burn them to CD for mixing. The Rio player probably requires a USB port on the computer. Not sure I'm ready for "iPod mixing" but I guess that's the coming thing.
Also a projector and/or screen, and cables from the computer and/or DVD player to the projector.
Tom - could you post about the portable audio system you are considering bring down to Austin? i am sitting in my living room in New York thinking about bringing down my video mixer. i've been planning to for weeks, months, as well as my mini video camera. this stuff is so small yet it's so much to commit to considering that i'm also dragging down a bag full of art materials and catalogues i've collected (this i did not plan! i'm hopeless). i think i'll stick with the plan and bring the mixer.
i've been thinking more about my animation idea. one idea is that i attach a spycam to the vacuum cleaner to get a feel for the living room from a different, more lived vantage point. the straight walk through relates well to the architectural model idea but i'm onto the phase of departure from convention.