test 1, late August 2006

The new equipment arrives on the first day of the new semester, but the first test run is conducted immediately upon nightfall.


The image is big, bright, and breath-taking. The generator and projector are in perfect working order, and the spectacle draws an audience of neighbors and drivers passing by, including some who pull over to observe further.


I run through a series of video material created since moving to San Antonio (July 2005-August 2006), becoming acquainted with the scale afforded by the 4,500-lumen projector and sound of the 52db gasoline-powered generator.