My initial proposal for room 19 was to create an installation of computer cables gradually becoming ivy vines and taking up the office room like a parasite.  The idea was that the dereliction of the office space had been taken over by nature, grabbing hold of the empty room and ruining its sources of modern technology and communication.  This idea came from the scattered dead leaves that I had noticed in several of the office rooms around the building.

 My idea however has now changed to represent something more technological, with the leaves seeming too obvious and almost a cliché.  The room will be taken up by computer cables, with an emphasis on the electricity running through them taking over the building.  The parasitical nature of the piece will still be there, but in a subtle way. 

 The viewpoint of the room is something that will also have to be taken into deep consideration when planning the installation. The long shape of the room creates a narrow perspective, leading towards a raised alter by the window.  This means that I will have a lot of space to play with, and a lot of different viewing points to think about. One option is to manipulate the viewer’s vision by blocking off the room so that they cannot enter it, as if the parasite is too dangerous an object to physically encounter.  I might dot his by covering the doorframe with Perspex, or something similarly transparent but lightweight and transportable (so not glass). This way the viewer can look in and see the room exactly as I want them too, with the cables possibly ending abruptly at the Perspex, to create an invasive atmosphere.

I am also interested in developing the idea of using sound within the installation.  To heighten the idea of the parasitical technology being the most powerful force in the derelict room, I want to have electrical buzzing noises, possibly discontinuous and harsh-sounding. I was considering using the long, drawn-out dial-up noises that computers used to make when connecting to the Internet before the introduction of broadband.