the hairdrier gang

As I mentioned, I went to a performance for a master of arts in music and new media performance this week. What these people do is at least as crazy as what we jazz students do! 

Voilà, this is the setting before the perfomance. Before it started, my friend hung a small block of ice in the middle, and changed the light to blacklight. She had connected all the hairdriers to a mixing desk.
So, after a few words from her teacher, it began.
It was almost completely dark, except for all the teeth and white clothing which, due to the blacklight, put an extraterrestrial glow to the room.
Slowly, the hairdriers began to blow, like an orchestra - first only one, then two, then some together, sometimes all of them, sometimes only a few. You couldn't see stands or cables, only their heads. It looked unbelievable. Somehow, they started to look like creatures! Each of it had its own sound. At some point, the ice started to melt from the heat, and little neon green drops fell on the small table and were blown around, creating moving pictures. Out of many speakers hanging on the walls came sounds that swelled up to a climax, which together with the sound and the smell of the army of hairdriers, the melted ice, the neon colors and crazy white teeth of the people standing around, had an amazing effect, connecting almost all of the five senses.
I have never seen anything like it.
And I have no idea how someone could possibly grade this, or what thoughts and preparations led to it, all I know is that my friend is a wizard in audio engineering - and that apparently she did really good and the teachers were enthusiastic!

I really wonder what kind of career she will find. She's a dear friend of mine, and we have found it a relief to talk to each other about the similar problems or questions we encounter (or in her case encountered!) during art studies in the broadest sense. And I think we both have two sides: the one who is realistic and pragmatic, and the other who can go completely overboard, losing track of time and common sense when working with music.