Should people be allowed to touch the bears? Everyone wants/tries to…
Melanie:
- Bear piece feels a little hollow
- CCTV piece needs more of a narrative or pattern, as does the box piece
- Box: maybe it starts out innocuous and then progressively shows more curious, weird objects? Like what TSA confiscates? From banal > uncanny
- If the pieces have to do with the agency of objects, allow the objects to be more active agents
- Surveillance introduces the issue of power
- What are situations when objects know more than we do?
I need my pieces to convey my concept more/better. Make people question how they’re looking at these things.
References to check out:
- Daniel Spoerri (table-related works)
- Jill Magid: “Evidence Locker”
- Eva and Franco Mattes: “The Others”
Classmate feedback:
- What if there were other things on the shelf besides the teddy bears? Like other stuffed toys or books?
- Make it Bear piece look more home-y, rather than white pedestal?
- Attach bears with velcro, magnets, on a lazy susan
- Put a mirror behind the bears?
- Putting bears on a shelf will make people less likely to touch them
- Bears lying down (pillow talk!)
