First Group Critique

For my thesis project I aim to explore the lack of interaction amongst humans. A lot of people waste their time avoiding contact with others, when they could instead learn something from one another. This occurrence has been observed in many public areas especially on certain public transportation systems. I want to encourage others to change how they view these types of situations. I aim to do this through physical alterations to spaces. At first, these spaces will seem unaltered, but upon taking a second look the viewer will notice a difference and that is the important part. The idea is to show people a different perspective of this situation by making them view something in a way the have not thought to view it before. These alterations to spaces may or may not include written text.

In the critique Victor brought my attention to Tino Sehgal, a artist who deals with a similar concept. He chooses to create situations that are art artworks, as opposed to material objects. I thought this was an interesting perspective. He makes the viewer physically interact with the work as opposed to merely viewing the work. I thought it would be fun to take this into the gallery. I would like to create a event for the space on that day, and have people participate.

This idea of creating situations has been repeatedly done by improv everywhere. They go out and create these scenes that are so out of place that the people not participating begin to interact. I want to create this concept visually on public transportation.