Thesis mtg notes, 1/30/09
Whoa, where did January go?
So, before I entirely forget what Jasper and I talked about today, I figured I should compile it and somewhat digest it (before heading to digest something of real substance, i.e., food and beer). Now, where to begin…
In general, there needs to be a sense of a sustained, prolonged campaign that unites all the ‘interventionist’ pieces that I create and install. It’s not necessary that my pieces are all ‘created’ by me, in fact, they can be using commercially created designs or technologies that I position and install in appropriate places in order to interrupt the expectations of my audience (the CDes community). However, it is necessary that they create a strong presence that is purposefully orchestrated by me. Place and method should have a purpose and a meaning.
Some ideas:
- Big blowing sock thingy
- Yellow/black arrow signs
- Blinking/scrolling LED signs
- popcorn machines
- foreclosure signs/notices
- packing peanuts (recycled?)
- computer screens with question (i.e., Twitter feed box or other ‘emergent’ technology)
- For sale signs (real estate)
- Giant Google-style pins
- Sprayed frost stencils or decals on windows
- Something that responds to U’s “no logos” policy (i.e., removing or covering up all identifiers within the buildings and on the website)
