Going out. Taking people out. Exploring cities and art, pointing toward environmental issues?, education, just play... All the notions that came with talking about pervasive media had me remember "my ideal exhibition", an intrusion of a public space to create an exhibition of collaborative documentary photography of artist and residents.
The modules are starting to come closer together again when looking at inspiration, research and practice criteria. I have been reading up on post museum, the public sphere again.
Gaza-Sderot an account of Palestinians and Israelis living on either side of the border, a dense website through which we can explore very personal/ individual stories, mini- documentaries that give people a voice and by directly mirroring the stories of each site try to inform about the complexity of the conflict.
Public parks and Squares as mirrors of society...! Why not make more of the ideas of reclaiming open spaces and exploring possibilities for either/and/or creative constructive use of them.together. What triggers my criticism is the seemingly attachment to screen. Still. After years of cultural studies and media criticism, minorities influencing the mass we are still glued to a screen, consuming. There is, of course, the interactivity and being outside engaging with our environment. Nevertheless, when trying Calvium I found it more confusing, having to check the tiny screen time and time again, not quite sure what we were looking at/ for. A convetional - are they "old school" now?- map with signs and a legend describing places of interest might, something that just sends you in the right direction and not has you checking your digital (battery run!aren't we trying to use less energy?) device every other minute; to have the freedom to just wander explore a place, maybe even make you ask people for directions/ information to a place.
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