For class next week, post a description of your intervention and documentation photos on your blog.
I made paper airplane from the magazines as I was reminded of my childhood. When I was little, I used make those airplanes and fly them from the top of my house but most of time, it landed at different places. I always run down to pick it up though sometimes its hard for me to reach certain places because its very high. Also I used to cry when it got stuck. For my public intervention, I put those airplane at different places that reminded me of when they would be stuck, when I fly them. I put these paper plane at random places and while i was taking pictures at the central park, some were staring at me thinking "what is she doing?" However, i took some outside my home.
A magical intervention. I think it's great that you took a memory from your childhood and chose to recreate it as an adult. It's a very successful intervention, because it transforms any public space into an extension of your own intimate memories.
ReplyDeleteI like that you tried out all these different variations in different places. In a way, the act of flying the paper airplane as a child is about imagining your future. "If I fly this airplane, where will it land? Am I willing to take the risk with my own future?"
By carefully arranging the airplanes, you're taking control of the situation, and maybe it shows how you are taking more control over your life, being a good student, saving money for retirement, etc.
I would have also liked to see what would happen to let that control go, and take a chance. While this is a great piece, I think it would be even better if in some instances, you actually flew the planes into the tree, allowing them to hit or miss as luck would determine.
Imagine if you had an image of the first tree with the hand-placed airplanes, next to another version where they were thrown from 20 feet--how different would they look?
(although maybe you did fly them into the tree, please correct me if so!)
Great job!
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