La Viajera — Destination: Nowhere

I wound up having some time to revisit a few of my tags.  The ones on the tables had been washed away.  Some of them had been stepped on.  And the others literaly looked like they just seeped into the surface.

I have made a very interesting discovery that does pertain to the process of my third project.  I have a printed out copy of the syllabus that I have been going off of for this class rather than viewing everything on the computer.  Well this includes all of the sources of inspiration and investigation for each assignment.  When I investigated the suggestions for the third project I did not go into discussion and click on the links–I went off the printed syllabus and searched for them by name.  Thus I came across an entirely different piece called The Walking Project.

http://www.thewalkingproject.net/

Interestingly enough, this project does deal with mapping, interaction, and performance.  So I had no idea I was looking at the “wrong” source for inspiration.   Hopefully this helps people understand my thought process on this project a little more.

I do however feel that the majority is taking this prompt way to literally.  As far as the comments about public performance – this doesn’t mean you have to make a scene.    The prompt outright says with or without spectale to disrupt.  And no where in the prompt does it say you must choose a controversial topic such as racism, gang violence, body image, weapon bans, legalization of drugs, death penalty, etc.  That’s not to say it can’t be and I do personally think that those projects that do are more successful.

That brings me to my next thought– there is a difference between fulfilling a requirement and being unsuccessful.  I think that the concepts of my project were fulfilling the assignment- they just weren’t very strong – hence I feel my project was unsuccesful – I will be the first to admit that.

I hope that the link I provided has shed some light on my process.  I was completely unaware that I was not looking at the proper source but I do think that it is a happy accident because I discovered a new way of mapping.  It is something that I am interested in – this thought of letting go of ourselves and being controlled by another being.  My premise for this assignment was to bring awareness to that we are often stuck in a way of thinking.  I used the example of Arizona as my device to experiment with the idea that being controlled by another individual might allow us to be stripped of our judgements and awake in our minds a new way of thinking.   However it seems that I was obviously not clear enough with this premise.  I wish I had been able to expose this project to more than just my mother – as I mentioned in my statement I wanted multiple people to be able to login  and “control” me or maybe create a booth – but there were unfortunate limitations like time.  I think that having a booth is involving the public more as it would be complete strangers participating in this performance and would really like to investigate this idea further.

I am just glad that I figured out the whole source discrepancy.  It makes some of the comments and critiques make a little more sense now.

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