Friday 18 January 2008

Installation proposal

To convey my ideas I came up with an instillation idea. First of all it consists of an interface that allows the user to a write a short message. You then receive an anonymous message from a previous user. You can then reply to this comment, however the owner will not receive it. The whole experience will be anonymous. To an extent it’s simulating the effect of toilet graffiti communication. The user gives something to receive something back. However the experience will be different due to the fact the user has to participate to receive anything rather than just being a voyeur. The more people use it the more it grows.I decided that the interface should be placed where only one person at a time can see it, enabling privacy. I would create a fake toilet cubicle and the interface would go on the wall inside. It would replicate a real cubicle to try and get people into the mindset of the tone of writing in public toilets. It would be interesting to see if people left their names, a message like a post card. Or weather the majority will remain anonymous and write extremer thoughts. There's also the possibility of people changing their identity and pretend they’re something they’re not. E.g. Sex, race, age.

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