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12. Viral Intervention: Final Artifact

Statement of Intent: For our final artifact me and my group chose to create a scene that resembles the aftermath of a party. Once the fun is over with, everyone has gone home, and the only thing left is a mess. The earth is in shambles, but no one seems to mind because everyone already had their fun and the party is over.

Statement of Intent: For our class project we we're tasked with forming a sentence as a group, then we were tasked with creating a public art piece utilizing the words from the sentence. We as a group chose to make a piece that makes a statement regarding climate change. We created a pinata in the shape of Planet earth and threw a party in the public park. We had footprints leading to the pinata with a promise of free candy. However, we received very little engagement with the public, and most people seemed to pass by without noticing. Our experience is documented above.

Viral Intervention: Process

Viral Interventions: Budget

Viral Interventions: Timeline

Viral Interventions: Task

3. Fortune cookie like messages about global warming as well as candy will fall from the piñata.

We chose to write out the entire phrase on pieces of paper, and hang it up in a place on campus that has a lot of foot and vehicle traffic. In this area on campus, the road winds which forces vehicles to slow down and in turn gives them more time to focus on our message. Many people interacted with our installation, some cars honked, others slowed down to read the message, and other zoomed by without a second look.

Proposal: The sentence our group is using for the project is "First we free up the generative spotlight warming up the world." The sentence alludes to global warming and climate change. So as stated, in the images above, we will be painting over a very large balloon (weather balloon size) to resemble planet earth and filling it with confetti. Then we will parade the ballon around Bayfront park in Downtown Miami in a similar fashion to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC. After we parade the balloon around, we will pop it in front of a large audience. Popping it in front of a large audience may startle some people because of the loud sounds, but it will be theatrical because it will be accompanied with flying confetti. Also, the balloon will no longer resemble a globe because it will be popped. Once the ballon has popped there is no longer an "Earth", and once humans exhaust all our resources there will no longer be an "Earth". So this project would serve as a wake up call and as a metaphor to the current day climate change crisis.

First we free up the generative spotlight warming up the world.

Viral Interventions: Identify

18. Nature's Color: In Nature

18.) Nature's Color: In Nature

13.) Everyday Monuments: In the Public Sphere (Video #2)

13.) Everyday Monuments: In the Public Sphere (Video #1)