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When reading Danielle Holtz’s blog post about our amazing PGA installation, it was interesting to read a different perspective on the installation.  From my point of view, all of the images printed on transparencies were personal works of art (photography/drawings) or memories from my life.  Therefore, observing a large amount of people interacting with my memories was an interesting affair. [flickr id=”7341503272″ thumbnail=”medium_640″ overlay=”true” size=”original” group=”” align=”none”]

What I loved most about the installation was how the observers’ shadows interacted with the environment.  I thought that the shadow cast across the man-made cardboard environment created a beautiful metaphor for how we  create shadows in our own environment.  We create the environment in which we live, manipulate and change that environment, and become part of the environment through interaction.

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Another great aspect of our installation was how the observers were allowed to draw on transparencies.  Essentially, the observers were leaving their mark on the environment, in a fluxus or non-permanent way.  The overall effect of various observers’ drawings and overlapping images created an amazing graffiti art look.

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Overall, I think many people came into the installation confused, but through interaction and observation, most people understood the purpose. The purpose was “We Generate our Own Environment,” which is open for interpretation to the viewer. How does it connect to them? What was the moment that the interaction in the installation inspired an idea or understanding about their own environment?

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