Plaque

Firstly, I put my plaque on the wall near the entrance of my drom and put a comment paper beside it. People came by and most of them stopped, watching, touching and wondering what it is. Because my theme is pretty clear, the DUKE-shaped hair and the words" Dream 2 Fly", they came to conclusion by themselves and left some positive comments.


Then, I hung it higher on the wall so people can see it while they are climbing the stairs. Maybe because they could not touch it, most people just looked at it and walked away.

But, all the people I talked to like the plaque as well as the idea to create an artwork by just one material.

Trophy Wives Commemorated

So these are the pictures from my plaque. I hung it outside of the bathroom in my hallway, which is right across the hall from my room. It was less creepy to sit at my desk and watch people with my door open and take pictures than anywhere else. The final version reads "Congratulations on your M.R.S. DEGREE!" at the top (under the shield), followed by a list of names, below which reads "Rolling Admissions." I got a good response basically as soon as I hung it up -- someone stopped and saw it and thought it was a new program in the dorm and then started laughing when she read it. A couple of people looked at it but didn't stop to read it, and I didn't have time to take pictures as they breezed by. A few people saw my door open and asked what I was doing and I had to explain that it was for an art class. In general I'd say that it got a pretty good response. Not sure that anyone noticed that there was an egg beater at the top though... Darn.

here's my "McDillo" plaque on a wall encasing the elevator that is located between McDonald's and the Dillo in the BC. the elevator is mentioned in my plaque write-up (located adjacent to the plaque). I'll bring the write-up in on Thursday; the general idea is that Ronald McDonald found an orphaned armadillo stranded in a highway embankment and the two of them decided to start a fusion restaurant.

RIP two brave benches

I put my plaque in the exact spot that we had the bonfire after the Carolina game. As soon as I walked away and sat on a bench to observe people and my plaque these two guys walked by and went straight to it to see what it said. A lot of people reacted in this way, many walking across the entire quad to see it and some yelling back to their friends about what it was.

This guy ran across the quad to read it.

plaque

i placed my plaque in wilson, by the hang out area around quenchers.  i found that a lot of people noticed it going by but wouldn't really stop long enough for me to take a picture unless i asked them to check it out.   but i think the people working at quenchers enjoyed it.   i got some feedback just holding it on the walk to the gym however.  "what is that for/ what IS that?"  

Slippery When Wet

I ended up putting in the bathroom and putting water on the floor. I got some pretty funny responses. A lot of people laughed at it. The way I got good shots of people was I hid in the shower and had one of my friends tell people to go look at it. Then when they were not looking I got pictures of them. I did get a couple natural shots of people just washing their hands or heading to the bathroom which I posted as well. Here are the best shots.

Plaque!

Top Left -- a close up of my plaque.

Top Right-- I wasn't paying attention and all of a sudden some people approached the bench. I was caught off guard and just took the picture. After they were gone, I realized that I forgot to zoom in.

I put my plaque on the benches near Alpine. I did get some response as you can see. Most people just passed by and read "BENCH USE LIMIT 10 MIN. TOWING ENFORCED." One guy even read it out loud.

Plaque Posting

"Dude, why is there is a shield in the hallway?"

"Are those pennies silver?"

"I don't get it."

"Cool! What's it for?"

I posted my plaque in my dorm hallway and did some homework in a nook nearby to watch. At first, no one really noticed, so I was forced to intercede. I pointed it out to a few hall-mates and received some oh-that's-cool-what's-it-for type comments, but then a few people noticed it on their own accord. My favorite was "Dude, why is there a shield in the hallway?"

It's not a shield, it's a crest. Get with it. 

MIPS Speed Programmer Award!

For the aluminum foil plaque project, I created a fake "MIPS Speed Programmer" award, and put my computer architecture professor's name on it. This is funny to computer architects (yes I know it's a rather limited audience) because no one can really code in MIPS quickly. MIPS is a basic computer architecture that one codes in assembly language, which is a step up from binary (1s and 0s). I posted the award near the entrance to the classroom about 30 minutes before class started, and waited for people to enter. Most people noticed the award, and were quite amused by it. In general, students were interested in what it was. At one point, there was a small group of people standing around it trying to decipher its meaning. My computer architecture professor really loved it. Upon seeing it, he laughed. Next, he tried to take it down because it was his award. At this point, I had to interfere so I could see others' reactions. He thought it was a good project, and told me about when he had done something similar in graduate school. Below are a few pictures that I took of people reacting to the piece.

Here is where I placed it in the class room.

Here is my computer architecture pondering the plaque.

More people looking at the plaque.

Someone else looking at the plaque.

Here is a picture of the plaque.

A closeup of the face on the plaque.

Anne Peterson, Plaque Image

This is my plaque in K-ville. A surprising number of people interacted with it. They would come up the main walkway towards Wilson and slow down or stop their conversation as they peered at the plaque. A few people actually approached the plaque although I didn't get a chance to photograph them. I actually had a conversation on the bus with this guy about the plaque. He seemed genuinely interested in what we were doing and what my inspiration was. Another guy complimented me when I was putting up the sign as well. It was very interesting to just sit and watch people interact with the plaque because they first seemed confused by it and some just dismissed it while I could tell others found it amusing.

Canopy Project

The ArtsVis 54 class is creating a synthetic canopy made of recycled cans. This work will be submitted to the Duke Smart Home Art Competition. Here are some examples of what's been made so far.

ornaments

ornaments found around campus--  

the first is one of the plaques in the great hall- there are many of these on the ceiling and represent different groups around campus (I think most of them are for fraternities) 

the second (sorry it's a sideways view) is on top of my roommate's bookshelf.  It reminded me of our project since she used everyday materials for a decoration (the dragon is made of painted blank cd's and the pyramid is decorated plastic cups.)  

and the last is an always changing ornament- the painted bridge people use to advertise campus events.  

Canopy

I figured I would put up some pictures of a rainforest canopy so that we can get a better idea of what we are aiming for.