Intervention Project

It seems like some of my images/videos won't load properly, so here's a link to the slideshow.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zVOAe7-D9Gy4A3g1simzV6bf9KB35nxQJEaj0ijqlz8/edit#slide=id.p

My Camouflage Project:



   The idea behind my Intervention Project, is to use an inanimate object as a representation of people in an increasingly "plastic" world. What I mean by plastic, is that we're all locked up in our own digital worlds, presenting our contrived personas online. We use inanimate objects (phones and computers) to interface with an inanimate world, to connect with inanimate/fake representations of people.
     Additionally, this digital world is bleeding into reality in the form of plastic surgery, low self esteem, anxiety, and the inability to express our true opinions in reality. I think that we're getting so involved with our contrived digital worlds that our personalities and experiences are more and more being shaped by them. To be clear, I'm not saying that a "plastic" world is necessarily a bad thing, I'm simply acknowledging its presence.
     In order to achieve this, I've decided to make a sort of ironic intervention in normal life. I'm going to take one of those big orange traffic cones, and put it in odd places (relaxing on a park bench, riding a skateboard, etc.) to represent people.

   This project did fulfill my goals, as it was the described ironic intervention in everyday life. I succeeded in placing the cone in odd areas that allowed people to interact with it. In the end, I thought the way people reacted to it was odd. They saw me place the cone in these areas, which is a weird thing to do, but they really didn't seem to question it. They may have been a bit confused with the idea of a cone on a swing set, or on a slide in the park, but they really didn't stop to ask questions or observe what was happening. In hindsight, it may have been a good idea to ask the viewers to “interact” with the cone e.g., sitting with it at lunch.Overall, I think the project was a success, and the results were less pronounced than I expected, but interesting all the same.