Wednesday, July 11, 2012

The Creation of Facing Our Age

The Beginnings: 
A sketch of the area in front of the Holden Theater - the location of 
the Facing Our Age art installation.


Day 1 - July 4th

 Testing out possible materials. Kali tests out how birthday cards 
would endure a heavy rain.

Testing out more materials.

Consulting with the friendly folks at Home Depot. 

Loading up the car


Day 2 - July 5th

 Potting the ivy after picking up paint cans from the local landfill


Cutting holes in the remesh for the ivy

Design 1.0: Setting up the installation in a wave

Design 2.0: In a circle. 
Tying hemp around the bamboo sticks to help the lvy climb

Writing out the submissions from the online survey

Our first visitor!


Day 3 - July 6th 

Lighting the birthday candles to melt them a little

Hanging measuring cups filled with clothespins that audience members can 
use to pin up their own answers when they arrive

Our homemade welcome sign

Cami (intern), Nate (intern), Kali (installation artist) and Margo (intern)

Opening night! Our first visitors

After the show


Day 4 - July 7th

 Facing Our Age 2.0: Now with chalk numbers, a DIY table, and laminated instructions

The chalk numbers that indicate where the different ages are (the birthday candles do this as well)

The instructions on the DIY table

The survey question prominently displayed at the entrance of the installation 

Audience members before Connie Congdon's show IS SEX POSSIBLE?

Jenny, one of the KoFest interns, transcribing an audience member's response

An audience member at the DIY table



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