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Hi there,

Just showing some fun stuff from my live & media class.

Forts of Communication!

The Forts of Communication installation was a collaboration between my ever-talented friend Deanna and I. We were toying with the idea of virtual reality, specifically the internet and how it carves a seemingly safe and private space for individuals. We also really wanted to build blanket forts. HAHAHHA. We reasoned that blanket forts could represent a physical representation of this safe, private, fantastical place where anything is possible (because the internets is a place of imaaaaagination). We used three projectors, a shelf, a table, Christmas lights, wool, and a severely discounted Ikea circus tent. We got our professor to go into the circus tent! Fo'seriously that was all I needed. No grade, no final crit...just for him to go in there and send a message to the other blanket fort. Ah yes, the act of sending a message was also incorporated. We set up literal lines of communication using wool tied to either fort. The top line would read "send" while the bottom line would read "receive" much like an email or an aim chat window. We used carabiner clips to hold paper messages--it was expected of the participant to write a message, attach it to the carabiner, and slide the carabiner from one side to the other.

We got some funny messages in the end, and the installation looked beautiful in the space.

Cheers!