PLAY Final, Reflection, and Critiques

Final Image
My final image is the same as the one in the previous post, except with some color tweaks.

PLAY Project Final Presentation

Self Reflection
I did see some people play with the art by changing the pieces around, but overall there wasn't much exploration going on. I blame it partially on the presentation. It wasn't obvious enough that I wanted it to be played with, and I used a dark blue cloth underneath which gave it a more formal impression. The entire group was pretty awkward too, and there was a general lack of participation/interest going around.

Group Comments
Ryan Cook: Way too much stuff going on in both the presentation and the blog post, which was a part of the presentation. I didn't know how to interpret it. Where's the play? You presented us with a bunch of documents and a laptop and a figure of a dragon. It felt like I walked into a lecture on quantum physics when I was expecting an art exhibition: I neither understood what was being talked about nor did I want to. My suggestion is to simplify. Condense it all down into a few images. For example, you could have printed the blue tone and golden tone images that you had in the blog and then propped them up to on both sides of the statue itself. No captions, no text, no laptop. That would have been enough.

Christine Baulieu: In regard to the digital/tumblr presentation, I find it interesting how everyone commented on the Barbie with her back turned to the camera, where they remarked on the absence of play through that gesture. Granted, I believe the image was intended only to show the change of hair style as part of the documentation, but people interpret such things differently. I believe the theme of play was communicated, especially in the last image of you and Kyra. I think if that image was placed on top and enlarged, it would have helped the overall presentation.

Jeff Cook: This was a little harder to interpret when just looking at it. If I didn't see your digital presentation and explanation, I would interpret it as it being the products of Earth (wood products on trees, Plastic/etc on ground), but not as being sucked back in. Rather as it growing out of it. So more like an appreciation for the what our planet provides for us, and a commentary on pollution. As for the theme of Play, this is a lot like Jessica Stockholder's style of work, so I'd say it communicates it about the same way. I think the only improvements really would be if you could find such a massive tree and put thousands of colorful products in the tree and the earth.