The Stony Brook Campus was a comfortable space to execute the project, I would have felt anxious and uncomfortable with carrying the mannequin anywhere else like a mall or busy building. Since it was done on the campus, I knew that anyone who saw me carrying the body wouldn’t make a big ordeal and be suspicious. The people on campus who spot me would have thought of it as another college student messing around or some sort of project.
The project was still successful on campus because it still works the same way as it would have in any other populated area. The area still has a variety of individuals with different agendas/plans so they’ll still be preoccupied as other areas.
Locations: Stony Brook University Campus, Commuter Lounge, Starbucks, and Staller Building.
Subject
Subject: People
The important element within the environment has been the people. I had to think deeper about the form of interaction and feedback to get from the public. During the recording, I tried acting casual when I was carrying Golem so when I would pass by someone they wouldn’t notice me immediately.
Explore
There were only a few concerns with the project, the problems didn’t come up until much later during the recording of the video. As I was moving Golem around the campus, I would begin to notice the body wasn’t maintaining its proper shape. The constant movement shifted and bent the materials inside of him. (I know during the recording the hands would fall off, but I was already expecting that to occur. The hands weren’t attached because it would have been difficult to change the positioning) .
Starbucks Location
In the photo below, the legs of the mannequin appear fine except my perspective I saw the knee area didn’t have shape and became flimsy. The ankles were my worst enemy, the feet would either dangle off like they’re broken or line up properly like a human being. When I stopped to adjust the feet they would remain the same, it was up to the mannequin.
The basement of Melville Library Hallway
Two things about this image were the concern with the areas I traveled and the mannequins shoulders.
During recording, I walked into areas where there weren’t many or no people around. I had to question myself during the editing phase, whether to cut out these long dragged out moments like walking down an empty hallway. It was tough to decide, when I did cut the segment out it would feel as if I’m tampering with evidence. It wasn’t real it was mash-up of reactions only reactions. It was important to keep everything that was happening for the sake of the real truth and quality than for something shorter to please everyone. Instead, I took the shortest bits of footage that flowed coherently together from beginning to end for the presentation.
