I believe that most generosity based works that stem from gonzalez-torres' work utilize the viewer/participant to shape what the work really means. The work will inherently reflect the culture of the society in which it is deployed.
Our first test reflected people's interest the objects themselves as being quite passive. It was difficult to get others to participate. There were few who were extremely curious, and then when found out what we were doing ended up being interested. As far as improvements, there definitely could have been more engaging interactions, between participants and the instruments as well as the instruments between each location. There may need to be more prompting. The main idea of collecting sounds and manipulating space and forcing collaboration and communication is vital still.
I believe people need to be forced to interact and step out of the bubbles that technology has created and possibly use that technology to communicate and transcend words and emails and texts and a facebook status. I hope to continue working in this matter and this was a great learning experience.
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