Our first idea was to create a large pair of earphones. Its location would have been in St. Anne’s Square which is usually very quiet and lacking atmosphere. One question was... How do we get people into our space to witness and experience our product? This question arose because St. Anne’s Square does not usually attract many people. Our idea was to use the earphones extension as a subliminal means of direction, a lot like the large blue statues found in Victoria Square. They are walking in the direction of Victoria Square and are quite large sculptures. We feel beneath them and almost inclined to follow them hence subliminally leading you into Victoria Square. This was therefore the idea behind the earphone extension. I think on seeing the large wire people would be intrigued and want to know why it was sitting there.
In terms of making the installation we had an idea that the whole structure could be made out of chicken wire, given a more defined shape using silicon expanding foam and finished using white paint. In terms of music a sound system would have been installed in one of the earphones and an iPod left outside so people could sit and enjoy music from childhood music, to classical all the way to rave. This made the product interactive and depending on the music choice, relaxing, exciting, energetic... a whole spectrum of moods and feelings came with this idea.
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| Aimee creating the iPod earphones out of clay |
We went against this however because it lacked creativity and imagination. We were in a way creating a larger model of something that already existed.
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| Final outcome: The white surrounding box is used to represent the surrounding buildings of St Anne's Square. |
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| Final outcome |
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