public art form

Public art is used in some ways to interact with others or draw attention to one or a group. With the ones we discussed in class the groups had performed some type of silent form of expression that had no real contact with others. In our lecture we learned that art is the platform that launches us outside of the norm. My idea changes the way we normally interact with strangers we pass everyday. For my idea you take a group of people around 15-20 people and stand in the downstairs area in the Student center, right by the front door. For a certain amount of time the group walks around in that small area shaking everyones hands. After that time is up the people in the group pause for 2-3 minutes and then start it up again. While frozen you can observe how your actions at such a large scale have affected the people.

Rules:

1) Must shake the hands of people in and outside of the group.

2) No talking or communicating verbally with the people.

3) Must shake hands two times and freeze twice.