and I said I was done with twitter art…
posted 07/29
I forgot that sometime in the midst of some random project a few months ago I came across the Brooklyn Museum’s 1stfans twitter art project. Anyway, now I’m the twitter artist of the month for August. Here we go again…
Check the 1stfans blog for the long and short of it.
So I suppose this means my showers may have to last for more than 1-2 mins next month…
Hands-Free-Auto-OK/GOOD/GREAT-BYE! Machine
posted 07/14
In September I will be leaving Boston, after spending the past 5 years here. To deal with the emotionally and logistically overwhelming task of giving a goodbye hug to all of the acquaintances and friends I have accumulated over this time, I am creating the Hands-Free-Auto-OK/GOOD/GREAT-BYE! Machine.
Each person that approaches the machine is presented with the question “what kind of friends were we?” Thy indicate their opinion by turning a dial that ranges from “OK” to “GOOD” to “GREAT”. The person then presses the “BYE!” button, triggering the machine to administer an ok/good/great-bye hug. Inflatable arms inflate and rise up around the person, encompassing them in a hug for an amount of time and firmness determined by the OK/GOOD/GREAT dial. At the end of the hug, the arms deflate and fall limply again to the sides of the machine, awaiting the next person.
