Web of communication. (Still to be filmed)

This piece was inspired by Alexandre Bettler. To get the ball rolling I decided I needed to think of a simple idea that could be done within college using the aspects of the conceptual design process Bettler uses in his own work. I started by looking into his works and trying to figure out the main aspects, these were : Communication - I need to create a space that evokes. Reward/Reason - The public will need to be given some form of reward or reason to participate. Activity - Just what activity could create a reason to communicate.

I'm not sure how but string came to mind. The idea was to create a 'web of communication'.

Take the end of the string.
- Pass this card and the ball of string to a friend.
- Do not be afraid to pass the string outside of your immediate friendship group, as long as you pass to a person you know.
- You can receive the string more than once as long as it has not been passed by the same person.
This string can be held or placed on the floor.
When passing the string or stepping please move carefully.

The aim is to create the largest string web of friendship and communication that can be made in one place.

This process is still to be filmed.

I want to see just how big the web can get. In a perfect world I'd love to get the whole college together to see everybody connected. However this may be a bit too ambitious! I also attempted to include the length of the string into the concept. Trying to measure the outside perimeter of the college in string, I would then see just how quickly this string can be used up by and just how many students that took. However after finding the biggest roll of string I could I got half way around the college, dodging cars, climbing the hill and winding it around the football courts, when I realised the roll of string just wouldn't make it the whole way around.

This idea then sparked a conversation with Gary and Jade about how everyone's perimeter of communication grows as we grow older. Taking our childhood for example. To begin your allowed out into neighbours back gardens until tea time. Next you was allowed back out after tea time, until your parents shouted you in. Then you was allowed into the street outside your house. You was then allowed into the streets/closes next to yours, up to the big road. Until one day your allowed to cross the big road!
With each time your area was widened your opportunity for communication was also widened. It was interesting to see how different generations can still relate to this same childhood routine.
It also made me realise that this project based on communication seems to spark the largest personal conversations, in this case I feel like the journey is really where the importance lies.