Heavy Trees

The idea behind the work (collaborative participatory construction) is well explored in the field of art. Look at examples of this. There’s plenty that can be found.

What’s unclear is if there’s an intentionality behind the messages or co-creation of the piece? What is the ultimate message or statement this will make? Is it written messages or visual elements?

Beyond this, it’s not clear why this is a liminal space? How does it create a hybrid space which blend media and the physical world? There’s no mention of media, projection, audio in the proposal. As it stands you’re not really exploring the material properties of paper and how it interacts with media.

Take a look at the references section and example projects given as part of the assignment in more detail and reflect on the Eliasson documentary and revise your proposal. I’m happy to take another look when you do.

The description of the installation is pretty clear. In response to the comment that Professor Byrne posted earlier, I think you can add a digital media component by having a speaker that amplifies the noise of writing, or shine light on the written marks (or something of that kind) in order to increase the level of interactivity.
I agree that this project needs some more thoughts before getting down to the installation part, but I really look forward to seeing your project!

I like the idea to create a standing object where people can write on. As the outcome compiled by a lot of people is usually very interesting. In response to Professor Byrne’s comments, the idea that occurred to me based on your project is, perhaps fixing a theme for what people can write about (to make the outcome more meaningful); and as to interaction with media, perhaps you can create a huge paper pole with light source inside it (so you might want to use some sort of translucent paper to increase the effect of light) and ask people to write down their response to the project on it (I imagine that with increased and sufficient amount of writing on the paper, its transparency will change and thus changing the light effect and people’s response to it and so on). Or you can create an even larger paper pole which people can enter and write on the inside :)

I like the expression that the project invites. To make it more meaningful, you may want to add some sort of sectioning to the column that forces people to interact with it in a certain way. You definitely should add something so it's not a blank canvas. For a media aspect, you could add some form of lighting to the inside of the column (as mentioned in other columns). It would be interesting if the light was dynamic, with the projector playing a video. Those writing on the column might react in a special way because of the light.

This installation is certainly perfect in terms of interactivity, and I actually think this would become very popular once installed. I saw a similar installation on Forbes Avenue, right across Oriental Express, and it was very popular; people wrote lots of stuff there, expressing their emotions, political views, or complaints. However instead of simply putting in paper there, it would be great if you could also make this artistic, so that once it's filled with writings, it could stay there and people could appreciate it like an art piece.

I like how the project features the functionality of paper (to be written on) rather than the materiality of paper. Although I agree with the comments above that to create some sort of liminality, it may be better to include the material aspects, I feel elaborating on the functionality of paper may add to the intention of the work. The act of writing on paper has many interesting cultural annotations. And I feel it may be interesting make the work engage the audience to re-think about the act of "writing on paper". (like install the paper on something that people don't usually consider writing on) I also love how the work involves audience participation from the very fundamental of it. Looking forward to the outcome!!