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Thoughts for Thots
For our project, we chose the location, Union Square Park, to depict humans in New York City. Union Square Park has this infectious energy that draws people from all backgrounds to come together in one space into a cohesive environment for nearly 170 years. Union Square Park always surprises me with something unique each time I visit. The park was named after it was placed between two major roads in New York City, Bloomingdale Road (now Broadway) and Bowery Road (now Fourth Avenue). This site was authorized by the State Legislature as a public space in 1831, acquired by the New York City in 1833, and finally opened to the public on July 19th, 1839. The design of the space emphasized the park’s oval shape and to draw attention to the main focus of the statue. The designs I included are more abstract, as I thought of ways that I could not only create a literal map, but also create connections to people, as people are the ones that make up New York City. Initially, we were going to create a cast to help embody humans in New York, but upon reevaluation, we decided to take it literally to the human body. I was inspired by one of my favorite artists, John Yuyi. Her work consists of using temporary tattoos as her main focus and using it on the human body or placing it on unconventional items. Each of us played an important role in the process, I worked on mixing the sounds together, creating the map of union square and helped create the temporary tattoos. Angelina helped making sure that the temporary tattoos were received in time, making sure that the size of the tattoo were perfect, and created some of the art to be made into temporary tattoos (the easel and the metro station). Shriya helped gather the sounds at the Union Square Park, helped with the placement of tattoos, and helped cut out the tattoos in perfect shape. Lastly, Isabella assisted in creating the art for the temporary tattoos (business man, dog paw, the cross, etc.), helped cut out the tattoos in perfect shape, and directed where our hands should be placed on my back. Everyone in the group were able to showcase their talent in their own way, and the group worked in perfect harmony. This was a challenging process because even the slightest thing that could go wrong, but we were able to execute it perfectly. All in all, this experience was a fun one, and I thoroughly enjoyed working with my partners!
