I have decided I want my exhibition to be more of a performance experience where people don't realise they are participating in the performance until they are in the middle of it. To explain this more, I began to write a creative piece from the perspective of a fictional character that may walk through my final exhibition.
80% off all designer brands! Opens at 9am!
8:15 am: There’s a mad rush to the small pop-up store downtown.
Queues are backed up to a popular burger restaurant on the corner of the
street. The line of people is buzzing, excitement in the air similar to Black
Friday in America. A tall, well-put-together woman, stands at the front of the
line, eye-balling anyone who dares step in front of her. Behind her, are her
three spoilt-rotten children, ages 14, 10 and 6. The mother is a hard working lady, with a full time job, she often doesn't have much time for her children, but makes up for this with gifts of designer clothes and spending money for the weekends. 9:01am: She's impatiently waiting for the store to open, when a woman on the inside steps forward to unlock the doors. As soon as they open, the mother strides forward with her children in tow. She reaches the nearest rack of clothes and starts filing through them.
"No. No. No... Ah yes this would be great for you 10."
She keeps going, pulling t-shirts, shorts, skirts, dresses off the rack and throwing them at the hands of her children.
"Right, go try on those while I try on these then we'll meet back at the next rack."
She walks promptly to the changing rooms and shuts the door. As she turns, she notices something scrawled across the changing room mirror,
"Clothes for $4
are too expensive for me”
"Clothes for $4 are too expensive for me”
She thinks that this seems a bit odd, but continues to try on clothes, ignoring the price tags completely. As she walks out to take the chosen garments to the counter to hold, she notices a young boy behind the counter sewing fast at a machine. As she reaches into her bag to find her purse she hears the salesman whisper harshly to the boy,
"Hurry up with those will you? We need another 30 shirts done by the end of the day. No lunch break for you!"
"Hey! He's only a child! He shouldn't even be working let only not getting breaks, how dare you speak to him like that?" the mother shouted.
The salesman passes the woman a booklet, explaining that this isn't a real pop-up store, but an educational exhibition to show people the importance of buying sustainable and ethical clothing. He then points in the direction of a curtain to the left. This room provides chairs to sit on and watch a short film that explains the importance of buying ethically and sustainably. It then invites watchers to fill out a survey on how they found the experience so it can be used to further improve exhibitions such as this one.
I also continued to work on a mini mock up for presentations:
"Hey! He's only a child! He shouldn't even be working let only not getting breaks, how dare you speak to him like that?" the mother shouted.
The salesman passes the woman a booklet, explaining that this isn't a real pop-up store, but an educational exhibition to show people the importance of buying sustainable and ethical clothing. He then points in the direction of a curtain to the left. This room provides chairs to sit on and watch a short film that explains the importance of buying ethically and sustainably. It then invites watchers to fill out a survey on how they found the experience so it can be used to further improve exhibitions such as this one.
I also continued to work on a mini mock up for presentations:
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