Monument Project Ideas

After being assigned the last project I couldn't help but think of ideas that were interactive on campus. This may sound lame but I came up with an Idea of something like a wall, statue or a plaque where people would meet each other. It would have two separate hand prints where two separate people would place a hand on the prints and not move their hands until they know a little information about each other. I would put a booklet or notebook where they could put their names down next to each other and say that they officially met each other. This idea came from a couple of friends in class and we were conversing about them not knowing a lot of people on campus or not having any friends that could help them in any way. The idea to me would be best at the beginning of the year but who's knows, it could always work.

After talking to some other friends I came up with the Idea of a wall where everyone on campus could write on. The name of the idea was the "need to know wall", and the purpose for this wall would be leaving a message to the instructors, faculty, or advisors and what thy could do better. I know a lot of people would probably be ignorant and put derogatory things on there so thought about maybe a huge white board or something erasable.

Another idea I came up with was setting up a huge piece of drawing paper in an area, with markers pens, pencils and maybe paints and let people show their artistic skills and when it is filled up with drawings I will place it somewhere on campus to sow it off.

Another idea I came up with was abut the 9/11 memorial. I came up with an ideas of putting statues surrounding the each tower/ fountain, holding hands. This would represent the people who died or the people of America in general and show that we stand together.

My final idea is to put a garden shaped as the united states at the 9/11 memorial in New York. I would also have a small model of the twin towers that I've designed and put one in every state. Every time someone would show their condolences at one of the monuments in their state, a flower would grow at the garden in New York. Not just any flower but the flower of that state in which they showed their respect in towards the memorial. When the viewer holds hands, prays, puts flowers in front of the small monument or many other things they do to show respect a signal from the monument will be sent to the garden and under the garden is a machine in which pushes the seeds in the soil, planting the seed of that specific state.