#Installation #PublicArt
Art on the T
; breaking personal bubble by shared experience
Harvard Graduate School of Design | 2018
Instructor: Malkit Shoshan
Team: Daniel Shieh, Delaram Rahim
Duration: 3 months
Role: Ideation, research, implementation
Featured: ︎ Project Research Paper
Harvard Graduate School of Design | 2018
Instructor: Malkit Shoshan
Team: Daniel Shieh, Delaram Rahim
Duration: 3 months
Role: Ideation, research, implementation
Featured: ︎ Project Research Paper
> How might we engage people to have interactions on the public transportation?
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| Goal |
Creating social interaction between strangers on public transportation without causing discomfort.
>> By creating simple, shared experiences,
we create a sense of connection between riders
Background
The space between people, or interpersonal distance, creates and defines the dynamics of social interactions. Public transportation, as a social infrastructure, serves as a platform of having all different types of people together, but sometimes it causes discomfort.
The breach of physical distance on a personal and intimate level often causes disturbance and even undermines passengers’ personal territories, yet in the context of the subway, it is normally accepted as a non-intimidating situation. When passengers breach each other’s personal distance, it also causes minimizing personal territories.
The breach of physical distance on a personal and intimate level often causes disturbance and even undermines passengers’ personal territories, yet in the context of the subway, it is normally accepted as a non-intimidating situation. When passengers breach each other’s personal distance, it also causes minimizing personal territories.
Shared Experience
A space of solidarity in the context of public transit needs to be able to respond to the tendency of personal territoriality.
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Toolkits
Passengers are invited to create art together with others. The experiments were conducted over two months to create a culture rather than a short-lived spectacle.
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Drawing workbook
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| Drawing Book |
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Drawings created by the participants
| Poetry Book |
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#artontheT
The passengers’ artworks are then compiled onto Instagram, so the participants can later look at others’ works and stay connected as an online community.
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︎ Instagram account
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