Using a white wall and a ton of graffiti markers attached to the ground, viewers were encouraged to express themselves artistically. The change is really interesting.
"... as we walk past it, will grow a “diary” of the garden, superimposing spontaneous and arbitrary records, productively artistic through the action of the wind on the rods with markers attached to their ends which will operate like a wind printer of the intervention of viewers ready to interact with them, thus creating a drawing of their journey. “
The Writing on the Wall
The ability to use public art as a form of expression is quite rare. Installations are often visual or have a tacit (or expressed) ‘do not touch’ policy - creating the idea of public without the opportunity for real interation. A few installations try to break this boundary - offering a platform for expression.
One that came via email is the Natureza em Risco, an installation at the Festival Internacional de Jardins de Ponte de Lima by Architect Lara Plácido and sculptor Sara Bento Botelho - who were kind enough to send me some pics of their work and a short quote: "…as we walk past it, will grow a “diary” of the garden, superimposing spontaneous and arbitrary records, productively artistic through the action of the wind on the rods with markers attached to their ends which will operate like a wind printer of the intervention of viewers ready to interact with them, thus creating a drawing of their journey….“