For her thesis, Danielle is collecting secrets and displaying them in through photography and post-its to expose people's unshared secrets to gather a collective awareness of her audience, making viewers feel like they are not alone. She has collected over 110 secrets and hopes to get many more.
Danielle plans to have 5-6 photos aligned horizontally and to color code post-its with different type of secrets. I think the photos should no merely illustrate the secret, but complicate the meaning. Interesting ways to possibly do this are zooming, and cropping the photos. It would be cool if she could get each person to hand write their secret and take photos of the post-its, concentrating on the uniqueness of the handwriting and the texture of the post-it.
Her role is both a collaborator, since she has put her own secret in her work, and a facilitator of thoughts, through gathering secrets through the internet. I suggested that she should engage the viewer by creating a ballot-like box and giving post-its for their secrets. This creates an interesting conversation between the distance of the viewer and the work. It would make her piece an interactive experience, where the participant becomes part of the work.
I think her concept is strong and I am excited to see the progress of her work.
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