(before they were all removed..!) 

Assignment #1-An Intervention

My idea for an intervention into space stemmed from my love of nature and the upsetting amounts of garbage I encounter on Florida's beautiful beaches. I thought that filling a designated amount of sand with beer bottles and soda cans filled with filthy water, cigarette butts and small bits of trash would get my point across. In choosing one of the beach volleyball courts outside the UT gym, students passing by or attempting to use the court would see how disgusting the littered sand looks. Also leaving the court beside it unadulterated would prove to be a moving juxtaposition, hopefully making the viewer pause and think that a clean beach is a better beach for everyone. 


What kind of media would be best to relay your project to the class? Video/audio files/still photography/text, etc. Feel free to use a number of these media.


The best way to relay my project to the class would be through pictures of my installation (of the installation itself and the reactions of the people encountering it.) Possibly video of the people seeing it and/or of the maintenance people reacting to cleaning it up. 

How does your work relate to the place that you are working?


My work will directly relate to the place I'm working in--the bottles will be embedded in the environment. 

How do/did viewers engage or notice your work?


Viewers will be anyone passing by. The courts are located next to a highly traveled sidewalk cutting across campus. 


The themes you're trying to convey? 


I'm attempting to convey a sense of disgust for littering by intentionally littering an area. Seeing a clean beach and saying "don't litter" is one thing, seeing a filthy beach and saying it is another. I think the impact will be greater by visually seeing the dirty sand. 

original photograph found on etsy.com