React

Artist Statement: This installation, placed in different areas of my school, consists of four different plaster mannequins. The mannequins have various instructions on them such as “what makes you happy?”, “draw a flower” ect. in hopes that students will take the liberty to draw on the mannequins and create their own art. The inspiration for this piece came from other public artwork in my school that has been vandalized. I wanted to create the opportunity for students to “deface” my installation, but since they are allowed to interact with it I wonder if the vandalization will turn into a positive cooperative art piece.