I looked at Simone Decker’s chewing gum installations. His works catch audiences’ attention by enlarging chewing gum’s sticky characteristic in public space. However, chewing gum’s fancy colour seem to deliver a positive message rather than stop people from spit it on ground. His message is confusing. This reminds me of my street wall observation, which captures wall textures. My project doesn’t deliver specific message neither. The way I set discarded objects with precious metal is trying to highlight objects value. This material combination proofs, although they are unwanted objects left on street. Their sentimental value makes them look precious. My project helps people to see street object’s precious side. So I need to stay frank with what I found on street. Make sure that I am transforming material rather than making assumption of the street. I will ask feedbacks on two types of badges and see which one makes better senses.
