After going back and forth for a while with my project I decided that I would like to create some sort of an installation that created out of several paper bags that have the word "Anteeksi" (sorry in Finnish) on them. After advice from Andy, I've decided that it would be good to have bags in different kinds of languages (Swedish, English, Russian, Somali, etc.). Inspired by Félix Gonzáles-Torres' piece consisting of candy, the thought for my project is that people passing by are welcome to pick up a bag. By doing so, the installation grows smaller and is slowly "ruined" or broken down, until there are now bags left. Hopefully the project will raise questions, like who is sorry and for what? By keeping it more or less simple, I believe it leaves the project open to several interpretations. I would like to put something in the bags, like a short text or essay, a poem or a sample of some sort. This is still to be decided.
My work before class next week is to start creating a font for the "logo" of the bags and figure out how to make them. Thanks to Aunt Annie's Craft Website, I now know that it's possible to create these kinds of bags from home.
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