Couple of Ideas

Hi all!

I finally got to writing this blog entry after transformed ideas. I am not sure yet totally what I want to do but I think the core is there.

First I started by wondering what this was...

Who lived there and how an earth it gives any shelter from the outside world: The noice and especially the wideness, there are no trees or anything to give cover. Only the big roads and occasional airplanes.

Then I started wondering of the contrast. The worse things gets outside, the better even a small shelter feels.

Somehow, I wanted to take a small shelter and bring it to kamppi. The Idea behind this was to show how a crappy cottage might feel more relaxing than the inside of kamppi centre.

After a week or so this idea started to feel stupid like most of my ideas begin to feel after a week or so.

Then I started to alter the idea a bit. I wanted create a space where a person could take a nap because it isn't allowed anywhere and I think it should be a human right. Public spaces should have solutions to recharge. I started researching.

French mayor puts metal cages around benches on Christmas to dissuade homeless from sleeping there

 I think itself, these  benches constitutes as a work of art and make the statement I was wondering about. Could be a possibility to create this sort of negative space. No sleeping allowed in a bed or so.

Then I found a couple of services which sell sleeping in boxes.

Sleeping units in Japan, which cost around 640 dollars a month. Kind of inhumane.

Sleepboxes which are rented as a service to public spaces, airport etc.
Only rich can afford, nobody should own the right to sleep.

Reminds me of this...

 

In Matrix all people where in state of sleep in virtual reality and were used for fueling the system of artificial intelligence. They were used to provide power.

If it's a service which cost something, It feels like people are recharging to serve the capitalistic system. It should be free!

Couple of ideas after this:

Sleep revolution. People taking control by sleeping in totally random and disallowed locations. Like to make an elevator to a bedroom.

Hammock City. Hammocks put everywhere in the shopping centre. People sleeping or just the hammocks?

A bed of nails. Or some sort of bed where sleeping is very difficult. Bed in the air?

Box forts or a shop full of pillows like a pillow sky.

Best Regards,

Juuso Lavonen