Artwork Proposal #2: Whiteboard

For my second proposed artwork, I decided to go with a site-within-a-site: the Whiteboard.

Working with the site-within-a-site theme of the object, I considered appropriate sites in which the empty whiteboard might be placed. Since the whiteboard is an interactive object, an empty board (and whiteboard marker) placed in a suitable location invites public creativity and collaboration.

So, placing a board on  a suitably unappealing horizon...

(Image Source:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Kolkata_cityscape.jpg)

I offer the passer-by a blank slate, an opportunity with which to create their own skyline. While the physical whiteboard is permanent,  the artwork becomes ephemeral, and ever-changing, as additions and changes are made to the ideal skyline over time and as different people add their input.

An alternative, perhaps less invasive installation might be to use a pane of glass or something similiar so as to not obstruct the entire skyline, but rather add to it and edit it at your will.

A variation of this would be to find a suitably more picturesque horizon, and place the large transparent 'whiteboard' in front, so that instead of blocking off a messy skyline with a sheet of white, the board gives passers-by the chance to mess up a blank skyline.

(Image Source: Murray Fredericks, http://altfotonet.org/blog/2010/05/23/FredericksMSalt236.jpg)

Forgive the badly drawn cityscape, but you get the idea...

Scale is important in both versions of this artwork - the bigger the board, the larger the canvas and ability for collaboration and intricate drawings, but the invasiveness of the installation also increased. With a smaller board, the invasiveness is lessened, but so is the visual impact and artistic potential.