Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Contemplation of Choices and Parallel Realities- HOW?

For my heritage site I think it would be interesting to create an environment where the public can contemplate and consider where choices end us up and the effects they can have. I've got a few ideas that won't seem to come together in my mind.

I started thinking about something I watched that shows a parallel universe where the change of a single choice has changed the face of reality (for example- if we didn't decide to fill Zeppelins with highly flammable gas we wouldn't have had the Hindenburg catastrophe and there would still be Zeppelins in London- it's a strange example but it illustrates my point.) The problem then comes in with displaying these two (or more) realities...


My thoughts here were drawn to a house of mirrors where a girl can be shown as super skinny, short and squat, with a head three times too big or just about any other variation of the original. Surely each of those could be said to be showing a different view of reality. I just can't figure out how to put these together or if it would match what I'm imagining or even work...

Help?

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Youth Day

I'd like to know what you are remembering today, and how you are remembering it. As you wander around today, take note of how people commemorate Youth Day. How effective are these commemorations?

When we remember this day, what should we focus on? How do we make our commemoration relevant to the present?