The current plan requires a space to allow projection onto a largely clear surface to simulate a memorial plaque. A laptop computer wil be present to allow viewers to input their contributions into the plaque. It could be anything from a phrase to a paragraph.
Initial location. ADM 1st Floor Lobby.
New location at ADM B1.
Also below the surface the projection is screening on, there is another space where a flowerbed will be. This is to simulate the space of offerings for a memorial.
Memorials come in many form. They can be solid material.
Intangible light.
Or projection on solid surface.
This work will involve audience participation in order to achieve the idea of a memorial mourning for the meme. An instruction will be given to request any audience to offer anything into the flowerbed. It could be an item, a phrase (print out), or simply flowers.
To achieve this, I will need a projector, laptop, materials to build the enclosure (for both the plaque and offerings), and maybe some flowers or soil (optional).
Anything the audience leave behind is something they wish to pass onto. From death comes new beginning. A meme is something that is pass from one person to another. Through this work, a space is created for people to send off a meme of themselves, so that others can receive the meme.
I just found out that the lobby will not be available so we may have to consider a plan b for the project or perhaps another space.
That said, this is a good start in designing the space for the
“Meme Memorial,” but I think there are still some questions concerning what people will be contributing, how they understand the context of the meme, and I think most importantly, how it becomes clear how the meme memorial puts to “rest” so to speak, the life of a meme. Does placing the meme within the memorial automatically constitute its death? I very much like the idea and we can consider ways to refine the idea, and perhaps consider the possibility of a virtual meme memorial, though I definitely don’t want to discourage you from realizing your idea of a physical installation.