Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Sweatshop Perspective...




In need of scale figures I know but here the open elevator perspective of the sweatshop
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  1. Owen GerstMay 1, 2009 at 3:47 PM

    This is something pete and I talked about - but the point here is the "wizard of oz" analogy - that moment when the curtain is pulled back to reveal a small man at the control board with a microphone.

    in that case there was a CONTRAST of scale. The huge head with booming voice vs the small man.

    the DIFFERENCE here is its about the CONTRAST of scale in terms of...value. The gift shop with its fancy shoes on one side, and the sweatshop on the other. The idea is the contrast is provided by the number of workers. seeing 2 sweatshop workers is not as dramatic as seeing 2 million sweatshop workers. so in this case you want to see as many as workers as possible when "the curtain is pulled back" - so a normative elevator JUST WONT DO as "the curtain" - it doesn't reveal enough.

    also pete question - the sweatshop workers - the shoes they are making, they are for the gift shop right?

    and the general idea of the museum is a critique of "materialism" right? in other words, don't by those shoes, right? so if no one buys the shoes, then the sweatshop workers are out of a job. so are the sweatshop workers better off?

    think about it - but this isn't a critique about your project, this is why I think its interesting.

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