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Title: Little PerspectivesArtist: Ian Pfaff
The idea is to build a box that will be displayed on top of the fountain at Constitution Court (while the fountain is still off for winter).
From the outside, the box will look interesting, an art piece in its own right, but the actual “art project” will exist inside. The box’s interior will feature an intricate diorama, depicting several
scenes. However, the diorama as a whole will never be seen, instead, only parts of it will be visible through several viewing ports and periscopes mounted on the outside of the box. In the same way that a filmmaker chooses “shots” to film a movie, these viewing ports will reveal the interior diorama from a variety of angles. Each of these chosen perspectives will show a different part of the scenes inside.
What’s actually happening in there will be completely subjective based on the order in which someone looks through the viewing ports. Are the scenes related to each other? Is there a specific order to look into the box? Is there is a mystery? Is there a message? Is it funny in there? Did something terrible happen?
It’s all entirely up to the viewer to decide. Everyone who looks into these boxes will have different answers to these questions, even though they all saw the same thing.
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Constitution Ct, Forest Park, IL 60130, United States
