sign that Mr. Aumiller found had made him stop and ask "why is this here" and "what does this mean".
-The purpose was to think about ways to intervene into someone's daily routine. Also, one of the
challenges was to not make it a prank, but rather an uplifting intervention.
-With my can opener drive intervention I wanted to bring up a pretty obvious, sensible idea that gets
overlooked when people hold can drives. I mean how do people really open all those cans!? I was
interested to see what kind of reaction it would get and if anyone would actually donate any.
-I picked my location (the school) because it is a common place where they hold can drives so it made
sense to hold a can opener drive here. Also, I thought it would be a funny place to see how people were
shocked or disgusted by the idea.
-improv everywhere for their thinking of big, unusual things. The pot hole gardener for making life out of
dead places (the school), and can drives for prompting the need for can openers.
Artist statement:
Have you ever been a part of a can drive or seen one? Ever wondered how all of those cans get opened? Well for me it was a logical and troubling question that I needed to put an end to. Therefore at Hilliard Davidson, I started a can opener drive.
I set up a basic box with a word document reading “can opener drive--help open cans from can drives” in the hallway outside the office to see what kind of result I would get. After a day, I went to check on it and it was shoved inside of the ‘Used Sporting Goods’ donation box. I went to put it in a more highly populated area, so I took it to the blood drive table. Unfortunatly, I started this project pretty late and did not collect any can openers.
Even though no can openers were collected, I think the point of the project was reached. I think that people seeing the can opener drive made them stop and think about how their really is a lack of can openers to supplement can drives, and for those few seconds their daily life was intervened with. I enjoyed doing this project because it was pretty open in terms of what you could do, but I think it also affected people other than myself so all in all, this was a fun and effective project.
Even though no can openers were collected, I think the point of the project was reached. I think that people seeing the can opener drive made them stop and think about how their really is a lack of can openers to supplement can drives, and for those few seconds their daily life was intervened with. I enjoyed doing this project because it was pretty open in terms of what you could do, but I think it also affected people other than myself so all in all, this was a fun and effective project.
