GS3- an experiment by Angela

The experience I created involved some window clingers, window-writing markers and class participation. I printed about 30 characters performing different actions onto window clingers and stuck them on the glass around the room. I then asked my classmates to take the markers and draw or write a story involving these characters on the windows. I wanted to make a sort of collaborative stained glass piece.
The end result was not what I had envisioned and involved a lot of profanity for some reason, but I was pleased with the unexpected responses because I felt like people were not censoring themselves, they were being honest.
At the end, I revealed that I had purposefully changed the colour of each character's clothing to pink (all the characters were male) to see if this would come out in the things drawn and written, but it didn't really. This was just sort of a hidden experiment I did to see if people would pick up on something unusual, or if it would go unnoticed or be perceived as insignificant.
All in all, I wanted to create an experience that caused people to revert to a child-like state and I wanted to create an opportunity to express feelings and ideas through an activity that is usually prohibited (drawing on school property).
-Angela Petranik