Closed

Make signs that report building hours for each day of the week, reading "CLOSED-CLOSED" for opening-closing times. Post these on abandoned buildings as well as those in disrepair. Document and share.

Casino Game

From an SMS:

idea: a casino game with face recognition that gies prizes based on the attractiveness or happiness of the player, not skill [or chance], but the player doesn't know that

Mobius printer

Feed paper into an ink printer and form it into a Möbius strip. Print text until the paper turns solid black and individual words are no longer intelligible.

Possible ideas for what to print:

• An existing story or novel, i.e. Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov


• A story made up and typed in over time as an interactive piece


• A sound-to-text output, taken from the noise in the room

Third Person Voyeurism

Film ourselves kissing. Film our reaction to watching ourselves kissing. Share the second film only.

Media and Subject

Ask a number of people from different departments at RPI whether they see the subject or the media itself as art (or both, or neither) for a small number of art-objects (potentially, photographs). Compile and present the results of the survey.

Misunderstanding

How bare can you strip a conversation before it ceases to reflect any aspect of the original communication? What sort of accents and rearranging of words can you apply without disturbing the content? If you explain an idea to a bunch of people, how much will their impressions/understanding vary, and will the "average" impression reflect the original idea?

lonely words

Find an online board or forum and search for various words within it. When you find a word that's never been used, post that word.

For GZ board:
falafel
yiddish
hosiery
wafer