"CONFESSIONS IS A PUBLIC ART PROJECT THAT INVITES PEOPLE TO ANONYMOUSLY SHARE THEIR CONFESSIONS AND SEE THE CONFESSIONS OF THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM IN THE HEART OF THE LAS VEGAS STRIP."
First reaction to the installation: This is brilliant!
This is the kind of art which reminds me why I want to study an art degree for the next three years. It gets people involved in the most personal way possible, by sharing their secrets. Some of the confessions are humorous such as 'I eat too much cheese', but others are simply heartbreaking, 'I still love her. 2 girlfriends and 5 years later...' - I feel that many people can relate to these. As people are allowed to post their confessions anonymously on the pegged wall, you may find that they have been a lot more honest than they would have been if they had to sign their name to it - like you would have to on social media. I think it is interesting that people are will to confess anything as people can still leaf through the wall and read everything that has been posted.
I like how the confessions are all written onto pieces of wood, that way the confessions cannot be erased or edited as easily as they would be online. This makes them a physical problem, now part of the real world and not just a thought in our minds. Something has to be said for the colour though. Is it stereotypically red to symbol sin? I feel the overall appearance is somewhat church-like, especially with the addition of the confession booths. A spanish quote is given at the top of the website I pulled these images from;
"Dicen que se la escapa la incoherencia de las manos, que se le caen los sueños cuando pasa. Que espera decidir pronto, entre quien es, y quien pretende ser." - I think the first bit means something along the lines that you can escape the inability (incoherence) of your hands in your dreams. In other words it's easier to draw/paint in ur dreams than in real life. The second half seems to be criticising and saying that you must decide who you are and who you want to be , and do it quickly. I think it has some truth in it as people often find it easier to write down their hope, dreams and deepest desire than vocally put them out there for people to judge and scrutinise.
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