NOTE: THE ABOVE PICTURE BELONGS AT THE BOTTOM, BUT I ADDED IT TOO LATE AND BLOGGER WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO UPLOAD IT ANYWHERE BUT RIGHT HERE, AT THE TOP. READ THE REST, AND IT WILL MAKE SENSE AFTER...
THE RULES:
THE PROJECT:
IN SHORT, THIS PIECE WAS LOOSELY INSPIRED BY THE CONTRIBUTORS OF FOUND MAGAZINE AND DAVID HORVITZ; THEY ARE TWO FORMS OF BOTH FOUND AND/OR IMPOSED ART/INFORMATION THAT PROVIDE A LOOK INTO THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ANONYMOUS PEOPLE.
MY "PERFORMANCE" IS THE EXCHANGE OF SECRETS BETWEEN MYSELF AND A STRANGER. I DOCUMENTED 25 TRUE SECRETS ABOUT MYSELF AND INDIVIDUALLY SEALED EACH ONE IN AN UNMARKED ENVELOPE. I WOULD THEN PROVIDE THE PARTICIPANT WITH A BLANK SHEET A PAPER, A SET OF THE RULES, AND THEIR OWN ENVELOPE. ASSUMING THEY AGREE TO THE TERMS, THEY ARE ASKED TO WRITE A SECRET ABOUT THEMSELVES, SEAL IT, AND THEN CHOOSE A DATE AND TIME IN WHICH THEY'D LIKE ME TO READ THEIR SECRET. IN TURN, THEY WILL CHOOSE ONE OF MY SECRETS (OUT OF [MY] MAGIC HAT, SHOWN BELOW) AND MARK IT WITH THE SAME DATE. WHEN THAT DAY AND TIME COME, WE WILL BOTH OPEN EACH OTHERS SECRETS.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PIECE IS NOT ONLY TO EXCHANGE AN INTIMATE OR PRIVATE DETAIL ABOUT YOUR LIFE, BUT TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD, IS DOING THE SAME EXACT THING AS YOU ARE, IN THAT EXACT MOMENT IN TIME... YOU HAVE NOW INTIMATELY CONNECTED WITH SOMEONE WHO YOU WILL (HOPEFULLY) NEVER SEE AGAIN. IN ITS SIMPLEST FORM, IT IS A SECRET WITHIN A SECRET; AN ANONYMOUS CONNECTION YOU HAVE MADE WITH ANOTHER HUMAN IN A WORLD FULL OF RANDOM EVENTS AND UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTERS; IT MAY BE A LOADED CONFESSION WITHOUT THE OBLIGATIONS OF CONSOLING OR EXPLAINING. IT MAY ALSO SERVE AS A CHANCE TO EMOTIONALLY LIBERATE YOURSELF WITHOUT THE PAINS OF PHYSICAL VULNERABILITY.
MY "PERFORMANCE" IS THE EXCHANGE OF SECRETS BETWEEN MYSELF AND A STRANGER. I DOCUMENTED 25 TRUE SECRETS ABOUT MYSELF AND INDIVIDUALLY SEALED EACH ONE IN AN UNMARKED ENVELOPE. I WOULD THEN PROVIDE THE PARTICIPANT WITH A BLANK SHEET A PAPER, A SET OF THE RULES, AND THEIR OWN ENVELOPE. ASSUMING THEY AGREE TO THE TERMS, THEY ARE ASKED TO WRITE A SECRET ABOUT THEMSELVES, SEAL IT, AND THEN CHOOSE A DATE AND TIME IN WHICH THEY'D LIKE ME TO READ THEIR SECRET. IN TURN, THEY WILL CHOOSE ONE OF MY SECRETS (OUT OF [MY] MAGIC HAT, SHOWN BELOW) AND MARK IT WITH THE SAME DATE. WHEN THAT DAY AND TIME COME, WE WILL BOTH OPEN EACH OTHERS SECRETS.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PIECE IS NOT ONLY TO EXCHANGE AN INTIMATE OR PRIVATE DETAIL ABOUT YOUR LIFE, BUT TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD, IS DOING THE SAME EXACT THING AS YOU ARE, IN THAT EXACT MOMENT IN TIME... YOU HAVE NOW INTIMATELY CONNECTED WITH SOMEONE WHO YOU WILL (HOPEFULLY) NEVER SEE AGAIN. IN ITS SIMPLEST FORM, IT IS A SECRET WITHIN A SECRET; AN ANONYMOUS CONNECTION YOU HAVE MADE WITH ANOTHER HUMAN IN A WORLD FULL OF RANDOM EVENTS AND UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTERS; IT MAY BE A LOADED CONFESSION WITHOUT THE OBLIGATIONS OF CONSOLING OR EXPLAINING. IT MAY ALSO SERVE AS A CHANCE TO EMOTIONALLY LIBERATE YOURSELF WITHOUT THE PAINS OF PHYSICAL VULNERABILITY.
THE PICTURES ABOVE ARE THE RULES OF THE PIECE, A HAT FULL OF MY SECRETS, AND THE THREE ENVELOPES IN WHICH I WAS GIVEN BY PARTICIPANTS AND MAY NOT OPEN UNTIL THE DATES MARKED. ON THOSE DATES, I WILL OPEN THE CORRESPONDING ONES GIVEN TO ME IN EXCHANGE.
What a great idea, im surprised by the people who actually accepted to participate.
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