I think it interesting that you included the trailer for 13th as this entire project cyclically reminds me of that documentary. In having — I assume – similar aspirations of producing good works in relation to America’s prison system by formulated and curating new knowledge while educating others (as a quick synthesis), I am thinking about the…[Read more]

I do believe having a degree of interaction between the medium of information we provide and the interpretations the visitors get would help to mediate a more purposeful engagement with this project. For example, in the warm room from ESP they had places to write confessions, write yourself a post card (which they will send you 3 times in the…[Read more]

I also recall the tour talking about those who fought in the war, but also remembered that it was by their number which I think speaks to an important baseline for us as we approach our project: to constantly remind ourselves to refrain from — however inadvertently — reducing these peoples’ lives to numbers and stats which is quite difficult in…[Read more]

I love the title of your post because I literally wrote about the Cyclical Nature of media and its integration in our lives in my notes during class. Ideally, I would agree with the optimism in that we shouldn’t dissuade from trying to escape the system. Rather, I believe that the system that we have now is morphing and will still have influences…[Read more]