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The project that I am doing this year will be about public/interactive community art. Through using art as a mean to foster interaction, I hope to find my own place in the community, and help everyone in the community to find their relationship with each other, and recognize the power of diversity and sharing. My plan is to create a multi-media mural in the local area (in a shop, cafe, etc.) and an instillation in the school.

My main inspiration came from Candy Chang and Mary Corey March. Both artists explore the relationship between individual and public. Here are a few projects that they have done:

Candy Chang's "Before I Die" Project
"Painted the side of an abandoned house in her neighborhood in New Orleans with chalkboard paint and stenciled it with a grid of the sentence 'Before I die I want to _______.' Anyone walking by could pick up a piece of chalk, reflect on their lives, and share their personal aspirations in public space."

Mary Corey March's "Individual Tapestry" Project

"Each participant chooses a color of yarn they feel represents them from the shelf to the left.

No two colors are the same, and each ball of yarn holds a stone in the center.

They unravel it, wrapping statements on the wall that they feel show something about who they are..."