INST1 Boundary Functions by Scott Snibbe

I was engaged by the Scott Snibbe's Boundary Functions. This work is perhaps not the most fun one to act and have most fascinated reaction among others of the exhibition, but the message that this simple act stands for works profoundly well with the action.

In my experience, the message of solitude within the society is revealed through the notice of the transparent platform that reflects our shadow: as we walk within our own boundary created by the line, we are with no one but the reflection of our individuality from the platform. This metaphor is clearer when I look at the above image i accidentally took as I was standing on the other side of the platform: the son was partitioned from his father by the diagram. He looked at where his father stands and noticed the message from his father: in the society the only one can assist him is not his father but himself.

Snibbe's Boundary Functions embodies an interaction that is: it retains the principle of passive art, which is that "we do not change them but they certainly at its best, influence us" and change us, as George Fifield indicated. Nonetheless, there is a difference among the ways that how every audience receive the message. Me, for instance, i firstly saw a top-full view of Functions and see the message through the clear voroni diagram, but when I was present in there I received the message through the reflection of other participants. Therefore, the innovation from passive art to Functions is embodied at: it transit one simple but profound message and it provides a wide range of possibility to let its audiences control the way they reiceive it.