Monument Intervention

My group decided to do three different projects; dressing up statues, (pretend) watching TVin public, and putting up photoshopped Civil War pictures in Union Square. The former two projects were taken place in Golden Gate Park. Luis came up with the idea to dress up statues and we could have some of them to be dressed up.

This project definitely caught some people's attention. Some were laughing and others were taking pictures of them. And we were able to capture their response.

Angeline's "watching TV in public" was an interesting idea, but the setting and the layout of the park didn't work that well for this project (we did it anyway). 

Although this project didn't intervene in a way we wanted, her handmade TV in public was a little surprise to some.

Lastly, my project was to put up photoshopped Civil War pictures on a monument of a heart in Union Square. Before the Civil War began, Union Square was named after Union Army to show support for the United States of America. This place was once used for Civil War rally. Today, Union Square is a 'heart' of shopping and entertainment. So, I wanted to show the history of Union Square but in a funny way.

The picture above is a little funny to me because in one picture, Union army soldiers also have Nordstrom shopping bags.

Where we first place the pictures didn't attract people's eyes. No one bother looking at them, so we put them up on the back of the hearts. 

A few people briefly looked at my pictures. I guess that makes it a success. 

Here's the details of the pictures.