work week

I felt strongly about my concept and wanted my concern to be communicated though my art.
Here are some of the changes I've made to my piece over the last week.

1. windows
-I cut to size 9 different plexiglass panes that range in hight from 8ft to 3 ft
-the plexiglass can be more easily recognized as representative of buildings (less domestic)
2. reflection
-each plexiglass pane was covered with a reflective film (used for cars)
-the reflection mimics that of a downtown skyscraper
-participants better understand THEIR involvement in the issue as they notice their own reflection
3. spot lights
-stronger lighting refer to the blinding light a migratory bird would find disorienting in the city
4. bird impressions
-stencils were cut from bird imprints found online
-applied to windows with baby powder and brushes
-a way of showing violence without blood (I didn't want anything fake in the piece)
5. space
-I repositioned the windows to be tighter together
-the idea of walking through the space has been eliminated
6. participation
-normal household light switch is positioned against the wall
-speaks to how easily we could save so many lives - just flick off the light switch
7. structure
-I built a 4ft x 4ft wooden structure from which to hang the plexiglass from
-this way the orientation of the plexi will be the same anywhere I install the piece
8. processing/arduino
-processing sketch and an arduino were hidden above the piece on the wooden structure (code)
-the sounds of birds repeatedly hitting windows would play once the light switch had been turned on
-I recorded the sounds by using different objects to mimic the thudding sound of a bird (listen)