random thoughts about the META…

The last two days have been fantastic! Opening night was packed and I was getting a great response from people about my piece. There was, as expected, a strong reaction to the number of birds that die each year in the GTA (an estimated 9 million!). Hopefully I've gotten through to a few people about changing their habits in regards to making conscious environmental choices. Little acts like turning off your light switch make all the difference.

I found it strange that children were more likely to "play" with the light switch to reveal the bird impressions than adults. I made an effort to distinguish the switch as part of my piece by illuminating it but many people were hesitant to use it because of the "do not touch" mentality of a gallery.