2. Preliminary observations: What we observed, and what we wanted to investigate After choosing HighLine as our public space, we investigated the site and decided we wanted to investigate if we could come up with a project to make people communicate with each other on our chosen spot in the park.
4. The Concept Form a way of communication between theatre people and street walkers using a homemade telephone.
5. Goals: how your project responds to your initial design questions Our project was focused on finding a creative solution about iterating the usage of HighLine park by the public. Our main concern was to find an idea that would work with the park’s characteristics.
7. Research / Precedents Nina Katchadourian’s “Office Semaphore” In Office Semaphore; The Artist made people put different objects that would express their daily feelings on their office windows and observed how people were feeling below, using a telescope.
9. The string touching the walls stopped the vibration; therefore the sound wasn’t clear. The string is too long, blocking the traffic. It was both hard to hear the voice and was impossible to see the other person.