So the cup installation I've been thinking out is completed. I skipped some steps in between with this blog since I was preoccupied with making the piece. I will catch you up with the information. I was trying to figure out a way to get information about others relationships while still being discrete/not forward with requesting such information. Andrea suggested I do a survey. I really liked that idea. So I wrote several questions on several pieces of paper and put 2 boxes up in school. One was in the bathroom and the other in the student lounge. I asked questions like, who had more control in the relationship? In what ways?, If you could name some qualities to describe you and your partner what would they be? How long did it take for you to figure out this person wasn't right for you? I was really happy with how many people responded and how sincere they seemed to be. After buying a bulk of interesting cups from the thrift store in Davis Square, I sat down w/ the cups, read the situations and matched them up appropriately. I suspended the cups that seemed to have more control in the relationships. They were hovering over the passive cups. I had red string dripping out of each cup into the partner cups. I used textile hardener to mold the string into words from the surveys. I used words that conveyed what these people got from the relationship and what they released due to what they were given. I really enjoyed making this and was really happy with the reactions of those I showed it to :)
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