filter the public
These colorful blackboards solicit audience feedback, creativity, and self-expression within a public context. It is a handmade, micro manifestation of the social media networks that have pervaded our lives. Listed on the boards are surveys, which ask audience members to list their favorite books, films, vacation spots, as well as intimate desires and fantasies.
Some of these questions are tailored to the visitors and workers who will pass by here daily. These questions are merely a conduit to encourage visitors to release the tension of their workday, as well as a way to express and publish themselves within the public domain. Art as Invention 3 (Public Relations) is an active metaphor of the social relations within our
technocratic, globalized society.
Marc Lafia is a NYC based artist and filmmaker whose works have been exhibited by the Tate Modern, Whitney Museum, Walker Art Center, Pompidou Center, etc.