As the submission date is becoming ever closer I'm becoming increasingly stressed about this outcome.
I still cant work out why blogspot is turning my portrait images landscape
With the image in mind (below) i have made several giant germs from felt, foam and polystyrene balls. How this came about is from a tutorial with Jo the Textiles specialist. I showed her my ideas from the beginning and as my latest idea wasn't working as such and i felt unsure. Jo thought that the giant germ had potential and that i should have put it in context by making them smaller and then attaching them onto germ hot spots through Ruskin Hall.
I done my research and observed how many people touch one particular door handle over a half an hour period. The particular door handle was held over 25 times - so whatever those 15/20 something people (as some handled more than once) have touched the more germs are being processed and travelled from person to person.
My mini installation hopefully will provoke fear by raising awareness of the huge amount of germs are on certain items - in this case a door handle.
If i had more time i would make more of these germs and show them around hot spots in Ruskin Hall for example
- the Bannister
- toilet doors
- taps
I would also really like to edit my map to more a science them with percentages and hot spots being marked.
Here is the initial idea .... and above is how ive developed it
I have also edited my map of Ruskin Hall and added a scientific aspect. I will also Mark out where the germ hot spots are and where the bacteria is most densely populated.
