Observations on Usage

We were not at our site the entire time that it was up, so it is slightly hard to gauge the amount of people who entered our piece. However, when we were on site we noticed that the attraction towards our piece was often caused by others, either ourselves or not, who were using our piece. When inside people came up to me and asked questions about it. It was nice to have a brochure to point people to so that they could become more aware of the entire meditation habitat community and how the class was structured. It was really rewarding when people used the piece and actually commented on how the structure drew their attention to the sky in our interviews. 

Notice how difficult it is to see the person inside the structure. 

A constructive comment that we got was that the structure looked pretty rickety from a distance. This comment was said on both on the first and second days of installations. After adjusting it after these two days, we did not receive comments like this about the actual armature. It ended up being a matter of retying some knots due to them loosening and shifting during transportation. Something that we have to realize about our piece before we comment on people's reactions to it is that it is a form that people are not accustomed to seeing due to its minimalist structure and narrow base, along with the fact that it utilized materials that people are not used to seeing together. This means that there will most likely always be some initial confusion as to where to place yourself or lean back. This being said, people did express confusion about where to sit, but some eventually found the very angled wall quite comfortable. A couple adjustments that we would make to improve the comfort of the floor would be making it more rigid so that it doesn't slide out from under people and having the fabric come from directly underneath the floor so that your back comes in to contact with the fabric sooner. 

Luckily, our structure did not get abused by anyone. The solidity of the structure may have informed people not to abuse it. Also, we removed the structure from the site each night so as to avoid this mishap. It would be interesting to see what would happen if we had left it outside so that we could attest to it being able to be outside and unharmed in the future. The security of the structure in to the ground may also make it unlikely that someone would deface it. The only major concern would be the fabric which someone may feel inclined to make a piece of art with.