Thoughts on interpreting the exhibition

As you explore the gallery there are a variety of components: large drawings of locations in Salina on the walls, forming a perimeter; cinderblocks in the center loosely forming what looks like an unfinished structure; text projected on the walls.

The exhibition is actually arranged in a north/south/east/west configuration, so the drawings fairly accurately represent a perimeter of location of construction projects around town, with views of various locations substituting where there weren't any construction sites. Everyone knows the south and east ends are more developed; is that ok? Many people I talked to thought not. Why not?

The center cinderblocks, which I like to think of as legos, are the result of a voting process in the seminars where participants designated the cinderblocks to go to a part of the structure representing the location of continued Salina growth (north, south, east, or west). As you can see, the North side won by a large margin. What do you think about this? You can still weigh in on it: tell the desk attendants where you'd like to put a cinderblock, and they will add one there for you.

Plus, you can comment on the topics on this blog as they are posted (new ones will be posted each week, so check back). The comments projected on the wall and maps in the workstation are from the seminars held in the Fall.

I hope every citizen will participate in the process of their own community development in some way. If not this...what will it take, realistically, to get people involved?

A Blog For an Art Exhibition?

Among the principal ideas behind Vision/Voice/Plan: Salina is for the exhibition to exist both inside and outside of the gallery. As the process included discussion seminars several months prior to exhibition, the next phase continues the conversation throughout the show in another form: each week for the duration of Vision/Voice/Plan: Salina, I will post a new topic on Salina's future development that was brought to my attention during the Fall seminars.

Please return often to post responses--also seen inside the gallery via the computer in the exhibition-- and keep the party going in a truly 21st Century way.