Russell, Lucas, Inna initial group ideas

Idea 1) Using a longer exposure, we thought of writing something in lights, maybe with a laser pointer, or simply having a stationary light and moving the camera, in the dark or at night. The slow exposure would illuminate the light and look as if words were written with lights. We thought of possibly doing it on the side of a building. It would be a temporary piece of "graffiti," or form of expressive communication reflecting the illumination of lights that come with downtown nightlife. Our phrase would comment on this hustle and bustle, and possibly encourage people to slow down, take a look around, but still enjoy yourself. Similar to how the slow exposure forces the light to "slow down" on film, but remains illuminated and bright in the final picture.

Idea 2) Using honey, gum, or some sort of temporary ingredient, we thought of writing "Be sweeter," on the ground of the DMV (or some place people are usually cold and impersonal right off the bat) to encourage people to be a little bit nicer. This honey would attract bugs and insects, would not harm the environment, and would remind people in an ironic fashion to simply be nice.

Idea 3) The gum tree--we thought of possibly writing something with gum on a tree. People are always putting their gum under seats, spitting it out on the ground, etc etc. Well, why not remind people that they don't need to plop their gum under my darn desk as a present. Gum on a tree does not harm the tree, and gum is actually biodegradable. The phrase could be as simple as "Place Gum Here," or "Stick it to me!" This could be used as the starting point for the gum tree to acquire more gum-buddies. The location here could be on campus, directly outside of a large lecture hall, or anywhere people like to put their gum.

Idea 4) We weren't sure of what we would use as our materials for this, but we wanted to do some sort of typography in a nice neighborhood in the third ward that reminded people to slow down, breathe, and enjoy where they were, both in life, and at the actual moment.

Idea 5 and the Idea we want to take further) We wanted to use yarn that drew from various axis attached to various poles/things, that came together to form a word that commented on "community" and "togetherness," or even a play on words("discrimiNOT"). Since there are areas of milwaukee that contain two widely contrasting demographics and classes of people together in a tight-knit area, we wanted to expose this and encourage the groups to get along (better). For locations, we thought of doing it by the bridge on capitol-near the trail-where the area goes from a rich and diverse riverwest community to a more family oriented suburb of Shorewood. Other areas we thought of were on Kramer and Hartford, where many families try to live a normal life, but are usually confronted with the ever-growing (and usually rowdy)college populations that share the area as well.