Intervention #1: Main Gallery Reading Room

I displayed an entire copy of today's LA Times on the floor of the main gallery.

In the city where I grew up, the local newspaper was prominently displayed in a display case on the main shopping street. People would interrupt their walk to wherever they were headed and catch up on the latest news.

I thought it would be interesting to try this at CalArts.

Will people take some time to catch up on a story or two? Will people start conversations about certain events?

Also, I was interested to see what an entire newspaper looks like when it is spread out page by page. It’s a pretty impressive trail of paper. And instead of being stationary, reading the paper becomes a spatial activity.