So, we all participated in the “Becoming Banksy” project on Monday. I’ll be honest and admit that the project didn’t capture my interest when our professor first explained it to us in class. The thought of surreptitiously going around campus leaving a message pertaining to education for other individuals to admire and interpret did not exactly fit into my definition of excitement (probably due to the fact that I had never been introduced to such an assignment in my entire life) but, in the end, it was actually the most fun I encountered this semester out of all my classes. Not only was designing my project enjoyable and observing the other projects situated around the campus an interesting experience, it was also relieving to emit one of my viewpoints about education to the college. I felt that this assignment permitted us, as students, to better transmit our educational messages to a plethora of individuals, including both students and faculty members, within a relatively short amount of time. In fact, I arrived at school on Monday around 8:00 in the morning and I noticed a group of individuals composed of five students and two of the college librarians just staring at one of the exterior walls of the library. As I got closer I noticed that they were actually staring at one of the Banksy projects (it was the UCLA one resembling the painting done by Banksy on the Gaza Strip with the two kids) that was taped to the wall. Some of the students took pictures of it with their phones and the librarians just stood there with two of the most amazing “WTF” faces I have ever seen. It wasn’t even time for most classes to commence, and yet, individuals around campus were already analyzing the educational messages we were attempting to impart. Thinking about it now, education turned out to be the ideal topic for two reasons. One, education has a multitude of imperfections associated with it (tenure, counselors, NCLB, tuition, etc), which made it simple for each of us to choose a particular imperfection to depict on the campus. Two, education still remains a contemporary issue that possesses a negative impact on all students, which made it that much more compelling for us to get our voices heard and understood within the college community. All in all, “Becoming Banksy” was a great success. I wouldn’t mind doing it again.
I agree with you when at first I wasn't to excite I was actually more nervous then excited. But after the explaining of it and her getting excited for us that's when I was so ready to do the project. I actually new my idea right away I just wanted to get het okay on it then I was so pumped for it. I was kinda disappointed that the janitor was taking them all down before people could see it and aknowledge it. I thought over all it was a great project and people had great ideas for it.
ReplyDeleteHey Jono! I was a little nervous too once I learned what the Banksy project entailed. I just kept thinking to myself, “She wants my classmates and I to do WHAT?” But, in my opinion, the entire project turned out to be very exciting and enjoyable for everyone. It was a wonderful experience strolling around campus with our professor observing all the messages pertaining to the educational imperfections that we felt were the most significant in our lives. I was also disappointed that the janitor removed your project from the campus! Your project seemed really interesting to me and it’s really unfortunate that I missed the opportunity to analyze it.
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