Goodnight Plant Park

So, here is my performance art piece. We have set up a sort of bedroom scene in Plant Park. My friend Heather and I are wearing nightgowns and we are sleeping on an air mattress with a pretty lamp bedside. I thought about doing this at a homestore such as Bed Bath & Beyond or Rooms to Go, however, I figured Plant Park would be more populated (especially today because of the date.) There were a lot of people walking back and forth. We got more stares when we were actually setting up the scene as opposed to the actual performance of sleeping. Looking back, people probably thought it was a good idea to bring an air mattress to the park, so they probably didn't see it as very strange. A security gaurd actually pulled up right after we started the performance and stared at us, I could hear his golf cart right next to my head. My friend ended up being in the park with other friends while we were doing it and I guess she thought it would be funny to steal one of our robes. I think the uncontrollable occurences make performance art experiences richer, it is interesting to see how people react to events such as these when there are no controlled boundaries, walls (such as in an art gallery), security, etc. I really enjoyed doing this project, I thought of a lot of ideas but I couldn't execute some of them the way I wanted to with my limited resources. But I'm happy with this final performance!