Abandoned Materials Market Critique

In the Abandoned Materials market showed a theme of abandoned childhood that across three levels which transported the customers back to a nostalgic feel of the 90’s and early 2000’s. The theme was an interesting take of the abandon materials but I felt that more thought had gone into the nostalgic memories than the abandon materials overall theme. Within the market itself there was recycled and reused materials retrieved from other markets to fill spaces which was a smart idea reusing materials as they “look at the everyday environment that surrounds us and see it as an artistic and cultural resource.” (The art in waste. Denise Scott Brown. Urban Distortions book. Basurama06).  Most stalls fitted one of four themes, hand/eye coordination games, polls/surveys, creative drawing/writing tasks and visual experience which meant that it was repetition of ideas through the stalls. Maybe this could have been avoided with better communication on the differences between the concepts of the stalls.  The stalls were laid out in a linear pattern and customers were guided through making sure that they participated in every stall but the stalls at the start, on different floors, felt separated and different from the whole market. Also, when reaching the end of the market I was unsure where the exit was to leave. I was also unsure if there was any ‘system of exchange’ in this market, was it the ‘where the wild thing are’ face hole picture? If it was only half were able to participate as it required an iOS air drop capable phone to send the picture to the address. The Market of Abandoned Materials market fitted with their overall theme of Abandoned Childhood with the overall aesthetic and was a very immersive exciting market to experience.

Gabriella Shea, Mary Vickers, Danielle Langley and Monica Xia