I wasn't really doing this project for the MA, but the idea of an interactive gallery space grabbed my attention.

So, below are some images and articles that I have found along the way...

Pin Pres by OOO My Design
27 November 2011

http://www.dezeen.com/2011/11/27/pin-pres-by-ooo-my-design/

Although one of the comments points out in this post that this design appears to come for another store; the Mandarina Duck Flagship Store, Paris (http://www.drooglab.com/projects/spaces/mandarina-duck-flagship-store--paris/) I find this idea of moveable pieces to change a space quite interesting.

This wall of pins can be used as shelving, cubby holes or just be used to recreate peoples faces (which is all I seem to find on Google!)

In some ways a retail space is similar to an interactive gallery - there has to be enough impact for people to stay and explore, as well as feel inviting and tactile.

Gallery Ideas: This sort of idea could be used to alter an environement. The ends of the pins could be more interesting shapes too - either jigsaw pieces or mosaic pieces that fit together. Could they be fleixble too? You could create whole organic cave-like walls with pieces that can merge and fit together.

Process - The Obliteration Room
http://interactive.qag.qld.gov.au/looknowseeforever/works/obliteration_room/

The space doesn't have to be about things reverting back to how they were. The space could be about a change, a transformation or process.

One artist that has recently done this approach is Yayoi Kusama. She has used coloured dots as a way of the audience interacting, controlling and being part of the piece in The Obliteration Room.

Gallery Ideas: Could a simple, cheap device such as a sticker be used to alter a space and for people to 'leave' their mark on the work?

The Whitworth Art Gallery did do a Big Draw with stickers - Youtube clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm92IVdHlws

I like the underlying sense of community within this transformation. The piece of artwork has been created through a collective endeavour. If I was to do a piece like this, I would want this idea of people building something together to be integral to the end piece. Multiples of things are always visually interesting, which could add to the overall effect.

Images from: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/01/yayoi-kusama-obiliteration-room/