Project Brief

This project is about the fact that people of upper-middle class tend to visit Armory Square and spend dollars upon dollars on dining and over-expensive boutiques when just outside of Armory Square lies many square feet of low-income housing. We would like to place a satirical sculpture (inspired by damali ayo’s work) in front of Starbucks in Armory Square that consists of a hodgepodge of money sculpted together to form the shape of a house. damali ayo’s work is related to our very own because she brings awareness to people by making or doing something controversial and satirical. On the sides of this sculpture there will be various holes where donations can be made. We would like to incorporate the sound of a donation bell also, whether the sculpture be constantly rotating and ringing or maybe it rings every time a donation is made. 100 percent of proceeds will go to a charity supporting these low-income areas. We will have to get some sort of permission to place our sculpture in this site. This piece won’t disrupt the surroundings, but it will definitely be noticeable to anyone nearby. Our goals for this project is to make people aware of their surroundings and start the beginning of a restoration of the low-income areas in Syracuse. We will measure our success by how much money is received and the reactions of people through interviews, the more positive feedback, the better. Our target audience is the upper-middle class that spend money in Armory Square. They most likely care about materialistic things if they are spending money in Armory Square, so I expect to receive reactions from both sides of the spectrum.