One week later, and still no answers. The rubber duck art installation entered a new phase of development today, when ‘duck depositors’ convened in Frist MPR B at 5:30 pm as per instructions.
And what did they see?
Initially, a dark room, with glow sticks covered by a mass of yellow and orange plastic. The lights were turned on, and a few unidentified students went to work. [They provided no details when prompted. Code of silence, perhaps?] They hooked up a tube into the plastic and began pumping air into it. Soon, the mass morphed into…a giant, yellow duck.
Some 20 students stood around, watching the action. They began discussing hypotheses:
“I heard this is for some visual arts class, about art in public spaces.”
“Do you think this is a psych experiment? Maybe there are hidden cameras.” Eyes furtively dart around.
“See, this whole thing is a metaphor. ‘Everything will become clear.’ Well, the plastic is kind of transparent, and the glow sticks light up. So it’s really all about ‘seeing the light’ today.”
Shrugs. “I don’t know, we’re just going to sit here and wait for things to happen…how long? Well, until 7 pm. That’s when the sign outside says this will be over.”
more photos after the jump….
Taken just after 4:30 in the hallway of the package room–the line was backed up all the way down the hall.
