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              3. 
              What problems and special challenge occurred due to realize the 
              project in the public space?
 As 
              with any event that I have ever done in public space, the logistics 
              were intense: we filed several reports to the department of National 
              Security, obtained permits from air traffic control, installed coaxial 
              internet feeds through the hotel's bathroom ventilation, stopped 
              street traffic while cranes lifted the searchlights and so on. 4. 
              What meaning has the interactivity for the project? What shall the 
              Interaction produce, cause?
 The 
              input and feedback from participants becomes an integral part of 
              the work and the outcome is dictated by their actions. Depending 
              on public participation is a humbling affair because the work will 
              not exist without the main protagonist, which is the public as actor. 
              Historically searchlights have been used for military anti-aircraft 
              surveillance. Also the theatrics of this power were used by the 
              fascist Albert Speer and others. Instead I want to compare the work 
              to a public fountain, activated through the public as an actor. 
              I tried to introduce interactivity to transform intimidation into 
              intimacy. That is, the capability to intervene in a space that was 
              already authoritarian by virtue of its scale and meaning. Though in this work the interpenetration of action and reflection 
              was not so obvious since people could not really participate on-site. 
              Even though we put computers in public access locations, that was 
              not enough to have this more balanced outcome between acting and 
              reflecting
 What's also important is people are meeting and sharing an experience, 
              as people do it less and less thanks to telecommunications, increasing 
              work load demands, and work schedule flexibility, to name a few 
              factors.
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