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Love, In Your Words.
Love, In Your Words asked its visitors to become authoritative voices in defining what love is or is not to them. Inspired by a poem describing what love isn’t by Yrsa Daley-Ward, the project created space for love to exist as contrast. At times it feels good to be in love. In other moments, love is an unsettling experience.
Within a dedicated space for letter writing, the visitor was invited to compose notes of or about love—whatever that means to them. Paper, pens, and envelopes were provided. Visitors may leave their notes, contributing them to the space; they may take them with them (and, perhaps, deliver them to the subjects of their love); or, they may destroy them. The space was equipped with shredders for those who wished to discard any private or unwelcome thoughts. The remnants of the shredded letters accumulated, displaying the vulnerability required to experience and release love into the world. Visitors could write as many love letters as desired.
Love, In Your Words, overall, was a love letter to its visitors. It, as a design, acted as an unfolding letter. It captured what love is, or is not, changing with each letter it collects.
Within a dedicated space for letter writing, the visitor was invited to compose notes of or about love—whatever that means to them. Paper, pens, and envelopes were provided. Visitors may leave their notes, contributing them to the space; they may take them with them (and, perhaps, deliver them to the subjects of their love); or, they may destroy them. The space was equipped with shredders for those who wished to discard any private or unwelcome thoughts. The remnants of the shredded letters accumulated, displaying the vulnerability required to experience and release love into the world. Visitors could write as many love letters as desired.
Love, In Your Words, overall, was a love letter to its visitors. It, as a design, acted as an unfolding letter. It captured what love is, or is not, changing with each letter it collects.
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