n e v e r l a n d * 2012 -
The “Lost Boys” from J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan have long been, at least for me, an archetype for the undefined area between the worlds of reality and imagination—the realms of practicality and impracticality.
I often feel torn between the two localities. Finding balance is excruciatingly difficult.
This project is an attempt to address that pull.We created our own version of Neverland in a public park and inhabited it for an evening—creating a tangible juxtaposition of imaginiation and reality.
By unabashedly endorsing childish whimsy (each participant developed their own costume and brought a musical instrument), this performative project affirmed the importance of imagination, but also, by displaying in a public space, acknowledged the ever-present pull of reality.
I often feel torn between the two localities. Finding balance is excruciatingly difficult.
This project is an attempt to address that pull.We created our own version of Neverland in a public park and inhabited it for an evening—creating a tangible juxtaposition of imaginiation and reality.
By unabashedly endorsing childish whimsy (each participant developed their own costume and brought a musical instrument), this performative project affirmed the importance of imagination, but also, by displaying in a public space, acknowledged the ever-present pull of reality.
