This interactive playa art piece called “Risk-Reward” will be a series of elevated concentric rings that will suspend chains of mousetraps from each of the rings. The reward: embroidered iron-on patches will be loaded into all the mousetraps hanging from the innermost ring. Over the course of the week, we are planning to distribute 10,000 patches through the art piece. The risk: all of the remaining mousetraps that hang from the other rings might be set and could be triggered as one pursues a reward. Not to worry, all of the “risk” mousetraps have had their springs modified to reduce the power so the traps only have a bark and no bite.
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RISK REWARD

Photo by: George P. Post

Year: 2018

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This interactive playa art piece called “Risk-Reward” will be a series of elevated concentric rings that will suspend chains of mousetraps from each of the rings. The reward: embroidered iron-on patches will be loaded into all the mousetraps hanging from the innermost ring. Over the course of the week, we are planning to distribute 10,000 patches through the art piece. The risk: all of the remaining mousetraps that hang from the other rings might be set and could be triggered as one pursues a reward. Not to worry, all of the “risk” mousetraps have had their springs modified to reduce the power so the traps only have a bark and no bite.

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