More Complete Info on Ashley's Project

Hi! I will first list my items then describe how they will be assembled:

Items:
--Wooden Crate--vessel (unstained but will paint brick red before this weekend)
--Thin Craft Plywood--to be extended up at an angle from the back like part of a roof to a building but
leaving
an opening in front to see inside the box. (unstained but will paint before
this weekend)
***I need to cut a window shape in this so that one can see inside the crate from the back
--Wooden Dowels--to hold up the thin plywood roof (unstained but will be painted)
***I will need to cut these at an angle to hold up the plywood
***I will need to glue them to the crate and to the plywood
--Pictures/Magazine Cutouts/Fliers/Stickers to cover front of crate to represent Deep Deuce today as it is
marketed
--Pictures/Magazine Cutouts/Fliers/Stickers to cover Right side of crate to represent Bricktown on its
side
--Spray Paint/Prints of Construction Signs/Graffiti/Pictures to cover Left side of crate to represent the
construction and the other side of 2nd street (Across I 235) with its run-down old theater buildings,
etc that were not reclaimed and redeemed
--Pictures/Stickers/Fliers/Scrapbook Puffy Stickers to cover inside of front wall of crate with a collage to
represent of Deep Deuce, or Deep Second, in the old days
--Large-ish Rectangle Mirror to place against back wall of crate to reflect the collage of old Deep Second
--Tiny Rectangular and Circular Mirror Craft Pieces to place on large mirror and back wall of crate to
obscure/diffuse accurate reflection
--Pieces of paper/pictures/stickers/scratches in mirror (to be attached to face of mirror in stragegic
places) to further obscure accurate reflection of certain aspects of Deep Second collage
--Pieces of Glass/Mud/Pieces of bricks in bottom of crate to bridge the distance between the "true" past
and a somewhat distorted reflection

My piece will be a map in the sense that, if one is looking South toward the Information Center (where much of the "marketing" is done) in Deep Deuce today, Bricktown is directly to the Right; construction, I-235, and a very run-down East Second Street lie to its Left to the East. Looking in from the front, one sees a celebrated reflection of the past, however selective or distorted. From the back (similar to the back door entrance for blacks during segregation), through the window in the roof, one can step above and beyond the projected image to see the original image that had been distorted by the marketed reflection. View of this original image is limited, however, to what we can see through the window of what has been recorded and preserved. It takes effort. This also represents the way that the new buildings seem to be authentic images of Deep Deuce from the front, but from the back they do not hide the truth--that they are just modern-day apartments.

I hope that this is thorough enough! It's very complicated and difficult to describe until I see it come together. These are my materials and my vision to prepare for Saturday.

Ashley