Experiences/observations from eryk charles arthur salvaggio ecs1@keene.edu
LOCATION: KEENE STATE COLLEGE, NH USA
TIME: EVENT OFFICIALLY BEGAN AT 1:30PM
OVERVIEW: "COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE BLIND."
PARTICIPANTS: ZACK WOODS, ERYK SALVAGGIO, CHRIS STAVE.
1. Wake up at 11:00 AM with a meeting for "Academic Probation" at 11:00AM
and three hours of sleep. Considering that, at that point, I lacked both
toilet paper and tape, I (regretfully, artistically, and thankfully,
academically,) attended the conference on the Future Of My Academic
Status At Keene State without toilet paper on my shoe, and then proceeded
to head directly to one class at 11:30AM.
2. Exiting class at 1:30PM, I return to my room, find the toilet paper
and tape, and surround my shoe with said materials. The ground was wet,
my toilet paper was clogged with mud.
3. Exit room at 3:00PM and head to dinner, with Zack Woods. At Dinner, we
secure toilet paper to Zack Woods shoe with masking tape. That in itself
was a seperate event. Got several looks during the process, including
several remarks (from people who have read an article I wrote about it
for a school newspaper, as well as on Chris Staves Radio Show) along the
lines of "Hey, yeah, shoes on Thursday!" Most people seemed amused by the
concept. One student approached us asking us to wrap his shoe in toilet
paper for him, though when we saw him again at 11:00PM he had removed it.
Nonetheless, a success, in my book.
4. Walking throughout campus, went to radio station. Pictures were taken
of shoe which will be developed and scanned at the end of the month.
Chris Stave, unaware of toilet paper event's enactment, had instead gone
the entire day without shoe laces. The validity of this event is still
being considered.
5. Class at 6:30PM, in the art building. I am asked twice about my shoe's
condition. Dialogue for one follows:
STUDENT: What is on your shoe?
ERYK SALVAGGIO: Art.
STUDENT: Is that a joke?
ERYK SALVAGGIO: Yes.
Was then asked about the shoe condition by my Drawing 1 instructor.
Informing him of my shoe's participation in the art community, I ask if
it can be considered as part of my portfolio which is a requirement of my
course (which is supposed to contain 10 reproductions of famous art works
which can be found in a history of art book, which, happily, listed
fluxus.) He smiled when I answered his "Why?" with "Fluxus" and suggested
that I document it and also walk around the room to each student and
point to my shoe and state "Read About Fluxus."
Due to time constraints I couldn't, but did manage to show my shoe to
everyone in the room in the context of "Art." And I will be getting
credit for it as an assignment.
6. Returned from art class to return to the radio station (WKNH Keene)
where more pictures were taken and an "artist" was infuriated when I told
him that the toilet paper clinging to my shoe was art. He proceeded to
tell me that any "serious artist" would be "very angry about that"
including himself. He then accused me of doing it merely for the money, a
statement that I find as remarkable as Ken Friedmans recent declaration
of "Seperating his Fluxlife from his real life."
7. The toilet paper went unnoticed for the remainder of the evening
untill it was removed at 2:00AM Friday Morning.
Experiences/observations from eryk charles arthur salvaggio ecs1@keene.edu
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