Going out for the first test run of our signs, we didn’t really know what to expect. I had my reservations, mostly because i’m not very good at social interaction however it went really well. The fact that it was sunny and music was playing really helped not only the public be more open but also loosended us up as a group.

One this we found was that ‘ Can we highfive?’ and ‘Can we hug?’ were by far the most popular. however the most interesting reaction we got was whilst Dom was holding up the ‘Can i compliment you?’ sign. A boy came over to her and asked a load of questions about what we were doing and why. His response also gave us motivation as it backed up all our thoughts about the peice. ‘I don’t normally go out of my way to talk to people, but you really intersted me and made me want to talk to someone new’ . This is the basic idea of our peice, we want to draw people out of their comfort zone and go against thr usual practice of the highstreet.

Overall this trip allowed us to explore the bottom of the highstreet and ‘challenge the hegemonic use of the urban space and the audience as a consumer’ (Hancock,2012). The fact that consumers took time out of thier day to take part in our experiement. Another thing we found is that a lot of people walked passed and then came back and interacted with us or watched us for a while before interacting. This makes me believe we made more of an impact on thier lives, so much so that they had to come back to interact with us.

Hancock,S (2012) Contemporary Walking Practices and the Situationist International: The Politics of Perambulating the Boundaries Between Art and Life. Contempory Theatre Review, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p237-250. 14p.