Group One: Introduction & Discussion of how Simon's work is relevant to this installation

Collective Perception is the collective work of our Interactive Media class.  We decided to use a collection of photographs taken on site at the Beard Building during the opening reception for the works of Simon Hogsberg and Lin Price.  The reception provided a fertile environment for our project.

Simon's work is interactive on the level of artist and subject.  There is such an interesting and dynamic relationship between Simon and his subjects displayed in his work.  That interaction is the foundation of Collective Perception.  We worked very closely with our subjects.  We were able to communicate openly with each person we photographed for this project.  We also asked each person to look inside themselves for answers to deeply thoughtful questions.  Simon is able to emotionally capture his subjects in a delightfully revealing manner whether he questions them or not, whether he reveals himself to them or not, and whether he is close to them or at a greater distance from them with his camera.  Our hope is that  we have captured our subjects in Collective Perception as wonderfully as Simon has captured his subjects in his works that have inspired us.