Dark Dog Experience
Dark having very little or no light
Dog a domesticated canid , Canis familiaris , bred in many varieties .
Dogs : They ´ re the only animals to be seen . You can ’ t see any birds yet you know there are birds — and can ´ t hear them either . You might see a cat slip underneath a car , but it doesn ’ t happen .
Perec , The street pp . 5
The project started with the two words : Dark and Dog . The first thing we did was create our own definitions for each word . After some brainstorming we created these two definitions :
Dark : Dark as the unknown , something scary , related to fear , absence of colour , absence of light , absence of guidance . The idea of a blind person .
Dog : Instinct , intuition , perception trough smell and sound , memory , guide dog leading blind people on the street . The dog as the animal that shares the street life with humans .
We decided that the best way of combining these two new definitions was to approach the walk in the city through the senses , excluding the vision . In this way , we create a new subject ; a blind person with the strong senses ( smelling , listening ) of the dog . As a result , we started thinking about experiencing this sensation , that ’ s why we added the word Experience to our group name .
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