'Make Your Mark' ideas and notes...

Yesterday we had our first group meeting to discuss our ideas, and start looking at spaces within the Museum that we could use to base our project around. We started off meeting in the Studio foyer and recorded our discussion, but all of us found that we were coming up with ideas even though we hadn't really decided on a space to work in. We discussed the idea of creating a project that focused on what we had been talking about in our Cura 100 sessions (views on the Museum and how it can bring about the feeling of a mausoleum) instead of concentrating on the actual contents of the exhibitions - we, all five of us, we afraid that we would just end up replicating a piece that was already present.
We then decided that in order to expand and develop our ideas, we needed to leave the Studio and actually visit Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery so we could walk around the space and see what would be available for us to use.
Upon entering the building, we almost instantly decided that we wanted to do something that would draw in more visitors/tourists/members of the public. And so, where else to start looking than the entrance hall itself?
Here are some images of the sketches and notes I took while we were looking around our chosen space:

As you can see, we have chosen to create a piece that is very central to the building. Something that will hopefully capture the attention of passers by and draw them into the Museum. At first, we thought that we would just place it in the Entrance Hall, but I was worried that this didn't really bring people into the heart of the Museum. It would just make them walk through the doors and not necessarily  explore the entire building. After discussing some more, we decided that we actually wanted to make the work become a part of the museum. 

The second sketch was one that I drew overlooking the Entrance Hall from upstairs in the Gallery. By making people walk upstairs to be able to participate in the artwork means that they will perhaps be drawn into the other rooms to look around. 

The purpose of this piece is essentially to create a collective artwork that will mean that anyone can join in. Not just art students or established artists but members of the public, tourists and even the curators and others that work at the museum itself.