For our final project, we want to create a giant hanging venus fly trap. We intend to make the fly trap big enough for several people to enter it at once. We want to create a space that allows people to interact with one another and enter a transformative space. A standing person would have anywhere from the waist up to just their head in the fly trap, and a person sitting in a wheelchair would be able to put their head in. People would either be able to walk through the fly trap or stand between the teeth. We want to be able to open and close the fly trap. The stem of the fly trap will be connected to the fan blower, attached to the ceiling. We intend to dye our own fabric: the stem and the outer layer would be green, and the inner fabric would be a gradient from red to green. The animation could be projected onto the inside of the fly trap, the ground underneath, or the outside of the fly trap.
After discussing our proposal with the class, we decided it would be best to begin the project by making the body of the fly trap first, then seeing if we have time to hang it. If not, an alternative final product would be putting the fly trap on the ground.
