#ivp 3

[ukideane-blog]

[andrewbaran]

IVP - 3

For my project I want to create a public piece that employs Dan Ariely’s (a Duke behavioral economics professor) methods for examining behavioral economics. He described a situation where he left a six pack of cola in a common use fridge. People will take the cans without a second thought. When he performed the same experiment with a plate of dollar bills instead, they remained untouched. Is it the fact that the bills are out of context? Or is it that people won’t take them because they feel they are likely monitored?

It is really a play between the idea of the commons and the private. Is a public piece of art still owned by the artist, including the materials constituting the piece, or does the fact that it is displayed so openly indicate that it now belongs to all – the collective “commons”?

[jacquelinehong-blog]

[andrewbaran]

Possible theme for IVP 3. Rationalizing theft and the bystander effect in finance with Duke professor Dan Ariely. It could use the experimental process discussed in the video.

[andrewbaran]

Social interaction with a cool program. Possible IVP 3 route.