This is fascinating. I found it on YouTube this morning by pure chance, as I was looking at this excellent short documentary on the homeless of the city, which focuses on the man you can often find opposite Grafton Street with a chalked message. This was hiding in the related videos.
The project below comes from YouTuber shotak2929 and almost as fascinating as the lifesize model is the way in which Dubliners react to it, often gawking and in some cases interfering with what at first appears to be a real individual. At one point, we see a young lad steal from it. Well done to all involved, the project is certainly thought-provoking.
“This is my end of year project for 1st year in National College of Art and Design, Ireland. The concept of this piece is to let people react to it in their own ways to create the space or the atmosphere between viewer and sculpture.
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Come Here To Me! 