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Installation Audio Components: Indianola Ave-State Highway 415 Below the Median Income
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- Bildende Kunst
The installation contrasts Des Moines ranking as “Best in Nation” place to live, “Iowa nice” reputation of being overly friendly and go out of our way to help fellow citizens, and the visitors’ personal story.
Introduction * 2: 13 Q: Dress for Success Des Moines * 10:30 Daniel Hoffman-Zinnel: One Iowa * 30:00 Miavlaig: RunDSM
Travel outside the space of your routine to reflect on:
When did you get to Des Moines?
Where are you going?
Who are you going to see?
Why are you going?
What will you do in Des Moines?
How will you move forward?
Hello, my name is Lesley Payne. Welcome to Below the Median Income.
The land on which we gather is the traditional lands of: Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Meskwaki Nation: Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, and the Sioux People. We pay our respect to elders both past and present.
Below the Median Income was inspired by two quotes: “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with,” from entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker Jim Rohn; and on March 12, 2018, Director Joshua V. Barr Esq. of the Des Moines Civil and Human Rights Commission said, “We have seventy-five percent of students experiencing some form of poverty in Des Moines Public Schools, so what can we do to improve that outlook? Research has shown that if a person remains in an impoverished condition up through their adolescent years they are more likely to remain in that position as they become older and become adults.”
These quotes and the information related to them evolved into an art installation of visual and audio components to place the visitor outside the space they routinely travel. The audio components are interview recordings obtained from people involved with public or non-profit organizations. The interviews tell the visitor about where that person routinely travels. The installation contrasts Des Moines ranking as a “Best in Nation” place to live, “Iowa nice” reputation of being overly friendly and go out of our way to help fellow citizens, and the visitors’ personal story.
2:13 Day 4: Q
My guest for Day Four is Q. I met her for the first time on August 21st 2018, at Dress for Success Des Moines. I was there job-shadowing the personal shopper volunteers. The Iowa Center of Economic Success had referred Q as a client to get a suit for a presentation she had to give. She shared some information about her situation, and I thought she’d be a perfect person to ask to be a part of the project. I didn’t ask her at that time because it was not main reason for being there, and I had not figured out how I was going to explain this to someone to even ask!
Luckily, Q and I both attended a First Friday event hosted by the Iowa Center for Economic Success on September 7th 2018. They passed a microphone around at the beginning and everyone said their name and something about why they were interested in being at the event. Q happened to be sitting behind me and I asked for her contact information before leaving. I want her to have credit for being the first person to do a recording even if she is fourth in the order due to scheduling.
Q completed the DreamBuilder course at Iowa Center for Economic Success. The series of workshops help attendees determine where they are on the journey to self-employment and where they need support and development. In addition, Q is a member of the Professional Women’s Group; also know as PWG. The group provides practical information and inspiration to achieve self-defined success in career and in life. It is a program offered to clients of the non-profit organization Dress for Success Des Moines.
Q and I recorded this outside South Union Elementary School in Des Moines, so you hear sounds of the area in the background.
What neighborhood do you live in?
Q: (laughs) I don’t know the one what it’s called! I try to remember. I don’t know!
What school do your kids go to?
Q: East an
The installation contrasts Des Moines ranking as “Best in Nation” place to live, “Iowa nice” reputation of being overly friendly and go out of our way to help fellow citizens, and the visitors’ personal story.
Introduction * 2: 13 Q: Dress for Success Des Moines * 10:30 Daniel Hoffman-Zinnel: One Iowa * 30:00 Miavlaig: RunDSM
Travel outside the space of your routine to reflect on:
When did you get to Des Moines?
Where are you going?
Who are you going to see?
Why are you going?
What will you do in Des Moines?
How will you move forward?
Hello, my name is Lesley Payne. Welcome to Below the Median Income.
The land on which we gather is the traditional lands of: Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Meskwaki Nation: Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, and the Sioux People. We pay our respect to elders both past and present.
Below the Median Income was inspired by two quotes: “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with,” from entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker Jim Rohn; and on March 12, 2018, Director Joshua V. Barr Esq. of the Des Moines Civil and Human Rights Commission said, “We have seventy-five percent of students experiencing some form of poverty in Des Moines Public Schools, so what can we do to improve that outlook? Research has shown that if a person remains in an impoverished condition up through their adolescent years they are more likely to remain in that position as they become older and become adults.”
These quotes and the information related to them evolved into an art installation of visual and audio components to place the visitor outside the space they routinely travel. The audio components are interview recordings obtained from people involved with public or non-profit organizations. The interviews tell the visitor about where that person routinely travels. The installation contrasts Des Moines ranking as a “Best in Nation” place to live, “Iowa nice” reputation of being overly friendly and go out of our way to help fellow citizens, and the visitors’ personal story.
2:13 Day 4: Q
My guest for Day Four is Q. I met her for the first time on August 21st 2018, at Dress for Success Des Moines. I was there job-shadowing the personal shopper volunteers. The Iowa Center of Economic Success had referred Q as a client to get a suit for a presentation she had to give. She shared some information about her situation, and I thought she’d be a perfect person to ask to be a part of the project. I didn’t ask her at that time because it was not main reason for being there, and I had not figured out how I was going to explain this to someone to even ask!
Luckily, Q and I both attended a First Friday event hosted by the Iowa Center for Economic Success on September 7th 2018. They passed a microphone around at the beginning and everyone said their name and something about why they were interested in being at the event. Q happened to be sitting behind me and I asked for her contact information before leaving. I want her to have credit for being the first person to do a recording even if she is fourth in the order due to scheduling.
Q completed the DreamBuilder course at Iowa Center for Economic Success. The series of workshops help attendees determine where they are on the journey to self-employment and where they need support and development. In addition, Q is a member of the Professional Women’s Group; also know as PWG. The group provides practical information and inspiration to achieve self-defined success in career and in life. It is a program offered to clients of the non-profit organization Dress for Success Des Moines.
Q and I recorded this outside South Union Elementary School in Des Moines, so you hear sounds of the area in the background.
What neighborhood do you live in?
Q: (laughs) I don’t know the one what it’s called! I try to remember. I don’t know!
What school do your kids go to?
Q: East an
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