I didn’t really know what to expect before going in. Even asking questions they didn’t give me any responses which I think was good in some ways because it makes it a more unique situation if you don’t know the outcomes or process. And I guess that helps to create the unknown of the experiment […]

The game begins and I set up my box of materials in the enclosure hoping I could tap into what I was being asked to do, in order to create things. “Have a nap u will need it” I was told, little did I know the fun was about to begin and there was 2 […]

Big brother is watching you. Small cameras in the shape of bubbles on the roof watched our every move 24 hours a day with the exception of the bathroom. The panopticon is complete. Lab rats are ready. Thom Buchanan

Going into the experiment I was aware that I was going to have to leave early due to outside commitments for the Fringe. The other subjects were unaware of this until the moment that I left, and I felt a sense of guilt that I was leaving earlier and leaving them behind.

// i have also posted a slightly edited version of this on my own blog at http://reallybigroadtrip.com/thesubjects-adlww // I’ve just uploaded a whole bunch of the photos I took during #TheSubjects. I sent some of them through to ANAT be uploaded while I was ‘inside’ but they didn’t seem to make it onto the blog, sadly. I’ve been […]

After a week inside the CQU Appleton Institute, we’ve released The Subjects into the real world. They blinked in the sunlight, ate some chocolate and then scurried away and back to their real lives – or did they? You can find out how The Subjects have been readjusting to daylight and normal hours at their […]

Are you having microsleeps? Once when sleep deprived I had them, and also kept seeing people who wanted to look after me. People kept asking me if I was okay, and I wondered whether to tell the extent of my hallucinations. Are you irritable? I dont think I was creative at all, except for my […]

At this stage of the game what’s the one thing you have with you that you feel you really couldn’t do without? hmc Music was the biggest thing that saved my sanity and the other ‘band members’ in the subjects. They made it an enjoyable experience and if I didn’t have that camaraderie it would […]

I’ve noticed that the theme of compliance has been mentioned many times and obviously everyone went into this being willing participants but I’m curious though how that compliance is filtering into your creative mediums? Additionally, is it making you reflect on how much control you have in the ‘real world’ over your creative processes? Kristy […]