opinions...

so, the first confusion after that reaction cleared off. we didn't expect the installation to be so provocative for the orphanage children. Still, we don't know if they reacted on our intruding in their place, especially on the exhibition, altogether? anyhow, it is a good and strong thing what happened. It makes sense and appetite to answer in an intelligent way.

During the day, we encountered some children at the gallery, using it as usually. They don't consider the woodpanel showing "go away" as adressed to them.
We talked to some, asked questions like: do you like the sentences on the wall? what do you say? what do you say to the wood panel in the door? first, we didn't asked who it was. some children answered by themselves "it was not me, it was the guys". we insisted which guys and got a disturbing answer: they pretend the two older guys from the orphanage, stefan and adrian did that (those who were always helping us and considered maybe as the "fools" of the group cause they are a bit slow). That was the story especially of little Pavel, and we should not tell anybody that we have that info of him. Pavel was having the diplomatic opinion that it doesn't matter for him what is written in the place, or who is there.
There were also reactions like "I absolutely don't like the sentences, especially I'm afraid of children." "The action of the guys is good" "I like that made-up new place, but I don't like what is written on the wall." One nonverbal reaction of Jirka were just putting away the woodpanel and "freeing" the entrance again.
What is clear for us: The orphanage-children are one group, anyhow if just two of them did that or not. They don't act against their group towards strangers. Though they are individuals, everybody is having his or her role. Their system has to work. The question is: Are we enemies or harmelss idiots for them? Are we just good enough for repairing everything? Is that also just a playful and provocative answer to our playful provocative installation?
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We think now, we created - unconsciously or not - a place for a little micro-society, one can learn a lot, compare expections we had in the beginning, experiences other people already made during works like that....