Fragments of an Education was a site-specific installation using graphite rubbings of surfaces around Concordia University as code to reveal messages about alternative minds in the public education system. In March of 2011 for a two week period the installation could be seen from the eighth floor of Concordia University's EV building on the East annex. I invited passersby to participate by offering them postcards containing the legend (on the front) and a fill-in-the-blanks (on the back) to assist them in decoding the message on the banner.
I hope to demystify some of the preconceptions brought about by Western imperialistic ways of thinking which put the population into two limiting categories; intelligent or unintelligent. The message I chose is meant to make the viewer think differently about the judgments that they place on others or themselves.
