Regular readers will remember that at the end of last year there was a blogging assignment to do a chalk drawing and it was tied into personalised freethinking styles. My friends and I had a great time with this and our results still stain the wall to this day so it was pretty exciting to see more chalk drawings starting to pop up around campus.

Following the date Callum and I headed up to campus on the day to see what our “Murdoch Encounter” would be. We were a bit befuddled by the strange assortment of garbage assembled on Bush Court, none of it really resembling an encounter, but we persevered and were rewarded when some workmen came and set it all up.

I call the installation ‘it’ because I’m honestly not sure what ‘it’ is. It certainly seems to raise more questions than it answers and I have heard more than a few people express a small amount of frustration about the lack of a clear answer. The statements broadcast across the three screens probably didn’t do much to help as they were also quite cryptic.

Personally however I think this is better. We’re university students and we shouldn’t be spoon-fed the answers. The installation raises some interesting questions and paves the way for more exciting exhibitions on Bush Court which is empty far too often. Plus it looks pretty cool after dark when it transforms into a neon monster that is actually quite a bit of fun to photograph.