{"id":186,"date":"2016-01-04T23:59:36","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T23:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/?p=186"},"modified":"2016-01-05T00:03:11","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T00:03:11","slug":"confessional-prototype-for-eastern-state-penitentiary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/?p=186","title":{"rendered":"Confessional Prototype for Eastern State Penitentiary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-192\" src=\"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20151219_150422950_HDR-860x484.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20151219_150422950_HDR\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20151219_150422950_HDR-860x484.jpg 860w, http:\/\/amberluning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20151219_150422950_HDR-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As part of a prototyping internship with Eastern State Penitentiary in November of 2015, I was invited to interpret and build a temporary version of a &#8220;confessional&#8221;. Visitors are invited to anonymously submit a confession of a crime, any crime, to help to break down the mental barrier between criminals and non criminals, and confuse the notion that anyone who serves\u00a0prison time is getting a just punishment for their act.<\/p>\n<p>The confessional was constructed from cardboard, butcher paper, and black tape. Many confessional sheets are in a stand inside the booth, next to a locked box where completed confessions can be submitted. Sample confessions with crimes ranging from &#8220;I jaywalk on the regular&#8221; to &#8220;I drove drunk, hit a parked car and fled the scene&#8221; adorning the outer wings. It was placed in the Recharge room of Eastern State Penitentiary, a heated resting space with benches and a phone charging station that serves as a shelter from the elements.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-188\" src=\"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20151219_145934154_HDR-860x484.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20151219_145934154_HDR\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20151219_145934154_HDR-860x484.jpg 860w, http:\/\/amberluning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20151219_145934154_HDR-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The confessional in place in the recharge room.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-189\" src=\"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/confess.jpg\" alt=\"confess\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/confess.jpg 640w, http:\/\/amberluning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/confess-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/amberluning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/confess-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A slightly closer view<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-190\" src=\"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20151219_145956959-484x860.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20151219_145956959\" width=\"484\" height=\"860\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20151219_145956959-484x860.jpg 484w, http:\/\/amberluning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20151219_145956959-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/amberluning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20151219_145956959.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An obligatory selfie with my work. Happy confessions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of a prototyping internship with Eastern State Penitentiary in November of 2015, I was invited to interpret and build a temporary version of a &#8220;confessional&#8221;. Visitors are invited to anonymously submit a confession of a crime, any crime, to help to break down the mental barrier between criminals and non criminals, and confuse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193,"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions\/193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amberluning.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}