interactivity without all the technobable or the tech which provides said babble

hey all
i guess i need to push forward and do this homework.
i am gonna talk about this one project from conrad bakker(who happens to be a teacher of mine). the project is written about here http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/004308.php
apparently he hand crafted replicas of small objects that he found on the street (or objects that he likely would have found on the street) and he then placed them back on the street and documented them. but he also left them there like their forebearers. so he made like wood rubber band sculptures and left them on the ground like the rubber bands would have been that inspired the sculptures.
these pieces may not come off as overly interactive but the idea of leaving the artworks floating around brings up a potential for public interaction. it does not seem to be the largest factor in making the work but can not be ignored. if something is left anywhere it is likely to be found by someone else and then they may do something amazing with it but that may not be documented.
this reminds me of a piece that ryan thompson(a grad student) was showing the studio class documentation for. he was in russia and left these white washed unarmed toy soldiers everywhere and he too documented them. he was not solely interested in what happened next but it was at the back of his mind.
people leaving things behind allow for the interactive magazine found to be in existence. without people within our society being interested in what other's leave behind no one would bother with that magazine but it is fairly popular. i for one am immensely intersted in odd things that i find discarded. this fascination with leaving items and then sharing our finding of them cereates a unique interactivity between artists who purposely leave art behind for the public to do with as they please and with the public who will actually notice the things that are left behind. it is not the most obvious means of creating interactivity but it is one of the few methods that create a lot of possibilties without necessarily any culminating results being made aware to any of the people involved be they artist or public.

Bye, bye Lucky

i found out my dog died. we had had her for 13 years and she died this weekend. it put a whole downer on my weekend (which actually was not that bad other than loosing my dog) . i dont know what killed her other than just being old. apparently she had been eating odd things not that long ago but long enough not to think that that is what did her in. also she may have had a tumor in her stomach so that probably did not aid her health. i will miss her greatly. i no longer want to do anything because of the grief but that is not what she would have wanted. my dog was all about happiness and being as happy as doggily possible. bye bye lucky. i love you and will miss you dearly
robbie