The story of this object is rooted in these modern times unfortunately. We live in a world where violence is what people think can change it. The recent riots across the United States over misconduct in the police sector, as well as just rogue organizations destroying communities by looting and rioting, as part of some vile agenda. I figured I could take a crack at a satirical representation of all parties involved with this issue. So, I made a pseudo-Board game about the conflicts. Its called The Riot-games, and it takes a jab at the groups involved with these acts of violence. This includes the police and the rioters/protesters. Everyone gets called out.
The way the game goes is that the players play as the rioters/protesters and throw the brick (a sponge) at a riot shield (Storage container lid) in efforts of being the last one remaining out of the group to not get hulled out by the police. How a player gets out early is if they throw the brick too many times at the shield. Then if you get caught, the lights will flash and the metaphorical police will throw you in the patty wagon, meaning you lost. No bail in this game.
The shield board is made out of plastic storage lid. It has various other things attached to it with tape and Velcro to allow for housing the circuit playground express (cpx). The paper is added for details and the plastic top from my used up Velcro container really works for police car lights. The top of the housing a piece of cardboard that is secured on via Velcro and underneath I made pillars out of paper towel roll insides to make them. The Velcro is used to keep the pillars in place as well. The Velcro also keeps the battery and the cpx in place on the shield under the housing. Safe to say, I used a lot of Velcro on this project. As well as, a lot of tape. A LOT of tape. The progress shots are below:
Pillar Placement for the housing.
The Velcro is on the Housing pieces.
The makeshift light is here.
And here it is...Housing is done, and so is the sponge(sponge not necessary, ya got hands too).
Overall, this project is to reflect and look at the violence committed by those from both parties, the police who cross the line using excessive violence, and the rioters whos' goal is to burn society down with no regard for human life or property. The way I see it, both are bad. At least we have the option of NON-VIOLENT police reform to fix the first problem in the US. The order of how these get resolved doesn't matter. If people could live normally in the near future and not have to worry or fear about getting maimed/assaulted, shot, or killed by rioters/protesters (aka BLM/Antifa, etc.), by super violent cops (those who cross the line too much) or by under trained cops while walking down the street, going to work, driving their cars, or just relaxing in their own homes, I consider that a win.
The demonstration is below:
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