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With my costume in a bag I headed to the nearest bus stop. I was wandering if the bus driver will let me in, but everything ended just fine.

As I expected the ribbons on my costume did not handle the trip really well  :

While I was trying to put my costume on I made even a bigger mess :

But my friend fixed me up :

and I was ready for my walk to Victoria square :

First person who took a ribbon from me :

He had a few questions before taking one :

Why?

Is it going on Internet?

He seemed fine with the idea of being seen with me on the Internet and was prepared to pose for the camera :

I found one person interested in what's happening coming out from the Art Gallery :

She seemed literally interested in this project and had a few questions about it. 

Afterwards I went to find more people :

And found a couple that looked lost :

So I helped them out to figure where they are 

And they took one ribbon from me :

The same women from the Art Gallery was flowing me to see 'art in action' and she asked me where to find more places related with art. As I am not local I could not help her out, but I shoved her our campus building for second year  :

Lovely ladies that took one more ribbon :

All people that took a ribbon from me asked why and after my phrase 'it is for an art project' they gladly participated. This couple was not exception :  

Till now everyone happily participated, but this couple were not excited about helping me out. They still don it tough :

I saw two girls taking photos of me so I tried to offer them a ribbon too. I think they did not speak in English really well and did not understood what I was talking about. For the first time offered ribbon was not taken :

The next lady was really nice. She had a chat with me for a while and even asked me which ribbon I prefer for her to take :

Victoria square was a bit empty so while I waited for more people my friend took a few pictures of me :

This guy was so happy to get one ribbon, he even thanked me a few times :

And the last ribbon taken :

The end :

I am happy with my final piece. However, if I would have known that because of my frame the costume is going to shrank, I would have made a bigger frame. 

But I really liked to see people smiles and, of course, confusion. I am happy that people were not afraid of me and participated in my project!

And here is the video that my friend filmed and I edited it : http://vimeo.com/59440805

Ribbons

In the end I expected to make a bigger diameter ball, but because of my weak frame the paper mache shrank crashing the frame and changing the round shape. I tried to glue a lot of toilet paper on top to make it bigger, but that made it worse. A thick layer of toilet paper stayed wet for 24 hours - that means it was not only wet, but heavy too - so little by little it collapsed while I did not notice these minor changes.

I bought 4 colors ribbons (20 meters) and as planed I tried to make this kind of pattern on my costume :

But the round shape and 4 manor holes for my hands, head and legs that can not be covered did not help to create it. Ribbons where not secure, they where loose and always fell down. I decided to put them differently then planed : 

I put all of them from different directions and tried to tie them up in front of my costume, near my head and in the middle, because I imagined if I were a 'normal person in the city' I would definitely not bend down to pull one ribbon of  - everything must be prepped for a quick interaction only.

That's how my costume looks with all the ribbons on :

I am quite happy with the result. Now the biggest problem is going to be my journey to the city center (should I try bus or train?). I believe the ribbons are not going to maintain their original place at the end of it. But my friend is going to help me to fix it when I will finally be in my costume!