Critnics and Tutorials

Ive been engaged for the last couple of weeks with trying to build this cow. I recently had a critnic and even more recently a group tuorial where I found out what other people thought of my ideas. In the critnic it was pointed out that if he has orange pyjamas then he may have connotations of guantanamo bay. I was a little worried by how much of a current affair this subject is but as the reference is far from explicit I dont think its too much of a worry. In both the critnic and the tutorial the confusion about why a happy object had connotations of bad things was brought up but I was happy with the idea that happiness is never a simple thing and can go hand in hand with atrocities and painful issues. Besides I think the hunger strike/ guantanamo bay references go along with the holocaust references of releasing gas in a space. And why not try to remake a sad or abominable thing as a happy thing? Making light of bad situations is just a form of grief.

Other big issues brought up were the relationship the cow had to its space and the question of audience. In the critnic it was said that it looked like the cow was guarding the space and that that made the vast emptiness of the space the focus. This wasnt an effect I wanted so Ive decided to move him to a small space which acts as a thoroughfare, ensuring that hell be viewed from front and back. The door opens nicely so that the engagement with the sculpture (when youre looking directly into his eyes) happens immediately on opening the door.

The issue of audience was addressed at the tutorial with some helpful advice letting me make a decision finally. The way i saw it I had 3 options:
1) Let the audience know they were under the influence of N20 (this could be false to get a placebo effect)
2) I release N20 into the audience without anyone knowing but me. That would leave me as the only fully aware member of the audience.
3) I do as in 2) but I film it and show the resulting film to a new audience with the full context of the N20 known to them.
In the end we discussed all three options in depth but Im now settled that the 3rd option is the best.