Was in Las Vegas passiert, bleibt in Las Vegas. Doch wie wäre es, wenn man stattdessen seine Geheimnisse teilen und doch volle Diskretion wahren könnte? Denn jeder von uns hat kleine Geheimnisse, die man lieber für sich behält und genau darum geht es im Projekt ‘Confessions’ der amerikanischen Künstlerin Candy Chang. Dazu zog Chang einen Monat ins Compolitan Hotel und verwandelte ihre P3 Gallery in einen Ort, an dem sie Menschen einlud ihre Geheimnisse zu teilen und die Geständnisse anderer zu sehen und das mitten im Herzen des sündigen Las Vegas. Inspiriert wurde Chang dabei von Post Secret, Shinto Schrein Gebetswänden aus Japan und dem Katholizismus, so konnten die Besucher ihre Beichten in kleinen Beichtstühlen auf Holztafeln schreiben. Am Ende hingen mehr als 1500 Eingeständnisse an der Wand. Dabei ging es um Sex, Liebe oder auch die Angst alleine zu sterben. Indem sie diese bekennenden Holztafeln der Hotelbesucher sammelte, versuchte sie einen temporären Zufluchtsort für diese kurzweilige Gemeinschaft zu bilden und uns vor Augen zu führen, dass wir nicht allein sind mit unseren Launen, Erfahrungen, und Verlusten.
All images © Candy Chang | Via: My Modern Met
Sep 04, 2012 · 22:02
Wie geil, ich will auch da mitmachen!
Nov 21, 2012 · 19:24
This is incredible. Kind of like PostSecret.
Natalya @ Ruff House Art
Nov 22, 2012 · 00:27
What a creative,innovative idea
Nov 22, 2012 · 03:44
I find this kind of sad.
Nov 22, 2012 · 15:33
Very nice idea. This should be available everywhere.
Nov 22, 2012 · 19:33
Wow. It reminds me of PostSecret.
Nov 23, 2012 · 03:18
How is this different from Postsecret at all?
Nov 24, 2012 · 06:06
What's the last one say? "I am addicted to _____. I'm sorry."
I can't figure it out and it's driving me crazy. DX
Nov 24, 2012 · 07:11
It says "Im addicted to cheating, I'm sorry"
Nov 24, 2012 · 07:45
Thats crazy shit! Awsome!
Nov 24, 2012 · 15:31
This so sad...yet interesting. :( at "I sold my friend Heroin, and it ruined his life"
Nov 24, 2012 · 23:08
soooo...it's postsecret.
Nov 25, 2012 · 02:31
The blurb at the top says "inspired by postsecret." They gave it credit, it isn't an original idea but it's fun and inspiring anyways.
Nov 25, 2012 · 10:36
This is a brilliant idea. Simply loved it
Nov 25, 2012 · 14:53
This is not just "inspired by" but is in fact completely derivative of Post Secret. It doesn't deserve this attention. It's unoriginal and one-dimensional. Post Secret is extraordinary, completely fascinating, and has the additional richness of including the artwork of those who provide their secrets. It is a far superior project. This one brings nothing new to the party.
Nov 26, 2012 · 05:22
@Spencer
Thanks. :)
Nov 26, 2012 · 07:54
This is beautiful and sad. thanks stumbleupon for giving me something to make my brain dance. and cry.
Nov 26, 2012 · 11:44
You people are so sad. You will be selling your soul to the devil next !!
Nov 26, 2012 · 15:57
Love this. I would spend all day going through those, just looking at each one, seeing what people confessed to. Just from these limited pictures, I'm sure it would break my heart, yet rebuild something meaningfully beautiful.
Nov 26, 2012 · 16:48
In response to:
What's the last one say? "I am addicted to _____. I'm sorry."
I can't figure it out and it's driving me crazy. DX
I think it's written "I am addicted to cheating."
Nov 27, 2012 · 01:14
Some things are best left a secret... or are they? Perhaps it is a relief to know there are others who are like you... or not. It's also sad to find that so many are effed up...
Nov 27, 2012 · 04:59
Definitely just PostSecret on steroids... Not so original imo
Nov 27, 2012 · 09:33
This is really a unique idea for working amazing.............
Nov 28, 2012 · 05:01
I don't really understand why some people feel it's sad. I think it's happy. Letting go should always be a happy moment or feeling. But I'm not here to judge, just to see what makes this idea sad.
Nov 28, 2012 · 06:11
the difference between this and postsecret, is that this is much more concrete. The act of writing a secret down on (what appears to be) a block of wood, and hanging it on the wall would a lot more courage than posting your secrets on a webpage, I think. The fact that the secrets take up an entire room gives it presence, and makes them real. Plus, it makes it more of an artistic statement, rather than a therapeutic method.
Nov 28, 2012 · 08:36
In addition to this being done a dozen times over, is it ever melodramatic. A bunch of spoiled hipsters spinning "oh woe is me" in the most cowardly way possible. Get over your first world problems and grow up.
I'm addicted to cheating? Maybe you should take a hit of 'not being a selfish brat'. But that isn't what all the kids are doing these days, is it?
Nov 28, 2012 · 19:27
posting secrets on a wall... how is that unique considering posting secrets in a book was done years ago... I still have my four PostSecret books which are still much more creative since they allowed the person sending their secret in the chance to put it on any type of item they wanted. Not to mention how PostSecret originally started, the creator left envelopes in various public locations and it took a curious mind to spot them and actually go through with what was asked "write a secret, and sent them to this anonymous person. They put them on postcards, random notes or scraps of paper and even drawings on paper and really let them define their secret for the strongest effect. Some "artists" just rip off other ideas and put them on a different canvas, in this case a few sheets of wood as oppose to paper and on a wall rather than in a book.
Nov 28, 2012 · 20:51
Lol. My confession - I'm addicted to reading comment threads. Yup, it's been done before, and in a more subtle way, but perhaps this way makes it accessible to different people, and more of them. On first hearing about PostSecret, I thought it was a very unique and beautiful idea, reworked for this time, here and now. A good rule of thumb is to bear in mind that so much art and creative venture is entirely subjective anyway, open to interpretation and the "eye of the beholder".
Further, I thought the confession mentioned said "I am addicted to camping". I thought that seemed rather a tame confession.....well, depends if you keep inflicting it on others really, like most addictions!
Nov 29, 2012 · 11:49
I absolutely adore this project. the Idea of making confessions ROCK!!
Nov 30, 2012 · 00:19
This is a confessional without the priest, religion or the penance. If it makes the person feel better or relieved, then where's the harm?
Nov 30, 2012 · 19:49
very nice confessional post ............:-)
Dec 01, 2012 · 06:05
Confession:
I hate hate hate my job but pretend to love it because it pays well.
Dec 01, 2012 · 20:03
oh god very nic
Dec 01, 2012 · 20:04
tnx
Dec 02, 2012 · 06:48
I do wonder if there is any effect on the person making the "confession". I also think confessing is a little different than disclosing a secret. And neither necessarily has to be negative. Secrets can be positive, even if they often aren't, and so can confessions. Not all revelation is attached to guilt or shame.
Dec 02, 2012 · 23:59
This project looks amazing! I wish I was apart of it
Dec 03, 2012 · 03:53
Thank you for this link. Addicted to ____;. What a cause for serious reflection!
Dec 04, 2012 · 05:52
damn "married for 18 years with 3 kids and no one knows im a porn star"
that's harsh.
so is the " im addicted to cheating"
damn, the secrets of very un loyal people...
Dec 04, 2012 · 19:10
This is a very good concept. I wish they took a much clearer picture of the other confessions because I enjoyed reading them.
Dec 04, 2012 · 20:10
My confession:
I dose all my guy friends with enough viagra in their drink to give a horse an erection... God it is too funny.
Dec 05, 2012 · 05:14
I have a few Ill take to the grave
Dec 05, 2012 · 21:03
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Dec 08, 2012 · 08:28
I think this is an awesome idea...I live in a town that is void of creativity and needs more things of this nature. Its really Good to see this
Dec 08, 2012 · 19:39
What a ridiculously brillant idea! Wonder if it will still be there when I go to Vegas in September. Such a cool installation. I love the blown up one about liking porn. haha.
Dec 09, 2012 · 06:32
Boring confessions.
Dec 09, 2012 · 23:42
this is a total rip off of postsecret. its already been done
Dec 11, 2012 · 22:36
Fantastic idea!
Dec 11, 2012 · 22:46
Although the concept may have been taken from this said "postsecret," I have to disagree. It takes a lot more to actually get off your ass, write something on a card, and hang it on the wall. Scrolling through a website of post cards, or physically experiencing something... hmmmm ya not the same.
Dec 12, 2012 · 00:39
It says: "I'm addicted to choating sorry"
Dec 14, 2012 · 09:37
God people stop talking about Post Secret! Pathetic.
Dec 14, 2012 · 14:56
really cool..........
Dec 14, 2012 · 14:56
really cool..........
Dec 15, 2012 · 02:03
Its 2012 everything has been done some just do it better!
Dec 16, 2012 · 09:39
wow i have a confession to make i really love my enimies
Dec 17, 2012 · 19:48
RE: All these comments saying it is Just like Post Secrets and unoriginal.
Okay we got it the first time can't you think of something original to post ;)
Dec 17, 2012 · 23:54
awsome
Dec 19, 2012 · 01:54
I have another project for consideration in Rhode Island. If the organizer would please send me a note to continue the discussion, It is much appreciated.
Dec 20, 2012 · 19:28
Bardzo zabawne są te fotki. Dzisiaj oglądałem film, w którym laska w mini spódniczce rozmawiała z księdzem. I like this picture. It's very good jo. Salute. :)
Dec 21, 2012 · 09:35
I eat, mostly.
Dec 23, 2012 · 02:30
Beautiful!!!!:)
Dec 23, 2012 · 11:14
good
Dec 24, 2012 · 12:18
For those with the narrow viewpoint consider this:
I went to an in-person presentation by Frank Warren, the creator of PostSecret. He told of one secret he received in an envelope. On the outside of the envelope the submitter wrote that he had just read a secret on the PostSecret web site that gravely affected his perception of his own life. Inside the envelope was the torn up suicide note he had writen a short time earlier. What he had just read on the site had changed his life that significantly. He knew finally that he was not alone, others felt as he did. Stories like this, and there are many of them, have made an impact on my life.
All the put-downs and bashing we are seeing here shows these commenters see the world and its' people with a very narrow view point, which is why they can’t comprehend what this is all about. These people could spend a few minutes considering this:
"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation."
-Herbert Spencer
Dec 24, 2012 · 12:21
really cool
i like this
Dec 24, 2012 · 15:02
So cool and the art is great, our life becomes more and more vivid.
Dec 25, 2012 · 20:23
When does this show run till and where is it showing?
Dec 26, 2012 · 10:05
I love this. I would love to read other peoples confessions. I like understanding people, the differences and similarities.
Dec 26, 2012 · 15:13
Wow Awesome Idea!
Dec 26, 2012 · 15:19
very beautiful!!! i like
Dec 27, 2012 · 00:14
I love this stuff..Think outside the box http://bit.ly/VKvrLd These are so cool!!
Dec 27, 2012 · 08:31
If I copy an artist's style, but instead, I use different colors and medium, could I be orginal if I mention the artist that inspired me?
Dec 27, 2012 · 17:11
i have also a secret
Dec 28, 2012 · 09:50
i want to try this or do this. of course credited to the original artists.
Dec 28, 2012 · 17:31
art is so cool...
Dec 30, 2012 · 19:56
sometimes it helps to just say it, or write it...these things we keep inside....a minor anonymous purge, just enough to help keep it in for another decade...
Dec 31, 2012 · 20:39
Must enter to win an email
Jan 01, 2013 · 07:11
I can't get enough attention.
Jan 01, 2013 · 10:36
Should do this all over the world !!
et,bien sur(of course), chez moi,en France,sur la Riviera !
Jan 01, 2013 · 13:50
Sometimes there are things you cannot say to anyone but you can say to everyone, it just needs to be said....
Jan 02, 2013 · 21:52
Interesting.
Jan 02, 2013 · 21:54
Addictions are so sad.
I hope everyone gets free.
At least, I hope I do. :(
Think of me
--Trial
Jan 03, 2013 · 11:31
Addictions are so sad.
I hope everyone gets free.
At least, I hope I do. :(
Think
Jan 09, 2013 · 20:07
..and then, someone hired a hand-writing specialist to study these peoples confessions and match them to the owner...
Jan 10, 2013 · 05:19
I think this would also be a nice coffee shop idea. though I wonder how longs secrets would be secrets for regulars. But yeah may be good self help for some.
Jan 10, 2013 · 23:39
What a wonderful idea! Hahaha, the cheater s so sorry :)
Jan 11, 2013 · 09:24
It says one of his inspirations was from Postsecret but if you think it's the same or not as good I say so what? I loved that site and it really helped me through my high school years to know I wasn't alone. That being said how the site gets THOUSANDS of post cards if not more and only puts up a few a week. How many people had secrets they sent in and never got to share? How many people could have related to those unseen cards? This wall is open to ANYONE in the area and I think the postsecret writer would be proud that his message is inspiring other people to do this so that more people can get their secrets out there.
Jan 14, 2013 · 23:09
It doesn't matter who did it first, or who will do it last, what matters is that is has been done and people appreciate other's thoughts because it allows them to consider their own. Experience Project (website) is the same thing but you can look at any confession and add your own at any time. I have been on it, made several confessions and read many others. Has it helped? I don't know. It allows me to see and consider my thoughts a little better and feel that I am not alone in how I see things. PostSecret sold books, sold other peoples confessions because they couldn't display them all. Check out Experience Project and see them for free.
Jan 14, 2013 · 23:09
It doesn't matter who did it first, or who will do it last, what matters is that is has been done and people appreciate other's thoughts because it allows them to consider their own. Experience Project (website) is the same thing but you can look at any confession and add your own at any time. I have been on it, made several confessions and read many others. Has it helped? I don't know. It allows me to see and consider my thoughts a little better and feel that I am not alone in how I see things. PostSecret sold books, sold other peoples confessions because they couldn't display them all. Check out Experience Project and see them for free.
Jan 15, 2013 · 17:18
wisdom comes from all directions
old man mike
Jan 15, 2013 · 21:20
I wonder how well something like this would work in my classroom. (I wonder if I could handle the responses.) ;)
Jan 16, 2013 · 04:09
Confession comes before repentance. Repentance comes before relationship with God.
Jan 16, 2013 · 19:26
Wow, how fascinating, would love to read them.
Jan 16, 2013 · 21:32
I love the tongue in cheek attitude of many people.
Shows that many of us are both, individual and the same!
Confessing is not, asking for forgiveness......... is it?
Jan 17, 2013 · 21:37
I broke up with God, he was shit in bed. Had no idea what to do with his tongue.
Jan 17, 2013 · 22:29
I wish they took a much clearer picture of the other confessions because I enjoyed reading them.
This is a very good concept.
Jan 22, 2013 · 17:16
This A Real World For Only Real People. Confessions are made from the Heart. anyways!!!
Jan 22, 2013 · 17:17
Nice 1.
Jan 24, 2013 · 04:47
Wish I could of been there to write one. Props.
Jan 27, 2013 · 08:50
confession:
I have less friends then people think
and cant make any new ones.
Jan 27, 2013 · 09:23
wow...what a freedom?......
Jan 27, 2013 · 14:35
thats the freedom i want in my life,
the idea is vrey great
Jan 28, 2013 · 15:02
Very interesting and amusing, thanks for sharing!
Jan 30, 2013 · 10:47
Its diff from post secret in the sense that you see real people
in the pictures and its not collage type its seems a little more revealing yet still private. I love it even if was an inspired idea. its Raw!
Jan 31, 2013 · 11:00
Fantastic idea
Feb 03, 2013 · 21:07
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Feb 08, 2013 · 20:39
That is wild, kinda scary too! But very innovative!
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Feb 11, 2013 · 01:34
As long as people are making confessions, what matters how they are doing it? Whether it is similar to PostSecret or not - God and Jesus teaches us to confess and repent. I can think of several things I have confessed that others may not feel strong enough to confess to God, but by writing them down, they are confessing them to God, but they are also confessing them to others and in that way, are seeking forgiveness.
Feb 12, 2013 · 10:37
Well about confessions I think this really works as it makes you fill draining the problems.
Feb 13, 2013 · 16:17
Wow, how fascinating, would love to read them. Great .......
Feb 13, 2013 · 16:31
Great :-)
Feb 14, 2013 · 00:08
3 years later and 2 girlfriends, and i still love her!!
Feb 14, 2013 · 07:09
nice view very nice pst
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Feb 14, 2013 · 18:22
i would visit it
thats an interesting project
more of this !!!
Feb 15, 2013 · 07:42
this is awesome event and concept :), i hope I can write to the paper on there and may be it wil many papers
Feb 16, 2013 · 02:25
~A confession~
I can't get you out of my head. My life means nothing without you. I can't live without the love of my life.
Feb 16, 2013 · 23:16
Wow! This is just so amazing. I'd be happy to write a confession and all that in that place. :-)
Feb 22, 2013 · 15:48
i love the idea! discreet but communal at the same time.
Feb 25, 2013 · 02:25
Wow "I have your name tattooed on my ass" Now I want to go to vegas lol
Feb 25, 2013 · 10:11
very beautiful!!! i like
Feb 28, 2013 · 00:01
Funny! Everyone loves the idea, but so few actual confessions! I think there would be more if you weren't asked for your name?!? I think I would confess that I don't like my kids much. I don't think they like me either. But I think if they got their heads out of their own asses and got to know who I am, they would at least respect me. Not saying we don't love each other! Something else funny? I wrote that last sentence so ppl reading this wouldn't judge me! Maybe bc a lot of the ppl posting are more judgmental of others, rather than caring. But I see that a lot, all over the internet! Mean ppl that can't spell!
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Mar 08, 2013 · 18:07
Really amazing collection.
Mar 11, 2013 · 00:29
I have been told that someone constructed an artificial pink blob composed of a body length plastic bag, inflated and sealed at the neck, and 2 pink fleece bags stretched over the inner inflated one. They said the sensations experienced within the heavenly soft pinkness were overpowering, irresistable and were like being engulfed and eaten by a pink blob, just like in The Science Fiction Movies, but they insisted THAT THEIR ACTIONS SHOULD NEVER BE TRIED WITHOUT COMPLETE SAFETY, AND WERE NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
Mar 11, 2013 · 16:57
The new Pope would do well to consider a modern approach like this.
Mar 14, 2013 · 22:36
love this
Mar 15, 2013 · 17:33
CoOL... I don't thing so .....
Mar 15, 2013 · 20:36
Creative....
Mar 16, 2013 · 01:28
I want to confess!!!
Mar 17, 2013 · 19:05
I want to confess something!! I have so much on my mind that I just want to write down on that card thing. I also want to go visit it, where ever it is....
Mar 17, 2013 · 23:55
Interesting, they won't tell the people they love, but the will display it on a wall in Las Vegas?
Mar 18, 2013 · 10:18
I think it's a very good idea!
Apr 06, 2013 · 13:56
Good idea to say our most private confessions! Confessions we can't even tell our Priest about!
Apr 06, 2013 · 20:38
This is really cool...so true Rita, confessions we can't even tell our priest about. wow!
Apr 08, 2013 · 07:09
Very interesting, good job.
Apr 08, 2013 · 13:32
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Apr 12, 2013 · 00:42
I think this is quite interesting, and there is definitely something that resonates with me emotionally. I do not know if it is sad, but there is a certain compassion, and perhaps empathy that was visceral while reading this article. I enjoyed it greatly!
Apr 15, 2013 · 03:27
BRAVO!!! The concept is nothing new but this confession thing is so delicious and fascinating that no matter how many times this idea gets used, it stays delicious and fascinating. Love that project!
!Nat!
Apr 16, 2013 · 08:13
wish i could write some text on it
Apr 16, 2013 · 16:21
they wrote "I am addicted to cheating" for those people ho asked.
but this is immense ! I so have to go to Las Vegas.. bucket list !
Apr 19, 2013 · 04:50
it's so nice n wonderfull
Apr 20, 2013 · 03:27
Something new and fresh to do in Vegas, hahaha!
Apr 20, 2013 · 06:40
vegas is very nice place and i love its so beautiful
Apr 24, 2013 · 09:08
never thought confessions can be this creative :)
Apr 25, 2013 · 08:20
I like this a lot, especially when I saw the idea for the first time in a book. Confessions written on postcards and on a wall in New Orleans. Sorry folks, not an original idea but then again, what is?
Apr 27, 2013 · 10:03
we have something like that for the edm community called EDM Confessions, look it up on facebook!
Apr 27, 2013 · 11:17
Truly awesome idea!! Therapeautic and it reflects all aspects of humanity :)
Apr 30, 2013 · 11:42
Amazing, I loved it!! nice idea
Apr 30, 2013 · 11:57
this is one of the best thing i have ever seen in my life! epic idea!
May 04, 2013 · 11:28
very creatif. mantab
May 06, 2013 · 12:42
fresh idea!!
May 07, 2013 · 11:43
Stunning idea. Love it!
May 08, 2013 · 18:21
Thanks
May 08, 2013 · 18:22
I like it