How to Survive Alice

Florencia Pita

Alice, 2007

Polymer foam, PETG, urethane

Gift of the artist

Ms. Ott’s Class

First, you should put on some grippy shoes so you don’t fall. It looks slippery! You should have a partner with you!

Then, you should talk through your next steps with your partner. Send your partner to look for food. There are a bunch of red foods like apples, strawberries, and pomegranates. Use your helper robot to see if they are poisonous. You smell Sour Patch Kids and strawberryflavored donuts in this world. You should take a bite to see if it tastes like that. Hold a cup under one of the flowers to collect water for drinking. Have your helper robot test the water to make sure there are no viruses in it.

Next, you should use an axe to cut wood from behind the art for a fire. Use a knife to carve out a shelter in one of the biggest shapes. It should be six inches with walls. You should set up a blanket and pillows for a bed with the blanket down first and another blanket on top.

Last, you should exercise by running on the shapes and use a rope to hold on to the shapes to walk across. To get out of the art, you can slide off along the left side of the art and down to the floor.