Interim Show Idea: "WishYooWer" Mental Health Postcards

 I've been thinking a lot about the interim show - everyone seems very nervous and keen, and that's making me nervous and keen. Jonathan suggested we use it as a place to experiment and play, so I've been messing about with a couple of ideas.

Given the space is public (and rather purely secured!) could I make a piece of art that advertises it's desire to stolen... And then work with the building security to capture it's theft, and turn THAT into a piece of 'meta-art' - effectively a comment on value in art.

However, the idea above seems a bit shallow - more of a stunt than something with real value - so I was evolving to think instead about art that is created to be given away - art as an act of kindness as one of my peers calls it. Around the same time, something a friend said made me think about the idea of postcards, but postcards that were 'honest' and open about mental health... Which made me think about creating art that was post cards, and giving them away, with the hope that people would share if/how they sent them, and I could therefore create a piece of art that was both the cards themselves, but also the story around who sent them, and to whom... I'm quite committed to this idea, and have produced a couple of designs now, e.g.:

I think I need to refine and focus the idea a bit - viz:

• Do I want them to be funny? How important is funny vs functional?
• Do I want them to be usable?
• Are they about disability or mental health or both?
• How important is the idea of "if mental health wasn't taboo" to the designs - it's a guiding theme, but does it conflict with the things above?

I also need to think carefully about how I distribute them - plan A was to get a postcard rack, and just leave them to get taken... But I like the idea of being there to talk about them, and the cheek of being part of the artwork... But how do I do that in a way that doesn't stop people taking the cards and/or feeling open to share?

Lastly I'm thinking about the name - I was very excited by "Wish you would hear", cos they are post cards, geddit... but that's pretty cheesy... So maybe "Wish you were hear".. "Wish you were"... I think probably something like "WishYooWer" and leave people to make the here/hear pun themselves...