Mental Block

I went for a little walk around George Square today and I have been thinking more about the work, the site and the context and feel like I have reached an impasse. Although I had thought about George Square as a possible site, I am now not sure if it is appropriate as I am not sure the work has a strong enough contextual link to the site, nor do I feel the work is right in its current imagined form for the site.

Reasons for:

• I want a public place that public can engage with the work unintentionally and therefore break with the rhythm of their day
• The square has historic connections to a public gathering place, a place for rest, play, entertainment and commerce
• It is already a site for public sculptures/monuments albeit traditional sculptural work
• The play/performance aspect of the work links back to the site's original context as a park/place for leisure/enjoyment and siting the work there reimagines this function
• The work is very much a direct sensory experience and one that can have universal appeal without prior knowledge of the subject matter so it should be in an accessible site

Reasons against:

• It is almost too obvious a place for work (yes this contradicts my first reason for!)
• There is a showy aspect to having the work in such a glaringly public place, and that in some ways it contradicts the subtlety of the subject matter and work (yes this also contradicts my first reason for!)
• The subject matter (light, rhythm) though universal, does not have a direct referential link to the site 

I am not ruling it out as there are still more reasons for than against...however, I do feel that the idea of having the work in a glass structure will have to change. If indeed the work is to be accessible to the public, creating a glass structure can create an exclusive experience that automatically excludes some people from accessing the work. In some ways I realise that I might've taken a wrong approach to the work...for a work that is intended for a public place, I should have considered the site first! I do not want to do exactly what people find most abhorrent about public art, simply plonk a bit of art on a site without considering the context!

I suppose my option is to go back to choosing a site first and then creating a work that is site-specific and arises out of the site...or go back to reconsidering this work in a gallery setting. I know that for the former, I am running out of time...