Visitors' Profile (after Hans Haacke) Results From the exhibtion Eric Doeringer: Bootlegs, Homages, and Recreations at the FUEL Collection, Philadelphia, PA, November 4 - December 21, 2008 (Some visitors did not answer all questions)
1) Do you have a professional interest in art, e.g. artist, student, critic, dealer, etc.?
2) How Old Are You?
3) Should the use of marijuana be legalized, lightly, or severely punished?
4) Do you think law enforcement acencies are generally biased against non-whites?
Married Single 5) What is your marital status?
6) Do you sympathize with gay rights?
7) Are you male, female?
8) Do you have children?
9) Do you support the Roe v. Wade decision?
10) What is your ethnic bacground, e.g. Polish, German, etc.? 18 European Mix 6 Irish 4 Italian 4 Polish 3 African 3 German 3 Hispanic 3 Israeli 3 Puerto Rican 2 British 2 Canadian 2 Indian 2 Russian 1 Assyrian 1 Cuban 1 Finnish 1 Jamaican 1 Lebanese 1 Norwegian 1 Potuguese 1 Scandanavian 1 Serbian 1 Slovakian 1 Ukranian
11) Do you think the lives of most Iraqi people have improved since the US invasion?
12) Do you think the moral fabric of the United States is strengthened or weakened by its involvement in the Middle East?
13) What is your religion? 25 None / Athiest 12 Jewish 10 Agnostic 8 Catholic 5 Christian (no denomination given) 3 Protestant 2 Pagan 1 Baptist 1 Buddhist 1 Hindu 1 Lutheran 1 Spiritual
14) In your opinion, are the intersts of profit-oriented business usually compatible with the common good?
15) What is your annual income (before taxes)?
16) Do you think the Bush Administration is mainly responsible for our economic difficulties?
17) Where do you live? 46 Philadelphia, PA 3 Brooklyn, NY 2 Richmond, VA 1 Cherry Hill, NJ 1 Cleveland, OH 1 Harleysville, PA 1 Lansdowne, PA 1 Mahwah, NJ 1 Manasquan, NJ 1 Manchester, NH 1 Meadowbrook, PA 1 Metuchen, NJ 1 Mt. Holly, NJ 1 Newton, MA 1 Norwood, PA 1 Ottsville, PA 1 Springfield, PA 1 Swarthmore, PA
18) Do you consider the government's bailiout of the financial industry a step in the right direction?
19) Are you enrolled in or have graduated from college??
20) In your opinion, should the general orientation of the country be more conservative or less conservative?
This piece, consisting of 10 demographic questions and 10 opinion questions, tabulated regularly and posted throughout the course of the exhibition, was presented by Haacke at the Milwaukee Art Center in 1971. My version, exhibited at The Fuel Collection in 2008, is based on Haacke’s survery from 1971, although several questions were updated to address contemporary issues.