Inspired by the philosophies behind the open-source movement and DIY culture, The Instant Interactive Jesus Project is part of an ongoing research series exploring universal archetypes that live within us and around us.
The idea is to open up - or hack - the symbol of the cross, to allow intimacy and individual interpretation, to foster playful interactive discourse as a response to the frequent monopolization and colonialization of symbols within culture; to facilitate an exploration of the deity in all of us, to allow people of all faiths and genders to be Jesus, or to "do Jesus", whatever that might mean. The Jesus Project offers possibilities in universally permissible spontaneous performance -- not just for for the guardians of these symbols (i.e., the Church among others), or the artist/authors, but for everybody.
