Give me a (paintbrush) long enough and a (canvas) on which to place it, and I will (paint) the world. - (ART)imedes (This is a blogpost about Art)

Step 1: walk through entire exhibit.

          As I walked through that entire exhibit (Which exhibit was not identified in the question so i'm just assuming the entire museum) (Btw NOT TRYING to make a dig on any of Mrs Gs instructions) I was astounded by the use of various mediums. Modern art can be expressed through so many different forms and technologies that new styles of art, much like a faceful of pubescent zits, seem to pop up almost overnight. I found many of the art pieces combining 21st century technology like video and live cameras and digital surround sound to be extremely entertaining and innovative, and serve as a brilliant way to captivate the minds of people (young children, angsty Teenagers not in class)  who arent necessarily interested in staring at a canvas or statue for more than 5 seconds. So congratulations columbian artists. 

       The feeling I got from this "entire exhibit" was not a jovial one. Like many modern-day-pieces of art depicting real life, there was a sense of being unhappy with the world around us. I think this is due to the self evaluating/reflecting nature of the current generation. Constantly examining the faults in the world (such as loss of cultural identity and assimilation or climate change) leaves you (anybody) feeling quite morose for the future. The use of washed out colours and grayscale emphasizes this.

Step 2: (If you havent bawled your eyes out yet)

     I chose to examine Stacey L. Kirbys PARTicipate. I found this to be by far the most interesting piece as it was an interactive, performance (interactaformance) piece (or performative interaction piece if your name is Stacey L. Kirby) 

Step 3: The Analysis

(BEN citation): PARTicipate - Stacey L. Kirby - furniture and performers (medium) - Varying depending on location (size)

          The "piece" is quite modern in style, making an attempt to emulate those bureaucratic offices that we know and love. Although it is "modern" it is not too modern. The multitude of technology used in the actual piece is from all different ages of bureaucracy. There are typewriters from the 50s and radios, clocks and time stamps from all across the 20th century. This makes pinpointing the actual time period of this piece quite difficult. So im just going to say its "modern" (in other words, its from the grey-office-building-cubicle-generation).
      The subject of the piece would be the declaration of your on-person belongings. To elaborate, The woman in the exhibit handed out notary slips that the "viewer" or "audience" (you) would then list their (your) personal belongings and place the slip in a well organized bureaucratic file cabinet.
The idea behind this declaration was to have people think about what they have on their person at all times. This could be your wallet, your socks, belly button lint, 2014 AFI list of the top 250 movies, and for someone who really wants to engage the main idea/concept. Something ideological.
This leads me to the main idea/concept. The main idea was to declare what ideas/ experiences made you unique from the rest of the people in that room.  (I realize that there were other things going on in the room at the time, with other main ideas but i didn't ask questions/partake in those. Also i dont want to write an E-book on this. Saying that, I should probably stop typing this side note)
This "style" of interactaformance involving the audience writing things on paper while actors act a part is not a new concept by any means (Just think about any theme park where people dress up in those less than sanitary character costumes) but it is an interesting and artistic take on it.

Step 4: (Final part i promise)

This piece seems to have many different layers of meaning to it, making for a rather wordy summarization. (hint hint) We all know about the concept of declaring our "personal belongings" making us consider our preconceived biases, our characters, our histories, and all other things we "bring" into the room. However, This concept is only one part of the big idea. Other aspects of this "big idea" include the entire look of the room. Its all bureaucratic and cubicle-y. This cubicalness serves as a bit of a protest against the common desk job and the loss of individuality. By having us declare our personalities in the most un-creative fashion possibleand assigning us a registry number to represent us, it illustrates how de-individualizing modern day business culture is. and therefore showing how unimportant and meaningless modern culture makes us. A thought that makes any modern day office-working, swivel-chair-sitting baby boomer shed an oh-so tiny tear from their dull, dull eyes.

So the message Stacey L. Kirbys trying to portray? All work and no play makes Jack (or Jill) a dull boy (or girl).
And on that jovial note, good night.