I thought I should write a more upbeat assessment of sota12 – only because reading yesterday’s post really does reflect the fact that I was really tired after it. Sore feet throughout the day really didn’t help.
So, I really did enjoy catching up with friends and contacts and meeting new people. I had lots of interesting conversations and took away the following:
1) After seeing the list of names of everyone involved in the Anne Wilson’s Local Industry (cloth) project at the Whitworth as part of the Cotton Global Threads http://cottonglobalthreads.com/ I realise I need to get all the names or as many names as possible of the participants in DAD’s bunting forever project. I think we’ve had 200 people involved and I have listed 20 names since getting back and am on the hunt for the rest. I also need to film different parts of the process! I know all this but have been a bit behind the curve on this one.
2) Enjoyed watching Air Pressure http://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whatson/exhi…, also at the Whitworth
3) Enjoyed An evening with Robert Wilson http://www.pmstudio.co.uk/events/mon-13022012-600p… and his ideas around non-verbal communication. Exchanged notes with Stephanie Fuller – we both wondered about the nature of the collaboration with the deaf-mute boy he worked with.
4) Spoke to Nancy Groves from the Guardian and actually got a mention in the blog http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/culture-cuts-blog… which is very exciting.
5) Had a good conversation with Dr Xerxes Mazda, Head of Learning and Audiences at The British Museum, and learnt alot from his presentation at the Artists and Audiences breakout session. Am still thinking about his question, which sort of goes like this “Does it matter if someone came to an exhibition to learn more about a topic and saw some great art at the same time but didn’t know it was art?”
6) Need to have subtitle option for moving image work to make it fully accessible.
