getting some great responses to the idea of fostering a public debate & distributing them via podcasts. Looking into the issues of artistic practice in dorset, funding, culture, the Olympics and its legacy to the area.
& having some brilliant discussions with, mainly artists, on how they see the future trajectories of culture in the area, about creative practice and surviving as an artist. The local arts officer, or to give him his new job title, the ‘Cultural Coordinator as part of the Weymouth and Portland 2012 Operations Team’, agreed to take part, which made a fascinating discussion (you have to wait to hear this in a future episode).
on the downside, it is taking much more time then I’d planned for. Partly my fault in that the recorded discussions always take longer, as I ramble on … and they tend to jump around, like conversations do. This has meant they take longer to edit. Also has made it difficult to stick to the 30min per episode – not sure if I should stick to 30min per episode concept & move to 50, or 60min, or make each conversation two, 30min programs? Feel that 30min of two people talking is enough for people to sit through.
