So, we have a title.
Our first meeting with directors and staff who will be involved in BEAT was held yesterday.
We applied to Cannock Chase AONB to run a pilot project where we take people with enduring mental health conditions out into different parts of Cannock Chase to participate in some land art activities. This is the start of building evidence towards a larger funding application to run a longer term project.
Yesterday’s meeting at the farm was a chance to catch up and plan the sessions over the summer.
I need to work on how I make this an art project not just a therapeutic programme. I want to research that arts in the area, it’s a stunning bit of land amidst industrialisation and progress. Getting to the farm feels like a drive through intense civilisation with the chance to breath at the end of the journey amidst trees, moorland and farms.
How do I make this area a place of artistic research while I have the opportunity to work with local residents? Could this be an area for Phd research? I feel my head start to implode with the possibilities, but I want this to be a project with dialogue, interaction, creativity and rigour.
