Great first meeting. So much talking from everyone which makes the crits productive and enjoyable.
On and off throughout the day I think about the next stage of our collaboration – making a new piece of work with an allocated partner from other people’s work we have been given. As yet I have only the beginnings of ideas, but I think this is fine. It’s important to go with the flow and I’m looking forward to hear the views of my partner.
As for my own work, I’m rusty talking about my own stuff to an art literate group, but I was pleased with the response to the piece – a mixture of laughter and wincing! At the end of the meeting I simply rolled up my piece and handed it over to the people now working with it. I just about resisted the urge to pat it goodbye – it’s not mine anymore!
Alison Berry
LC:
After 3 months of planning, selecting artists and setting up the project, it feels great to get the on with the creative aspects of our collaborative project.
A strong start to the project on Friday evening with our first meeting. Everyone has responded to prompt word ‘straight’ with intergrity and commitment. We had a very interesting critique session to discuss the work, and it was also an opportunity for everyone to break the ice and get to know each other a little better.
For the next phase of the project, artists have been grouped into pairs or threes. Each group has been allocated 2 or 3 pieces of work from the first task, ‘Straight’ to use as a trigger to generate new work. Artists are encouraged to view the works given to them in conjunction with each other and to work together in their collaborative groups to find new meanings or interpretations/ideas from which to proceed.
The act of handing over the work is a generous one – the work may be responded to in which case it remains intact, but it may also be subject to alteration or deconstruction.
The two way contract of trust and respect is an important factor if we are all to collaborate successfully.
The collaborative groupings are as follows:
Ros Barker & Ruth Payne using work created by Karen Gardner & Sonia Griffin; Val Bolsover & Lindsay Connors using work created by Niki Campbell & Ros Barker; Alison Berry & Sonia Griffin using work created by Val Boslover & Ruth Payne; Jo Brown, Niki Campbell & Katie Hayward using work created by Alison Berry, Dawn Adams & Lindsay Connors; Dawn Adams & Karen Gardner using work created by Jo Brown & Katie Hayward.
Work will be ready for our next meeting on 21 Feb.
We have opened up the blog now so that all collaborators are able to contribute.
Images of work created for the ‘Straight’ task have been uploaded onto www.campbellconnors.wordpress.com under each artist’s page
Niki Campbell:
We are delighted to announce the artists joining us in our collaboration are : Dawn Adams, Ros Barker, Alison Berry, Jo Brown, Val Bolsover, Karen Gardner, Sonia Griffin, Katie Hayward, Ruth Payne.
We are looking forward to our first meeting tonight in Tonbridge, 6pm.
