Last Monday a group of eleven local creative folk met in the Stove building in Dumfries to discuss ideas for an programme of work that could be curated/delivered/created for Dumfries from the Stove.
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| Francis Alys, Cuentos Patrioticos, 1997, video |
We went through the necessary creative procrastination process before launching into a series of ideas for potential creative directions....some of the bits of overall common ground were:
- the first year should focus on temporary 'happenings' in public spaces around the town centre
- projects should be delivered by cross-disciplinary teams of local creative people
- projects should involve the participation of specific local people/groups eg young people with a specific interest
- projects will involve a period of active research that involves local people and creates a site-specific project from that research process
- all outcomes from the projects will be freely and publicly accessible and all be connected together through The Stove
The people who attended this first session were: Lesley Rankine, Mark MacLachlan, Wendy Stewart, Mark Zygadlo, Amanda Simmons, Will Marshall, Linda Mallett, Kim Ayres, Jane Chalmers, Jan Hogarth (on behalf of Wide Open) and Matt Baker....apologies were received from Colin Tennant, Jim Buchanan, Jo Shennan and Hugh Bryden
The work from this first session is being further developed through a Facebook Group, before we meet again in a months time. There is an open invite to anyone (from whatever artform) to join this group...please get in touch through the blog or TheCommonty@gmail.com
Is one snookered if one doesn't Facebook?
ReplyDeleteHey JoAnne - talk about putting your finger on the hot topic! Facebook was suggested by the groovier (read younger) members of this discussion as a viable platform for continuing the chat...cue grudging harumphs from the non-facebookers. But in the spirit of inclusion we have duly signed up (and erected impenetrable walls of security) and are finding it a useful platform to develop ideas (and I am enjoying a whole new world of conversation with my daughter).
ReplyDeleteI guess that, in the long run, we are all creative folk because we enjoy discovery.........?
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_150173945054797&ap=1
BTW - as we speak, things on said Facebook discussion are seeking a writer to develop a year-long story for Dumfries
ReplyDeleteEr, thanks Matt, but it's an conscious decision on my part not to Facebook.
ReplyDeleteYes..... i think it is OK not to fall prey to Faceless facebook !!
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