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It's interesting what you say about your
contribution to the GAME ON show Karen as although it relates to games and
characters it doesn't seem to fit the video games (techy) mould, which
is what the show is mainly built around. I guess perhaps this is partly due to
what you mentioned about wanting to work closely with actual gaming companies
but not feasible in this situation. Is this something you want to pursue?
Also, is yours the only work that the viewer can't play? I'm wondering
how it sits within the overall exhibition.
I wanted to emphasise that there are a broad range
of people working in the arts on the list, including artists, designers,
curators, organisors, arts educators, representatives of funding bodies etc and
so there is a broad base of interest on the list. In respect of this a show of
this sort is interesting in many ways from how they deal with the exhibition
design, curation and the meer fact of bringing technology into museums, where it
is more often used as an exhibition interpretation tool. As for involving
artwork, such as Karen and Nina's within this popularist show, there
are few other (arts) venues, which will attract such a large and
relatively diverse audience to present work to (more diverse than most
galleries for example).
Saying all this I haven't actually seen the show
yet, although i did try on sat but being the weekend plus the school
holidays, the place was absolutely packed, and a huge queue for
tickets. One thing that has been suggested by list members before is doing face
to face ambit meetings, for example as Illie put it before like some
parasitic activity on the perifery of other events. I think that this is a great
suggestion and would like to throw out the possibility of meeting up at GAME ON.
This serves a practical function as much as anything as if you go in a group of
more than 10 you get discount - full price is a fiver - and could be from gaming
session to discussion...
To answer Simon's query before about my comment
about people leaving, yes people have left due to the cca discussion, this
is what I have been told in private by a few. I'm not thinking that the cca
conversation shouldn't be happening but more that perhaps the list may need to
evolve, for example into a message board, where people follow the threads they
are interested in. Just a thought and a way the list could diversify and
fragment but and the big but is that list members in general would need to more
actively participate. Going and getting the info rather than it coming to
us.
All for now,
Bev
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- <ambit>... Beverley Hood
