Hi Martha
aaah! that raises a really interesting ethical point about this sort of work,
about the balance between let things roll and intervening to shape them...
About half way through the day the board was getting full and I noticed people
were starting to either draw over, or elaborate or fill in things others had
done earlier so I decided to make it clear to people that this was OK.
Towards the very end (last half hour or so) the flow of people began to dry up
at the same time as I started wondering about how to end the piece (
I constructed it in the gap between the end of the event at 4pm and my return
train home at 6) so I then decided to take a leaf out of the book of the
participants and start filling in -so the criss cross tape and the spraying is
me and Declan (the young guy who was helping out) - I guess we shaped it
because we felt "closing" it would give a sense of completeness to those who
would then see their efforts later as a *collective* film ( we gave out flyers
with the You Tube address it would be at on) rather than as their individual
drawings, which can anyway be seen in progress earlier. The group of young
women who held the "The End" sign had been around on and off all day so we
asked them to design and make the sign and hang around (as long as they weren't
expected home!) until the very end, to
present it, which they did...
Hmmm -you've made me think...
warmest wishes
michael
--- On Tue, 7/26/11, Martha Deed <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Martha Deed <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] six hours in scunthorpe//happy 10th anniversary
20-21
To: "NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity"
<[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 6:27 PM
Michael--
Understood. (I'm not wanting to give anything away.) Consider all of the
efforts made in the first 9 minutes of the video. Then consider what happened
at the end. . .
Does that make sense to you?
It is, btw. as you Brits say, Brilliant. And also, not anything you could have
planned. Really interesting.
The culture? The look of clothing, the adult/child interactions -- even the
clouds passing overhead. Evocative, lovely.
Martha
Michael Szpakowski wrote:
Hi Martha
& thanks - I'm intrigued you found it disturbing, The process of making it was
really relaxed, pleasant & friendly - is there something there I didn't notice
or does it read differently elsewhere for cultural reasons?
(I'm not saying it bothers me; nor do I wish to have & *any* say or control
over how anything I make is read)
warmest wishes
michael
--- On Tue, 7/26/11, Martha Deed <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Martha Deed <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] six hours in scunthorpe//happy 10th anniversary
20-21
To: "NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity"
<[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 1:27 PM
Another inventive slice-of-life from Michael. And oddly disturbing.
Thanks, Michael.
Martha
Michael Szpakowski wrote:
Stop motion (10 minutes of it!), with music, made in Scunthorpe, North Lincs
last Saturday as part of the 10th anniversary celebrations of the 20-21 visual
arts centre there.
It's a lovely gallery and it was great to be a part of this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyc5gDEZH1c
cheers
michael
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