Hi Chris If by visual artist you mean what might also be called a graphic facilitator... I use this in almost every event/programme I¹m involved in
Captures the essence in 3d¹ (not literally), with instant visceral memory (mind, body, spirit) for those who were at the event recalling the feelings etc that they had during the commitments etc they made. Heck of a lot more effective than report filed invisibly on the shelf. Also brilliant for telling the story to others who weren¹t there. Eg. with event I did for the 40 most senior people in our DTI (Department of Trade & Industry)... The graphic was used afterwards to bring the Minister up to speed with the decisions etc. The graphic becomes the output of the people, in the sense that they are asked to interact with the graphic facilitator to ensure that what¹s visualised portrays their experience. Used it recently to record appreciative stories of the work of an organisation that was going thru some fairly traumatic changes. Did the storytelling the afternoon before going into a day of Open Space about moving forward (with outputs also captured in a graphic). These graphics were then photographed so that they could be reproduced in various sizes and used a motivational posters around the whole organisation (in many different locations). Often we encapsulate¹ the original and post it on the wall. One I did for the Small Business Service is still there some 3 years later being used as part of the induction process for new people. Also used graphics to capture stories in N. Ireland working with young people and then adults again before a day¹s Open Space (captured). Dunno whether this is what you are looking for... Trusting it helps a little Romy Ps the person I mainly use is Tim Casswell who is UK based, so probably not the best for what you are needing. And... to get a flavour of the work we do, you could look at www.creativeconnection.co.uk and see Visual Minutes... tho¹ I reckon many of the outputs he and I have capture show the potential more than some of the pics on the site eg. the balance of pics and words is more even in our work. Btw I used to use folks from Grove who have a different style they are all over the US. From: Chris Corrigan <ch...@chriscorrigan.com> Reply-To: OSLIST <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 09:51:07 -0700 To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Working with visual artists at an Open Space Hi mates: I have an opportunity coming up in the fall to work with a visual artist for an Open Space I am doing. The clients wants us to work together and I'm excited by the possibility, but haven't ever done that before. So what kind of good stories do you have of working with visual artists (and visual art as a modality) in Open Space. Daniel? Reinhardt? Is Nancy Margulis around? Others? Chris -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com Open Space Resources: http://tinyurl.com/r94tj * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
