Notes from group critique

Possible perceived hierarchy- some might, some not

Issue of control over words/paper- have them do it? – what would this mean or the artwork?-better if typist does it- engagement of viewer- what if they don’t step on plaster- getting someone to do it- how do we get them to know to step on them?- people follow action, not breaking- making a path- us facing a wall in corner- cant talk to people- more private- staring at viewer- waiting- harder t know if to enter- facing is less intimidating- wouldn’t want to go in- unusual way to be- want an uncomfortable envi, not a comfortable one- path to navigate- depends on curiosity- why typewriter- lost communication- symbolisms of quil and t/w- don’t want to over-complicate- our perspective or viwers- connection to sound- viewer speaking, scratching, crunching, etc- asking viewer to do things against usual conventions (talk in gallery and walk on work)- us against convention- whole paper, or one per person- plaster v not- preservation- moment vs influence of the past- ‘fossilised’- dipping is plaster before throwing?- writing and type or just writing?- different performance- testing different things which viewer might respond to- facing wall, later facing viewer etc- negotiating own instructions- preciousness to preserve line of thinking- cause and effect- presenting situation, and looking for interpretation-  playing with all ideas at once- think about what an instruction is within our practice- negotiating practice in terms of instruction- steps to make work happen- narrative line- acting to control it-too easy to get caught up in- need to play with it- research experiment, not finished work- multiple ways to do it- frustration-act of throwing- frustration at eachother in terms of how we make work?- bartering for sense of individual works- equally represented- stillness, slowness- actions not agitated, but could agitate viewer- expectations of jumpscares, etc- some peope focus more on some things than others- have definition, need to pull apart again- be confident about the fact we are going to try new things, publicly- do what you-re most worried about- possibility of failure, catalyst for more- research question- hard to define from what we-re researching- specific to others, but we can't quite see it at current- think of different ways to represent/ plan it, etc- method of practice, material we need to question- what other things could we do to try diff. perspectives and new ways of doing things- evidence things- one action can change everything- trying idea's of room, size of audience, how we should sit, etc- we can change things mid-way through the exhibition- publicly negotiating things- discomfort- is this real or performance?etc- dealing with negotiation- a lot of decision making- list of all decisions- research on the floor- books and discussions- don't think people will really look, and try to read them- so convincing don't need to pay attention, just accept it as it- do we want them to like it? not really, just want them to go away thinking- fill a void of work which we don't feel trigger emotion- make structure, break structure- careful about what we change-changing to much could make it not what we wanted- preservation, frustration, representation- see what would fit where, and where overlapping is- have started to believe the system- break down cause and effect relationship without breaking what we want to do, and express etc- could use questions from this etc in exhib as paper sculptures- need to go to space and try to experience- doing and planning can be two very, very different things- knowledge it won't be how we want it, but thats okay- how do we deal with idea of experience vs actual experience.