Hi everyone, here's the minutes to our last meeting, they're a little bit patchy but hopefully you'll get the gist.

We started off by talking about if two new contributors, who had expressed their interest in the project should be able to take part now at this later stage. This brought up some interesting ideas about levels of participation and commitment to projects, and whether or not there was some sort of qualification that was needed to be a part of the group (in an abstract way).
The logistics of making the group bigger was an issue, as even now, with 7 members, it is really hard to get people together in one space. We decided that it might be best to keep it simple and perhaps open to more people in the future, our invite them to post on the blog as a way of contributing.

We went on to talk about Prospect and what sort of things we would like to do for the show. Colour was discussed, and the possibility of having some kind of colour coordination. We decided upon orange, for it's myriad of connotations, and also lack of connotations as well. It is a kind of neutral colour. Sian said that she will be able to get some free paint it necessary.

We also discussed the idea of being a mobile unit, being able to move around the gallery and outside of it as well. 'Orange roving brigade'. The idea of using a trolley was raised and well recieved, as it would allow us to move freely around, and would also be very functional in terms of carrying items and equipment. We liked the idea of decentralised our work, so that sometimes the trolley would be in its allocated space, and sometime it wouldn't. The object would be dissasociated from us in a way, and not remained fixed and static. While we wanted to disrupt the gallery space we want to do so in a useful way, in a way which animates Prospect and lends to its ciritcality.

We talked about the idea of gallery goers contributing to the work, with post-it notes or something they could write on. We could ask for responses to works and ideas surrounding the pieces. We also discussed the idea of working with the gallery hosts, perhaps swapping roles with them, as a way of interacting with the art audience. We liked the idea of working on something that was cumulative and building up an effective collaboration between us/hosts/audience.

We worried also that this was leaning a little towards 'nice nice' and we preferred to be 'naughty naughty' - both very technical phrases!! We wanted to challenge Prospect and exercise our right to be critical and not just support the sort of congratulatory institutional writing which would surround the show. We want to counter the standard institutional blurb and create meaningful dialogue around the work.

We also discovered the TAOC was a Sagitarius, and went on to talk more about the practicalities of the trolley, and its associations with service and communal interaction.

Mid way through we decided to make a list of things to do. This consisted of:
-getting a photo of the trolley
-thinking of a title for the show
-getting some promotional images
-organising binders
-organising what to put in multiples cabinet
- (i'm sure there was some more but can't remember)

Finally, we went on to talk about the interpreation and understanding of flow charts as potentially useful tools for our project. We discussed using flow charts as a way of mapping responses to work and how they could apply to this function. There was also the tentative worry about over-simplifying, and it was thought that having a number of flow charts would help towards remedying this. We also talked about having a binder, which was cumulative, building up a sort of tool kit to detail responses to contemporary art and they way in which collaborative practice works. We liked the idea of having something we could leave behind, and also found the idea of charts and tables for some reason. Perhaps as a way of clarifying and stimulating interaction and thought.

I think that's all.............let me know if I've missed anything important out. and merry christmas everyone!!!