Artist talk

Hi all,

I thought I'd just make a quick note to let you know how the artist talk went on Sunday. Sian and I turned up and had a bit of a chat with Heather about what we wanted to cover, and what sort of questions she was likely to ask us.

We had already decided in the meeting to cover general history of the Association/purpose and intentions of the trolley project. So we started with this sort of general introduction and went on to some questions from Heather and the audience.

It was good, Sian and I worked well together (Sian was good at leaping in when I had a blank expression on my face). It was nice and informal and we had a lot to say.....

I can't exactly remember all the questions and responses, but Heather was interested in our use of language, ie self-help language, technical art-speak, and asked how we felt about the amalgamation of all these forms of communication. She was also interested in the way in which we responded to the negative responses that some people had put up, and in what way we saw those as being beneficial in any way?

We were also asked about the fact that all the Association was female, not neccessarily as a negative thing, but just about the way that it shaped our decision making and processes. We were also asked about what exactly we hoped to achieve, individually as well as in the Association collectively.

We talked about our plans for the future and the ongoing nature of the Prospect project, how it is likely to change and adapt during the course of the show. But we bemoaned afterwards that we forgot to use the word 'conversation'!! There were some other bits and pieces that I can't quite remember, we actually talked for quite awhile.

That's a rough outline of the goings on, it was nice afternoon. Would have been great to have everyone there though. There was only one microphone, so it would have been nice to pass it cheekily between seven.