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Epiphany

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 | Epiphany | 2 Comments

When I am working on projects I hope for some kind of epiphany - for myself, for the others taking part. That I, we, will get some kind of insight, vision, deeper connection. That maybe an everyday epiphany - I cracked that problem - or an out of the ordinary experience. Crashing failure can be as revelatory. That is how I found out that animation is not for me, that I don’t function best in schools, that my programming skills will not always carry me through.

I also try to sow seeds. When I work with teenagers in London I take them to places they have never been before - to demonstrate that this city is yours - to places like (over the last year) their neighbouring national art gallery or the Masonic Museum or Channel 4.

Lois Weaver in her interview on Co-Pilot talks about the power of small victories - which we will all recognise - in a committed situation.

How can this be captured in a post-workshop questionnaire - Did you have any intense emotional experiences, on a scale of 1 to 5.

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Is a boring project where nothing went wrong a successful project?
Can failure be allowed to feel good?
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Success

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 | Success and Failure 2003 - 2008 | 1 Comment

By Melissa Bliss

What do you think you have got out of this project?

What did you do?

What did you learn?

Would you recommend this to a friend?

How many people came to see your work?

How many came from the local area, the region, the national area?

How would you suggest this programme could be developed further for the future?

Since joining this project have you improved or increased you friends & networks, communication, confidence, self-esteem, team work or motivation?

Are you disengaged - curious - involved - achieving - autonomous - or moving on?

Please give two or more of your personal strengths. And weaknesses.

How do you see yourself in 5 years time?

Are you making a meaningful contribution?

How do you know if you are succeeding?

Does failure make you feel bad?

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If

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 | Video | No Comments

Lois Weaver’s presentation / performance at the ‘On the Margins of Technology’ symposium at SPACE in February 2008.

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Lois

Monday, October 13th, 2008 | Lois Weaver | No Comments

Lois weaver: seeking out connections

“We have a real understanding of what commitment means… and we have a lot of guilt associated with not fulfilling that commitment - that’s our connection to our own work, that kind of passion, that thing that holds you to the failures that you face on a day to day basis in your own studio, or at your own laptop… ”

As the primary investigator for DemTech (Democratising Technology), Lois Weaver worked differently from the other artists engaged in The Not Quite Yet - she suggested other artists to the project, and worked across the whole initiative. Her contribution to the exhibition at SPACE was an evocative installation touching on some of the explorations she and participants had undertaken - time lines, memories and evocative objects.

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Stacy

Monday, October 13th, 2008 | Stacy Makishi and AGLOW | No Comments

Stacy Makishi and AGLOW – aiming at failure, and exploring its consequences

“the first day is usually about trust – about why you’re there, your intentions; making sure you’re not exploiting them, using them as materials….”

We recorded an interview with Stacy about her experiences as an artist commissioned by SPACE Media Arts to contribute to The Not Quite Yet. Stacy’s exhibits, developed in collaboration with AGLOW, a Hackney-based Older People’s group (and with additional input from others from Stacy’s network), took the form of Japanese Chindogu, or “invention dropouts” - click here for exhibition text.