It seems to me that we move towards understanding things in a very simple way - even very complicated things and relationships. it's really easy to set up a smoke screen of complicated things which stop us realising and ultimately understanding that most of the important things we are interested in are quite simple and straightforward to understand but knowing what it is we want to understand is the difficult thing. Arts practice can present a way for us to experiment in a very unscientific way, to search for understanding through active engagement rather than through observation. I think that we should revisit the idea of methodology rather than method for our collaboration - I could dig out the AHRC application to revisit and see if we have any starting points for thinking about doing something in the new year.
I'm amazed that lots of teachers don't seem to want to understand what education is for and that lots of curators don't really question what collections are for and that lots of academics don't really question what their research is for and lots of artists don't think about what their work is for so perhaps this question of social responsibility is also one of agency.
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Helen Parrott at office of corporate partnerships will do the legwork on funding for us if we want
Like the simple idea.
I know Helen a little from back in the day - maybe we should try and schedule a meeting with her?
am i included in this new project?
We don't have a project yet Just thinking about possible ideas so chip in - yes you are included I think we were thinking the 4 of us could do something which was a bit more level playing field rather exploration and sharing but it's early days
I can set up the meeting with Helen as I said this work fits with everything else am meeting her on 29th/30th Jan so can take it forward with her then what shall I suggest?
meeting us as a team and moving on with it?
She is keen.
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