What do we mean by 'wrong'? Creative people, craftspeople, curators and conservators all have a particular understanding of wrongness. They also have a language to express it which is both enlightening and useful.
I had noticed though that to extract this language it was necessary for them all to have their tools or materials in hand before you got to the really interesting stuff. After several good chats with surgeons I realised that the same was true of them. This led me to thinking about what would happen if I got them together with those mentioned above and see what would happen. Would they agree? Would they speak the same language or would their criteria be too different?
On November 15th 2019 I did just this. It wasn't the first time that some of them had met but now I wanted to really get deep into their expertise. I wanted to know how they judged wrongness; was it context? was it colour based? was it a combination of their senses....a mix of sight and touch? I wanted their 'word hoards'. I wanted to see if we could share this language with others both to express why creativity is important to all and to help others communicate 'what's wrong'.
The group comprised of surgeons, artists,craftspeople, musicians,historians, a conservator, a masseur and a magician.
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| Joseph Magnus Stack 'Italian Ruin Landscape...' |
We tried out each others skills,we discussed colour and texture,
we examined strange packages in object based discussion,
we considered the value of old materials,
we looked at reactions to synthetic and unfamilar objects,
we discussed empathy with the organic and the inorganic,
surgical glove photo by Cara Baker
and we filmed it all......(watch this space) but in the meantime you can binge watch on catch up....
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