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Committee Responses

27/11/2013

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Renate WendelRenate Wendel; Portrait of Rhapsody in Blue
Tonight was the midpoint of this much shorter phase of the collaborative project, at which artists returned to show the group their proposed work in progress, with reference to the committee instructions.

Interestingly, a couple of collaborators felt that the instructions had either allowed or directly caused them to go back to historic ways of working that they had not necessarily expected to revisit. In contrast however, some felt a genuine challenge resulting in a ‘great learning curve’ that they said moved them out of their comfort zone. The committee tried to push this challenge still further by reviewing the presented work and revising or in some cases simply ‘tweaking’, the instructions to result in an amended development. Some of those in attendance clearly found it more challenging than others to receive these instructions and it will be interesting to see the final results of this creative discomfort, perhaps more so than from those who seemed less phased by the challenge!

James SharpJames Sharp; Scrap Book
We had originally intended to complete the project at the December meeting on the 18th, however as this is actually only three weeks away in what is for many a very busy month (some people are unable to make it along and would be presenting in January anyway) we have agreed to defer until the New Year. This will give everyone a little longer to reflect on and respond to the new instructions as well as giving those who can make it a good excuse to get stuck into the mince pies! 

Because of this decision and as we’d spent quite a bit longer talking about the submissions than expected, we didn't really get onto any further critique; we agreed to save the other things people had brought until December. Lots to look forward to for the last little bit of 2013 as the second year of CRITgroup draws to a close!

Trust Me I'm a CupcakeAnnabeth Orton; Cupcake Karma
You can find details of the Crafting by Committee project with the artists Initial Proposals and their Responses to as well as the Revised Instructions of the committee on the project pages of this site.


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