Tuesday, 25 September 2007

As a group, I think it is difficult to converge together to produce a piece of work that we can all be happy with, especially since we are all interested in very different subjects. We have been able to decide on a few points though- our work will be a visual image, and the subject matter has developed from a shared experience of being lost.

My own personal experience of Farnham (which I admit is limited), is the strong artistic culture in the town, made evident in the amount of galleries about. I began some initial research by looking at the Farnham online website set up by the council. It was particularly helpful as it provided a good general overview of the town, but I was also mindful that it was made in bias towards the view of how great the town is thanks to it's council. It was tempting at first to pick and mix my way through the amount of compacted historical information on offer, in order to find something that sparked an interest. Our walkabout town was a really good way of just getting out there into town and exploring for ourselves, the best way to bypass stagnation. http://farnham.online.uk

1 comment:

Sarah Sutherland said...

This blog is extremely interesting in that it is being used as a space in which to disseminate and deconstruct ideas but construct meaning through new contexts and concepts. Your experiences are very varied but you are synthesising experience with research and creating shared meaning from your practice. This is an extremely positive researching method.