Our second meeting for the Blue Sky Thinking unit took to the form of a manifesto workshop.
We began with a group discussion as to what we thought a manifesto consisted of, our overall defining terms: formal proposal/ outline of aims for the future. beliefs and what you stand for. documentation of what you're about. political and artistic.
noun
a public declaration of policy and aims, especially one issued before an election by a political party or candidate.
| synonyms: | policy statement, platform, programme, declaration, proclamation, pronouncement, announcement, publication, notification; |
After looking at a range of examples we put ourselves into groups and attempted to write our own. In a group with Cat, Aine and Natalie, we began by expressing what it was that bothered us, that we could potentially write about. Quickly the conversation turned to our own practice, and Natalie bought up the act of MISTAKES and how they are always thought of as a negative, when really they can be as equally rewarding as a planned idea. Making mistakes should be seen as a way to develop and expand on your practice. I felt this to be an interesting starting point, as I myself know from previous unit feedback and experimentations that the issue of being afraid to make mistakes should be seen as a positive.
noun 1. an act or judgement that is misguided or wrong.
| synonyms: | error, fault, inaccuracy, omission, slip, blunder, ,misunderstanding, flaw, oversight, misinterpretation, misconception. -something, especially a word, figure, or fact, which is not correct; an inaccuracy. |
verb 1. be wrong about.
From it's dictionary, the art of the mistake is portrayed as a negative; we therefore decided to create our own definition. I am a great believer of fate and serendipity (the art of a happy accident) and contributed that this was my interpretation of a mistake with positive outcomes- deciding that this would be the basis of our new definition. Visually, we wanted to interpret the dictionary layout, instead of creating lists of aims like the standard manifesto layout.
MISTAKE
noun
1. A serendipitous outcome that is essential in the art practice.
- see Serendipity
synonyms: happy accident, positive outcome
