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5. Besides the general project coordination activities outlined above,
folly was to devise and deliver strategies for developing and
supporting audiences to participate in the exhibition.
Expected project outcomes were:
• An exhibition comprised of new commissions around the convergence of
sculpture, architecture and product design as a result of the use of 3D
computer technologies (selected by invitation) and an exhibition of
existing works in this area (selected by an open call)
• A panel discussion and publication
• A series of workshops for practitioners (pending further funding)
These terms were acceptable and a signed agreement and first invoice was sent
from folly to Fast-uk. Meanwhile project support from MIRIAD was confirmed
and the three members of Fast-uk and folly’s Programme Manager had a
meeting in Lancaster to view the CityLab site. This was still a raw construction
site with finish work not yet begun but the project team was excited by the
potential of the space.
The researcher set up a project wiki - a collaborative website which could be
directly edited by the members of the project team with access to it. This was
used to keep track of information about the selection process for the
commissions and the open call. The researcher posted links and information to
those practitioners already identified as fitting the curatorial brief. For the
exhibition 6 new works were to be commissioned at £2,500 each. In addition
fees were available for the exhibition of 9 existing works at £500 each. The
researcher circulated a draft of the open call to the project team for comment.
This was made publicly available as a downloadable three page PDF with an
additional one page equal opportunities monitoring form from the Fast-uk and
folly websites. The text of the call was as follows:
‘Perimeters, Boundaries and Borders’
an f.city exhibition from Fast-uk and folly
Call for entries
‘Perimeters, Boundaries and Borders’ is an exhibition of contemporary
arts and design practice. It is especially concerned with object and
spatially oriented disciplines, the use of digital technologies and the
convergence of sculpture, product design and architecture.
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