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13. Were you surprised by any work in the show? Why?
Practitioner 1 Surprise is a difficult word. I’d have to say no
Practitioner 2 I don’t think there was something which went a step ahead of
what I had seen before or knew of. It was within a very
‘today’ kind of technology
Practitioner 3 Wifi Camera Obscura… I think it was the variety and the
breadth of the show rather than picking a particular piece.
Practitioner 4 Human Beans
Practitioner 5 Sheep Jet Head - at the end of the day it was just a sheep
with a really badly drawn plane on it.
Practitioner 6 The Human Beans project surprised me I think because it
crossed unexpected boundaries into documentary/social
science/public service? Which I was not expecting at a
technology centred exhibition.
Again, ‘What’s Cooking Grandma?’ was identified by 2 (33%) of these
practitioners as the most surprising work in the exhibition.
14. Did you think the exhibition was coherent?
Practitioner 1 With the exception of the Grandmas [Human Beans]
Practitioner 2 Yes.
Practitioner 3 Yes very much it seemed to illustrate the breadth of the use
of visual media within the arts without losing focus.
Practitioner 4 I wasn’t expecting it to be as coherent I thought that it would
have been a bit disjointed but it was quite coherent.
Practitioner 5 Yes… it covered a lot of ground and disciplines and was a
good showcase for the possibilities of what is happening.
Practitioner 6 Not really, but I would not say that was the point or aim of
the show.
This question was asked to try to get an insight into whether the practitioners
felt the works in the exhibition ‘held together’. 4 (66%) of these practitioners
thought the exhibition was coherent 1 (17%) thought that it was except for the
above mentioned ‘What’s Cooking Grandma?’ and 1 (17%) thought that
coherence had nothing to do with the purpose of the exhibition.
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