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Programme
Manager
I am pleased that we were equal partners and the discussions
that we had about the selection of work and how the show
fitted together was genuinely collaborative. The
discussions we had were really quite interesting for me
because it took in about scoring things and why you liked a
particular piece of work and how did it fit, etc… There was a
very clear goal and I thought that was great… My
colleagues in folly have a slightly different feeling about
some things. It never felt like a committee decision it always
felt like we were having very vital discussions.
Both partners were asked how they would describe their organisations
participation in the curatorial process for the exhibition. CD acknowledged
their involvement in the selection process but stated the overall vision was set
by Fast-uk. CD indicated that half of the exhibition was within folly’s traditional
remit. However, this was pointed to as a positive result of the partnership. PM
welcomed their involvement within what was described as a collaborative
process. PM also indicated the value of the specific objectives laid out at the
start of the project and the consultation process by which this was achieved.
Also it was suggested the PM was more enthusiastic about the breadth of the
exhibition than other staff members.
6. How useful was the fast/folly wiki?
Creative I think that it was very useful in the sense that in working
Director remotely it gave people a shared working space… It was
also useful when inviting people to see what it was, so saying
we were looking at building another partnership there was
something visual there to direct people to that was already
in existence rather than have to duplicate that work.
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