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9. Did PBB support folly’s mission?
Creative I think that it absolutely did in the sense in trying work with
Director different artists and trying to introduce audiences to
what might be possible… the feedback that I have had from
audiences, stake holders and partners was that people found
it incredibly valuable in the sense that they began to
understand what it might be that we could be doing.
Programme Yes it did they enabled us to boost our profile in the time
Manager that we don’t actually have a venue… But in terms of the
actual exhibition, the physical manifestation of that provided
us with a platform to reacquaint our existing audience with
the work that we do because some people have quite a lot of
difficulties with the work of folly. We were actually able to
take people round the exhibition and they now
understood the work of folly through the virtue of seeing
PBB which bodes well.
Asked if the exhibition supported their organisation’s mission the partners
indicated that it had by supporting diverse practitioners working with
technology. In addition they pointed out the object-based works had helped
audiences to understand what the purpose of the organisation was in ways that
could not be as readily communicated in media-based work. PM acknowledged
the exhibition and the wider festival had increased the visibility of the
organisation at a time when they were not venue-based.
10. Did the exhibition live up to your expectations?
Creative The only thing with that is that because it wasn’t a hundred
Director percent fit with our artistic vision they could go away with a
different idea of what it is that folly might be trying to
tackle. We are not necessarily so exhibition-led in that way
and also we are not necessarily so product-led. That was a
slight conflict with the artistic vision we are trying to
drive forward.
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