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The partners were asked if folly had made any new professional contacts
because of the exhibition. Both mentioned the fact that the exhibition had
broadened the network of practitioners that folly was aware of and saw this as
an opportunity. CD indicated the exhibition had allowed folly to expand the
number of volunteers willing to work with the organisation.
25. Has folly received any new opportunities because of this
exhibition?
Creative I feel that based on this and f.city there are many more
Director opportunities for us to pursue of that ilk and people are
more willing to work with us because of the calibre of
what we can deliver is strong. The press that was covered
has been really positive. That has led to more people being
aware of us.
Programme Not directly, we’ve had a number of requests for more
Manager information about certain projects. One of the artists whom
we rejected for PBB asked us to be part of a show in
Valencia in 2008 so they didn’t take it too badly.
The researcher asked if folly had gained any new opportunities because of the
exhibition. CD stated that because of the wider festival there was would be
more opportunities available to the organisation in the future because more
people felt they understood what folly was about and were more likely to work
with them because of this.
26. Has there been any impact on traffic to folly’s website because of
the exhibition?
Creative …during the period of the exhibition and the festival the
Director …traffic massively went up and then it dipped again since
because there was less activity… The thing that has had the
biggest impact is the Human Beans piece the amount of
downloads from that piece after the exhibition has been
massive.
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