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Justin Marshall: I think it is important that you remember that there is quite
a lot of people with backgrounds of making here that technology might be a tool
but it is a tool that effects what you do. I’m very conscious of when I’m doing
things that it is having an impact on what the actual result is. It is not “I have a
goal and I will then reach it.” Maybe that is the craftsperson or the sculptor in
me rather than other methods – I’m not suggesting it is the only way of thinking
about it but it is definitely the way I think about it. It’s quite easy to forget that
sometimes because - it doesn’t become transparent – but you can forget that
you are engaging with things in a particular way. When you meet people that
are not using that technology I think it becomes much more prevalent – you
suddenly recognise what it is in your practice that is different – not your
practice just about the way you think that is different than other makers dealing
with similar issues maybe.
John Marshall: Can I just ask you on background – how do you feel about
being on this panel with these other people – coming in contact with other
people, other makers with very different practices?
Justin Marshall: Obviously, its incredibly interesting to be anywhere where
you can see a whole range of approaches but what is amazing about this
exhibition is it’s diversity and it is not centred in – there has been other
exhibitions about digital technology but that aren’t just about exploring
potentials of making things and it has a sort of craft bias, or it has a sculptural
bias and it sort of seems to cross many more boundaries. So it is much more
difficult to situate yourself easily but at the same time it is much more exciting
in terms of how you can consider the issues of the boundaries and perimeters. I
wouldn’t have imagined some of the things I saw here until I came here today
and how they fit in with that blurring or the agenda that you and whoever was
involved in the curation of the show had. It’s quite interesting to see how
Human Beans fit into the blurring between architecture, design and sculpture
for instance.
Paul Rodgers: I think this is a typical thing in Britain. When I was
interviewing (particularly) Dutch designers in their studios and asking what
they were doing next a lot of them were taking on pretty sort of big art projects –
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