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From the floor: I'm just wondering as an integration of technology in a craft
discipline – a question to Tavs, have you ever considered using the glove in
traditional craft? I know it would get a bit dirty throwing a pot with the glove
on, but you could throw the pot and record the throwing action and see what
that maps out.
Tavs Jørgensen: That's not really my interest. My interest is in extending... I
can already throw a pot it’s not a problem if I want to make a pot I can throw it
just like that. I want to extend the possibilities of my making beyond what I can
already do with physical material. There is no material available for me to do
this with my hand and define an edge.
From the floor: Maybe a new vocabulary of form would emerge out of taking
traditional processes: a saw, a chisel, a hammer mapping it and seeing what that
meant?
Tavs Jørgensen: It is not what I am interested in. It would give a static
representation of a motion and that is quite a distance from what I am trying to
do.
Paul Rodgers: I think Robb raised a really interesting point actually. I think
the thing I am asking because I wandered round [the show] this morning and
everything is really exciting and I was really intrigued by the approaches that
people are taking. But what I am thinking about is almost sort of a kiddie’s
question of “What is the point?” The questions we ask our students are what
market are you operating in? What is the contextual framework? Is it critical,
or is it commercial or is it a bit of both? So I know Robb started that by [asking]
is it the process that is important or is it the outcome? I'm sort of thinking there
is a couple of sets of chairs in the exhibition there is yours Lionel and yours
Tavs. I think the little recipes in a jar are great products – they are sort of the
kind of thing you'd see on 'Dragon's Den' being really successful. I'd love to buy
one I think there is massive commercial possibilities in it. But in terms of the
two sets of chairs what is the market, what is the contextual framework, what
sort of boundaries are you setting for yourself at the outset? Is it to explore the
process or is it a real critical or commercial proposition?
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