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12. In your opinion, what was the weakest work in the exhibition and
why?
Same person I picked for the strongest but one that was on the floor [‘Morse’].
I don’t think it worked on any level – it didn’t work on a pure letter form. It had
to be explained. It didn’t meet the brief, I didn’t feel, that particular piece.
13. Were you surprised by any work in the show? Why?
Surprise is a difficult word. I’d have to say no. In terms of “Wow, I’d never have
thought of that”. There were things that intrigued me. like the weather mapping
[‘Cyclone.soc’], it’s a clever idea which would never have occurred to me . There
were other things that would have merited the word surprise, but it didn’t
surprise me because of the field in which I’m working.
14. Did you think the exhibition was coherent?
With the exception of the Grandmas [Human Beans], yes I do. I think it was
quite disparate in terms of what people were doing, but I do think it hung
together. That’s the only one that I thought didn’t quite fit in.
15. How would you sum up the core theme of the exhibition?
The interface between digital technology, craft and design and the three things
coming together and the fringes of all three. Is how I would interpret it. When I
explain to people where this chair is that’s what it’s about, it’s exactly that.
16. What did you most like about the total exhibition?
The way the space worked out in the end with the windows. The way we had
little rooms and windows into other people’s little rooms so that kind of worked
for me. Yes, I’ve done that twice now. Best piece/worst piece and the space I’m
contradicting myself as I go long… [laughs]
17. What did you least like about the total exhibition?
I guess the location. Lancaster.
18. Many visitors to the exhibition would have liked to have seen
more technical information – what do you think?
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