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I think it was an interesting role, obviously we were involved in the curatorial
decision making and the curatorial team were co coordinating that process with
artists coming to us but ultimately the curatorial vision was set by Fast-uk. So
there was a sensitivity around that, I suppose I was aware of what our role
within that and what the opportunities within that could be, but the overall
curatorial decision to the project isn’t totally the same as folly’s so there is a mix
within there that we knew that we were working with you to achieve that aim.
I don’t think that there was any particular tensions probably we did select some
work that I would not have necessarily selected as part of a folly purely
exhibition. But that’s not necessarily a tension that’s bringing in a different mix
into the end experience and also offering such a opportunity where you had to
think slightly outside the box. Or think of the value that someone else places on
something that if you looked at it in a different way or you could look at it that
way and therefore it would fit. I think that about half of the show fitted with our
curatorial vision and half of it didn’t but I don’t think that was a weakness. I
think that’s the strength of the show.
6. How useful was the fast/folly wiki?
Obviously I wasn’t a great user of it, I think that it was very useful in the sense
that in working remotely it gave people a shared working space. Visually I think
it worked well to be able to have the visuals of the artistic work in one place and
visually see how they sit against one another and not always have to always be
rooting around. So organisationally that was really easy to access. I admit I
wasn’t a great user of it but I know that [Programme Manager] was. When ever
I could feed things through to [Programme Manager] he would be actively using
it. In terms of remote working it was very useful. It was also useful when
inviting people to see what it was, so saying we were looking at building another
partnership there was something visual there to direct people to that was
already in existence rather than have to duplicate that work. It was helpful.
7. What kind of practitioners did you expect to be in the exhibition?
I don’t know if I expected any kind of practitioner. I suppose I expected a mix of
kinds of practitioners and I suppose I expected, because of the nature of your
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