Hi Chris. Nancy Marguilies, of course, has a book out. That might help you.
I have seen Nancy M. do her graphic resonance work at two events, one a four-day open space. Seeing her visual art unfold as the event unfolds adds an amazing dimension to the experience. As her beautiful work develops, she places the art along the walls, creating a living and breathing gallery of the event. Wow. It is amazing. At the end, she invites the whole group to do a gallery walk and it is so wonderful to walk through the experience once again, through her art. At the May evolutionary salon (the 4-day OS event where Nancy Marguilies did graphic resonance), there were several other artists who had indicated to me (I was the registrar so I had contact with all participants as they prepared to come) that they would be creating art during the four-day, OS salon. I mention this because, as far as I know, this did not happen. There was one artist there, Thomas Arthur, who you may know (He is Ashley Cooper's guy!) who brought his art into some of our large circles. Thomas created a sculpture in the main circle room and it added measurably to the richness of our time. Then in the closing circle, he created a fine sculpture in the center, which actually ended up becoming an integral part of the closing (one member kicked over the sculpture and another member (our beloved Peggy H.) reassembled it and many in that closing circle 'reacted' to Thomnas' art/sculpture in the center of the circle. I am intrigued, though, by the other visual artists who spoke with excited anticipation before the event, telling me they would love to create art 'live' at the event . . . but did not do so. I am wondering what conditions would be optimal to be condusive to inviting and creating the 'right' space to nurture the creation of art? I don't know Nancy Marguilies well but I know that it was her clear intention to be creating art throughout the four-day OS. . . and that is what she did. All she needed from me, as the logistics goddess, was two easels with paper to last the whole weekend: of course, I made sure she had what she needed. Now I am wondering if I could have provided something to make the space more inviting to the other artists who said they would create . . . but did not end up doing so? i share these thoughts to help you think through your logistics, Chris. I have no answers. On 8/9/06, Chris Corrigan <ch...@chriscorrigan.com> wrote:
Hi mates: I have an opportunity coming up in the fall to work with a visual artist for an Open Space I am doing. The clients wants us to work together and I'm excited by the possibility, but haven't ever done that before. So what kind of good stories do you have of working with visual artists (and visual art as a modality) in Open Space. Daniel? Reinhardt? Is Nancy Margulis around? Others? Chris -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com Open Space Resources: http://tinyurl.com/r94tj * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
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