Now also joined Jon
From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Phelim McDermott Sent: 22 May 2010 01:16 To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Open Space in Bath/Bristol/London UK Jack I think Artur means this Sub Group: http://openspaceworld.ning.com/group/UK?xg_source=msg_wel_group which i just joined there are SIX members! You don't seem to be one of them. I'm sure there's more of us out there! Yes nice to be in the London sun! Best Phelim On 22 May 2010, at 00:47, Jack Martin Leith wrote: Thanks Artur. I've already joined. Jack Jack Martin Leith Leith Co-creation email: j...@leithcocreation.com Mobile: 07831 840541 (+44 7831 840541) Skype: jackmartinleith Professional website: www.leithcocreation.com Personal website: www.jackmartinleith.com On 21 May 2010 23:45, Artur Silva <arturfsi...@yahoo.com> wrote: Jack, Phelim, Matilda (is she on the OSLIST?) and all other Open Spacers from UK: I wonder why you don't join the UK Group at the OST NING site at: http://openspaceworld.ning.com/group/UK. This could be a good place to nurture the OST community in the UK, previously to WOSonOS London 1012... (It 's free and the questions are there only to avoid spammers). Regards Artur _____ From: Jack Martin Leith <j...@leithcocreation.com> To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Fri, May 21, 2010 9:30:26 AM Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Open Space in Bath/Bristol/London UK Hiya Phelim! Yes, I remember it well. A fabulous venue in the not-so-fabulous Holloway Road. Hope you're enjoying the London sunshine (or perhaps you're somewhere more exotic). Jack Jack Martin Leith Leith Co-creation email: j...@leithcocreation.com Mobile: 07831 840541 (+44 7831 840541) Skype: jackmartinleith Professional website: www.leithcocreation.com <http://www.leithcocreation.com/> Personal website: www.jackmartinleith.com <http://www.jackmartinleith.com/> On 20 May 2010 23:34, Phelim McDermott <phe...@mac.com> wrote: Harrison, Jack was actually the first person I ever met who did OS. Hi there again Jack! I was pointed towards him by Bob Griffiths who had given me a battered old copy of your book. Jack came in the day before our first ever "Devoted and Disgruntled" over five years ago now, which our theatre company Improbable hosted. ( www.improbable.co.uk <http://www.improbable.co.uk/> ) He gave us much encouragement and support. Since then we have carved out some considerable niche work in doing full scale OS work with arts organisations (although not exclusively so). I also spend quite a lot of time encouraging and mentoring people to open space themselves. There is actually an incredibly fertile and growing movement of people opening space here. I actually believe the more you give the more comes back so I have often done OS events with a gifting intention. Mostly our OS events happen because of people I meet who share a passion for change, the arts and OS. However all the work I would say comes from the impact of that very first OS invite I wrote. It had behind it a desire to create community in my own theatre world. D&D is now an annual and monthly event and it also happens on an annual basis in Newcastle as well. We have done two D&D's in Scotland and One in NYC. IN fact Open Space through D&D has had an amazing impact on theatre here. Theatre companies have been formed, mentoring networks, shows created, theatre spaces have been opened, conflicts resolved and conflicts created! After D&D5 before our recent election an arts campaign was formed which managed to get the MP's talking about the theatre and the arts funding on the BBC and an explicit commitment to arts funding in the Times newspaper. Just a few examples off the top of my head . Throughout that time and since then I have met lots of people at Wosonos and elsewhere who facilitate OS and say it's better to not facilitate if you are connected or passionate about the issue. This is just not true. (In my case) I think because of my passion it has opened more space and I have been asked to do that again and again. I spend a lot of time turning down OS gigs here in the UK. Usually it's because they don't really want to do open space or they want to change it and dilute it by adding on or "Improving" it. Each gig is a case for decision in itself but I would say a lot of them happen because I talk about it to people and tell them how it has transformed my life, the essence of my own company Improbable and my practice as a theatre director. I feel incredibly excited about the opportunity we will have in 2012 to connect up the UK open space community (situation latent) when Wosonos comes here. I hope that our invitation to people to gather here in London will be a great opportunity to get as much of the OS system in the room as it were and see if we do actually want to be community. (amongst the other stuff that will go on). All of this happened because I read Harrison's book.. recognised that I already knew what OS was and followed the recipe. I had never actually been to an OS event before I did this, so it felt I was discovering it myself as if for the first time. The souffle rose and I had one of the best improvisation gigs I've ever done. Heston Blumenthal eat your heart out! As an Impro Junkie, and lover of presence and storytelling what better gift could one have. The presents from the presence.. they just keep coming. Thanks for the ride Harrison. :) Love Phelim There are more details about D&D here http://www.improbable.co.uk/show_example.asp?item_id=47 The last big report is here http://devotedanddisgruntled5.blogspot.com/2010/02/contents.html On 20 May 2010, at 22:02, Harrison Owen wrote: Jack - I think you ought to talk to Phelim. I am not sure it is about marketing. Probably more about doing it. Or something. ho Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 USA Phone 301-365-2093 www.openspaceworld.com <http://www.openspaceworld.com/> www.ho-image.com <http://www.ho-image.com/> (Personal Website) To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Jack Martin Leith Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 4:59 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Open Space in Bath/Bristol/London UK Thanks for the encouragement Steve. But various UK-based people have tried - including Romy Shovelton <http://www.wikima.com/> , Roma Iskander <http://www.healthdirections.org/> and me - and it's a marketing nightmare. People who want to learn how to create and facilitate OS events are almost impossible to identify. But who knows ... never say never. Best wishes, Jack Jack Martin Leith Leith Co-creation email: j...@leithcocreation.com Mobile: 07831 840541 (+44 7831 840541) Skype: jackmartinleith Professional website: www.leithcocreation.com <http://www.leithcocreation.com/> Personal website: www.jackmartinleith.com <http://www.jackmartinleith.com/> On 20 May 2010 21:20, Steve Cochran <scochran...@gmail.com> wrote: Sounds like an opportunity..... On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Jack Martin Leith <j...@leithcocreation.com> wrote: Hello Jamie. There are very few such opportunities in the UK - I get asked this all the time! If I hear of anything I'll make a post to this list. Best wishes, Jack Jack Martin Leith Leith Co-creation email: j...@leithcocreation.com Mobile: 07831 840541 (+44 7831 840541) Skype: jackmartinleith Professional website: www.leithcocreation.com <http://www.leithcocreation.com/> Personal website: www.jackmartinleith.com <http://www.jackmartinleith.com/> On 20 May 2010 12:37, Jamie Colston <jamiecols...@googlemail.com> wrote: Hi Everyone, I am really keen to see open space in action and I wondered if anyone has some meetings I could attend which show it in practice in Bath/Bristol preferably or London. 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