dysgu Utopia Bach Learning

Lisa Hudson - value of working small scale as an experiment, build confidence to make in real world/at scale, strawberry plant, tension of imaginary/small and wanting to make a big difference, maniffesto bach, take time out to build agenda in middle of meeting. MANIFFESTO MEFUS BACH. SPREAD NOT GROW

Samina Ali - use natural materials, link to young people, psychotherapy, (24.12.20) getting a word in edgeways! feedback and learning and attention to process; style of meeting and focus on process and anti-patriarchal norms, don’t hide strengths, polarities, joy in miniatures everywhere - where’s it coming from? DANCING THE COSMOS OF POLARITIES. CONSCIOUS PARTICIPATION

Llinos Griffin - importance of involving those we want to engage in shaping the project, importance of a community connector like Llinos, importance of community working with ‘own’ artist, welsh language

Ioan - try out ideas in miniature, then make a small intervention in the real world (growing veg in the derelict building behind Ysgol Garreg, Llanfrothen)

Siân Elen - online 6 week programme, include conversation, trying out ideas in different ways

Gruff - made a physical Utopia bach about floating farms… possibility of discussion around the issue

Sarah/Anna - Utopia as a proces within an event, everyone with a piece of the picture, need to come together to create the whole

Looking at ‘connect and flourish’/partnership agreement, importance of creating ‘own culture’ of collaboration suited to these uncertain times (pace etc)

Wanda - reminder of Utopia as ‘no place’, relevance to COVID, new experience of time, no pressure/deadlines, appeal of small scale (small draws you in and becomes precious), imagination at small scale, tension with real world, what is ‘enough’, what is art, exposing personal stuff in public, convene the miniaturists! polarities, relational - everything extreme, lacking balance in own life, what is quality in art, ‘rhizome rather than hierarchy’, dystopia. NO PLACE. WHERE’S THE ART

Robat Idris - SAIL, foundational economy, is this a way of engaging with the idea? Cymdeithas yr iaith?

Huw Jones - thinking about making a Utopia Bach where flags of the world turn into flags from art from each country, difficulty of turning idea into something physical; danger of ‘imperialism’ - process again - people from those countries to decide artist rather than him?

Catrin Ellis - space to introduce welsh language to english majority village; physical making as focus, printing maniffesto

Debbie - importance of documentation. DOCUMENT!

Nikki - feelings, racial hatred

Iain - magic, ensemble practice, 3 types or purposes of documentation, small is beautiful, some insights are capturable others aren’t. ENSEMBLE MAGIC

Steph - all art is an act of faith: Incubating, patience. ACT OF FAITH

Postcards - quote relating to what they said? How what they said has affected me?

Julie - holding space for things we can’t do as we would ‘normally’ do; entangled “plants sharing resorces, and collaborating for survival” ENTANGLED PROCESS. THIS IS ENOUGH

Audrey

Mark - start with teh kids move to whole village ‘story studio’ of results

seran - asking questions might not be the beginning of the process, a question may reveal itself once you start doing/making (why did i do this). BE’ OEDD Y CWESTIWN?