The most valuable aspect of a residency is possibly not time, nor space nor
technical resources it is the interaction between people whose knowledge
domains and skills are distinct. In order to facilitate this process of
engagement the role of facilitator is terrifically important. The most
productive residencies I have been involved in featured a facilitator
ensuring that everyone meets everybody else in appropriate circumstances and
that brief conversations that showed some potential are followed up with
vigour and rigour such that effective collaborations can be brokered.
Facilitators have their own special capabilities and in some respects these
are not dissimilar to the qualities required to be a successful curator. Key
amongst these must be people skills.
Regards
Simon
On 2/3/09 11:46, "Sarah Cook" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> i welcome posts from others about the necessary conditions for
> weaving people together (technological or otherwise)... [during] a
> time-limited residency in a specific environmental and geographic
> place, and the stories of the successes and failures - what has
> worked and what hasn't - which could be useful to other media arts
> curators developing residencies and geographically-specific
> commissions and projects.
Simon Biggs
Research Professor
edinburgh college of art
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