ROUND ONE.

These are some of the photos taken of round one. The experiment was set up in one of the fashion rooms, where three out of four participants were from within the course. The other particiapnt I found in the caffeteria, where he was studying for a maths exam and was more than happy to contribute.

Each station was set up with instrcutions and the relevant equipment. Participants were to spend 5 minutes responding to their allocated object - which varied each time they shifted stations. (And meduim)











At the photography station, participants were required to take a photo of themselves before spending four minutes documenting their object and one minute to reduce the photos to the three most interesting. Below are 'round one's' photographs and also their written responses.


JOHN GOSPER.
RESPONSE: ABSTRACT SCULPTURE



ROB HUDSON.
RESPONSE: REMOVED DETAILS



MARCHI.
RESPONSE: JUMBLE OF INFO



ALEX MOYE.
RESPONSE: JUMBLE OF INFO



The most interesting part of this round of experimentation was the sculptural responses - particularly that of the engineering student, Rob. As I walked over to have a look at what he was creating, (with so much passion) I was compelled to ask him what it was about, since just by looking at it, I had no idea. In response to the item that presented a 'jumble of information', he had moulded an amalgamation of pottery techniques. "A combination of a coil, a handle and a pipe," he said, were representitive of the object. And yet, without this explanation, I personally, would have assumed it to be a bodily organ - maybe the heart?








This made me realise the importance of the spoken, or written language, especially considering the very thing that I was hoping to test - being interpretation. I could not possibly gague the degree to which an item has been interpreted if I do not know anything about the intended meaning. Also, Alex's response to the silicone top was to imprint the clay with her fingers, to depict the connotation of skin.

During the consecutive steps of the process and due to this epiphany, it became imperative for me to ask that participants write a few words about what they have drawn or sculpted. As the drawings became more and more random and further from what I had set out to understand, I had begun to grasp the importance of the written reponses. Each person was always going to see a different vision than that of the creator. In addition, each person is able to express what they are thinking or feeling to a varying degree. This became evident as some people simply did not know how to respond based on written words that require imaginative qualities.