Thinking about my creative resource
Creative- adjective ; relating to or involving the use of the imagination or original ideas to create something.
Resource- noun;
a stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organisation in order to function effectively.
For this creative resource I will use original ideas to create materials that can be drawn on by a person in a prison context.
Currently I am thinking about different ways to perceive time and duration in a prison context. I want to make a calendar, that isn’t like a “normal calendar” but is a creative calendar. Each month would have a different question on prompt that would inform the creative tasks listed below. This comes with many questions and considerations. I want to make this resource enjoyable and manageable and is a 12 month durational performance the best way to keep engagement? Aesthetically I am looking to juxtapose textures, colours and shapes that the inmates are used to. This cancels out greys and hopefully horizontal lines from my resource.
I have been influenced by Susan Pui San Lok with their resource work below which invites questions and performative ways to respond to questions. I have been inspired by the artist packs on first site.co.uk and have begun to research future library by Katie Paterson which has an interesting take on documenting time. I am excited to be influenced by these sites.
Questions that are present
| What is the instruction? | What is the shape? |
| Who is this for? | What is the appeal? |
| What is the aesthetic? | What are the prompts? |
| How long does this need to be engaged in for? | Where is it located? |
| How do I keep people engaged? | What is the outcome/goal? |
| How do I make it accessible? | How do I make it sustainable? |
| Can it be reused? | What materials do I need? |
Certainties
| IT WILL BE | IT WILL NOT BE |
| time framed differently | unhelpful |
| different colours/textures/shapes from prisoner daily surroundings | a burdening reminder of time |
| complex yet accessible | infantilised |
| engaging | difficult to understand |
| fun | hung on the wall |
| different from a normal calendar | |
| considered | |
| for anyone in this context | |
| time/duration based- i.e. you can do however many months you want |
Statement of intent
I intend to frame time and duration differently and creatively in an accessible way.
I intend to juxtapose daily prison colours and textures and shapes, especially in a time of crisis.
I intend to spark creativity in a time of isolation and crisis in the prison context.
Resources-
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