Tactic Workshop

07/01/22 Workshop with Jason & Becky

GROUP NAME: CONSTANT CONVERSATIONS

Working Title of the Tactic: City of Sanctuary


Team members and individual role allocation:

Alice: Housing Officer for Graphic Illustration of Social Impact

Ankur: Housing Officer for Urban Transportation of Empathy

Haiyun: Housing Officer for Philosophical Reasoning and Intended Impact

Mark: Housing Officer for Olfactory Detection of Disinformation

Ruth: Housing Officer for Material Facilitation

Sam: Housing Officer for Sonic Reality

(The unnecessary complexity of the job titles highlighting red tape)

Synopsis

Our Tactic tackles the topic of "State of the Nation"

Attempting to produce an immersive experience, via installation and performance centered on homelessness that will ideally have a direct positive effect for homeless people in Swansea.

This will be accomplished through encouraging participation and interaction – people being people. Empowering people of all abilities to draw together producing a collective piece of art.

Philosophical Reasoning and Intended Impact

We as individuals are really only capable of sticking plasters onto these problems, we as artists are not policy makers, but even this is better than doing nothing. We aim to Improve communication and participation at all levels and to debunk myths.

No stigmas, prejudices. Groups of people creating something together. Talking and working as a team, no matter their background.


Practical Methods of Implementation for the Tactic

Participation and interaction through a loose workshop/ happening.

We would consider printing (mono, block, stencil and using cyanotype) for example as an unusual but simple, fun and easy to learn medium that does not have the same ability connotations that drawing often has.

To market as an artistic event open to everybody.


Location for Tactic:

Approach Matt’s Café to communicate with the homeless community to invite them to participate

It may be necessary to request permission from Swansea City Council for outdoor workshops.

Liminal spaces to be explored and or gallery spaces in and around Swansea

Summer outside this will be street art! Spaces that are inside during the winter purposed as workshops

Unusual areas can be considered – not necessarily conventional artistic spaces. Consider the community, creating safe spaces for all.

Bus stops, beaches, in the city center. Pushes it on people more to be involved.

Methods of Tactic Documentation:

Film, photography, drawing, sound and web.

Possible/ intended outcomes of Tactic:

To not just to increase awareness but also develop and foster relationships between communities.

Ideally resulting in positive effects and not neglecting to be aware of unintended consequences.

Cyanotype recipe

The cyanotype is made up of two simple solutions:

  1. Solution A: 25 grams Ferric ammonium citrate (green) and 100 ml. Water.

  2. Solution B: 10 grams Potassium ferricyanide and 100 ml. Water.

These solutions are mixed in equal amounts and then be applied to surfaces.

Objects, stencils etc that block light or form shadows are then placed over the coated surfaces.

Then exposed to sunlight for about 20 –30 minutes before being washed off with water.