Calendars:Networked Media Calendar/Networked Media Calendar/15-01-2020 -Event 1

XPUB2: Circular polyptych with Book Midwives 11:00-16:00 [downstairs in 3.320]

• Select 40 images that relate to your research or show progress on your work. Print each image on 1 A4, one-sided. Bring the printouts to class

== POLYPTYCH INSTRUCTIONS (Inspired by classroom exercises of Sami Hammana) Etherpad for the day: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/POLYPTYCH ==

STEP 1 Timestamp: 15 min 1100–1115h

Each participant picks a corner of the room and lays out their images on the floor. We take about 15 minutes for each person to organize the images according to their own way of understanding the nodes/themes in their research. The associations are totally free, the participant can make their own system. They should take notes on Etherpad and record the main themes and their meanings. A picture should be taken to record the initial formation.

STEP 2 Timestamp: 30 min each, 4 hours total for 8 students Person 1 1115-1145h Person 2 1145-1215h Person 3 1215-1245h LUNCH 1245-1315h Person 4 1315-1345h Person 5 1345-1415h Person 6 1415-1445h BREAK 1445-1500h Person 7 1500-1530h Person 8 1530-1600h

As a group, the class goes from polyptych to polyptych. The owner of each polyptych takes time to explain why the images are laid out in any particular format. After the polyptych is explain, the group takes time to discuss, possibly even rearranging the images to form new connections. Notes should be taken by one of the facilitators on a screen that is visible to all (Etherpad). A picture of the new formation should be taken.

GUIDE QUESTIONS

Where is your research at the moment? Where is the project going? What are the strongest nodes/themes? How do all the themes connect with each other? What are you struggling with (thematically)? What are the dead ends? Are there any new connections that can be made?

STEP 3 Timestamp: 1h 45min for visualizing web 15min for expanding keywords into sentences

PART 1 At the end of each individual discussion, each person stands in front of their polyptych, forming a loose circle around the room. The participants are given a set of materials for visualizing connection (yarn, tape, etc). They should come up with their own way of forming a web that connects their research ideas. It is important that this form of visualizing connection also incorporates conversation and discussion in a group. So it is as much about audibility (allowing ideas/voices to be heard) as it is about visibility. A set of common themes/keywords should be identified and recorded on the Etherpad. In this way, they begin to visualize and discuss how their projects are editorially connected and taking up a common space, taking physical space in a room (precursor to their exhibition and publication).

PART 2 Once the participants agree on and record a common set of vital keywords, they should each individually find ways to turn these keywords into a fully written sentence or paragraph. This exercise is a first step towards coming up with a joint exhibition/project statement.