500 Word Position Statement

Experiment 1- Alive or dead

Hypothesis- after the process of discovering that the journey that one person is on depends on a second person, having arrived in the same point will continue the journey together.

Result- 3 tests went the same direction together at the end of the process, 1 separated and went to opposite ends of the path.

Conclusion- The people that went separate ways were the most confident (in UT3) and independent people used in the test making it less surprising that they went opposite directions. It was surprising to have such an introductory consistency of people leaving together, in one instance so strongly that the lead person turned, went the other direction and the second changed direction and followed. This process of joint imposition upon the other could become a key driver or the middle space as the key to the success is the need to create a mutual relationship between the two different groups of people. For the space to come alive it requires the interdependence and vibrancy of relationships.

Note: This experiment will continue over the rest of the period of the studio to enable a larger sample and there will be updated blogs on the results and conclusion

Experiment 2- Cavernous/Alluring (inside Cavernous, outside Alluring)

Hypothesis- That people looking from the inside out will have different views of themselves than people looking from the outside in.

Result- all creatures were quite different, open to alternate interpretations, there could be rough groupings but to do so would result in both generalizations and assumptions that could take the experiment outside the realm of credibility.

Conclusion- That it is a multiplicity of creations that in the end makes up the final portrait. A person is simply too complex to represent in a single creation. To take this further into the realm of continuing assumption, there may be an argument that it is only through this multiplicity of revelations of oneself from the inside and outside (and in my experience, from knowing Jesus) that one can build the accurate picture of a person. Hence inverting that theory, to isolate a person takes away the multiplicity of character stimuli and leaves a person with a singular, internal view of oneself. Taking this even further, could this be contributory to the strong stereotype that is associated with the homeless until one enters into discussion and discovers more detail on the particular circumstances and life story?

Experiment 3- Delicate/Stinging (In reality any one of the descriptors as it lends itself to the nature of the person who participates in the experiment)

Hypothesis- People would hold a general level of apprehension that their inner life would be presented in a form that would end up becoming public and be concerned that negative views would be portrayed.

Result- People in the sample group when surveyed stated a general level of excitement in regards to the portrait of themselves created by others. However taken on the dialogue before the creation of the characters, there was a certain degree of apprehension over the manner in which they may be portrayed and more particularly how others may portray them.

Conclusion- The people in the sample group held a general level of interest in engaging with the group in a more in-depth manner than would usually be taken. There was a certain level of dialogue that the group held with one another which could be taken as creating a conducive environment to participate in such an exercise. Speculating on the results found one may take the furthest position in looking at the possibility that the level of ability to participate in such an experiment could be linked into the knowledge that there would be a positive, building experience in the greater dialogue of vulnerability within the group. To look at this element would suggest the need for the creation of an environment wherein one would know that it is not merely the negative aspects of a personality that need ‘fixing’ that would be focused on, but also an environment where one would find the strengths of the person emphasized and built upon.