Working as a group

May 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Report by Barcelona group, from Can Xalant, Matarò
(www.canxalant.es)
coordinated by Martí Peran - Barcelona University, answering to some questions on cultural collaborations and artistic workshops:

What are the daily issues one is confronted with?
To confirm that is possible to develop projects in group
To insert the art questions into the real world
To create different dynamics to the accomplice with the public
To know better what kind of questions can be interesting for a general research
To attract people from a little town community

This type of workshops help to develop many of the raised questions. Perhaps, the most important ones were two of them. First of all, it was useful to create different dynamics to accomplice with the public, and to work in the public space. And also, to work in a group formed by people from different cultures.

What are the misunderstandings, frustrations, challenges one is confronted with?
Perhaps the workshop with students from different countries needs to be better decided with some general criteria as experience level.
For example, it’s not necessary to prepare an exhibition after the workshop. It’s enough to try to explain each experience and the researches in an open presentation to the public for the city. Moreover, it makes more sense with the idea of making public art.
Misunderstanding: Each group understood the project their own way.
Each group came with their researches, developed at a different stage.
Challenges: To work with people from other countries.

What is the mutual gain from the cooperation process?
Of course, to learn by direct experience to deal with real situations, in a foreigner country. After this meeting everybody knows new people, has new contacts and can develop new projects.

What are the effects of the cooperation on a personal experience level?
To learn working in team, especially for the students.
To learn working with others being in a foreign context in all senses.

What can we learn from this?
To discuss together the role of the art in a real context.