A week after the day at Tate, Jo contacted me again, she said that this last visit had been so different 'when we first went to tate it was though we just put things next to things and saw what happened but I have a very different feeling now. My object has changed things - it was a incendiary device when we were there. I was compelled by it. Now I feel that there are so many things I am thinking about , things I need to do and make that allow me to touch the work and connect with the space.'
This was clear to see by her complete cofidence to be with the work, activate everything through her object and they led each other through the experience. She was interaccting with staff and visitors and they viewed her object and talked to her about it - I was not in this equation. When asked if the object was hers - she said it was and that it helped her see the work. This wasn't part of my research project, she was not a participant, the object was no longer connected to me and maybe Jo wasnt either. She had set sail with her paddle and rather than being adrift, drowning occassionally, or out of her depth she was navigating and setting the route.
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Kimberley FosterKimberley's practice as an artist is pedagogical, it doesn’t just reference learning, it plays with, embodies and encourages learning at its core. The objects consider ideas of collaboration and authorship, discussions about touch and encounter, and bring into active consideration issues of learning within social and participatory practices. Archives
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