Working with visual artists at an Open Space

[Chris Corrigan]

Romy:

Great to hear from you!  Thanks for those links and stories, they will be
very helpful.

Cheers,

Chris

On 8/11/06, Romy Shovelton <romys at compuserve.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi Chris
>
> If by visual artist you mean what might also be called a graphic
> facilitator...
> I use this in almost every event/programme I'm involved in
>
> Captures the essence in '3d' (not literally), with instant visceral memory
> (mind, body, spirit) for those who were at the event – recalling the
> feelings etc that they had during the commitments etc they made. Heck of a
> lot more effective than report filed invisibly on the shelf.
>
> Also brilliant for telling the story to others who weren't there. Eg. with
> event I did for the 40  most senior people in our DTI (Department of Trade &
> Industry)... The graphic was used afterwards to bring the Minister up to
> speed with the decisions etc.
>
> The graphic becomes the output of the people, in the sense that they are
> asked to interact with the graphic facilitator to ensure that what's
> visualised portrays their experience.
>
> Used it recently to record appreciative stories of the work of an
> organisation that was going thru some fairly traumatic changes. Did the
> storytelling the afternoon before going into a day of Open Space about
> moving forward (with outputs also captured in a graphic).
>
> These graphics were then photographed so that they could be reproduced in
> various sizes and used a motivational posters around the whole organisation
> (in many different locations). Often we 'encapsulate' the original and post
> it on the wall. One I did for the Small Business Service is still there some
> 3 years later – being used as part of the induction process for new people.
>
> Also used graphics to capture stories in N. Ireland – working with young
> people and then adults – again before a day's Open Space (captured).
>
> Dunno whether this is what you are looking for...
> Trusting it helps a little
>
> Romy
>
> Ps the person I mainly use is Tim Casswell who is UK based, so probably
> not the best for what you are needing. And... to get a flavour of the work
> we do, you could look at www.creativeconnection.co.uk and see Visual
> Minutes... tho' I reckon many of the outputs he and I have capture show the
> potential more than some of the pics on the site eg. the balance of pics and
> words is more even in our work. Btw I used to use folks from Grove who have
> a different style – they are all over the US.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *Chris Corrigan <chris at chriscorrigan.com>
> *Reply-To: *OSLIST <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> *Date: *Wed, 9 Aug 2006 09:51:07 -0700
> *To: *OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> *Subject: *Working with visual artists at an Open Space
>
>
> Hi mates:
>
> I have an opportunity coming up in the fall to work with a visual artist
> for an Open Space I am doing.  The clients wants us to work together and I'm
> excited by the possibility, but haven't ever done that before.
>
> So what kind of good stories do you have of working with visual artists
> (and visual art as a modality) in Open Space.
>
> Daniel?  Reinhardt?  Is Nancy Margulis around?  Others?
>
> Chris
>
> --
> CHRIS CORRIGAN
> Consultation - Facilitation
> Open Space Technology
>
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CHRIS CORRIGAN
Consultation - Facilitation
Open Space Technology

Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot
Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com
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